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The Worlds Richest Man.

AT the beginning of every year
Mr.. w. III. Vanderbilt makes it an in
variable custom to take a careful lnven-
tory of his immense property. His
strong boxes are then opened, their con-
tents counted, and from the total the
profit for the year is reckoned. In JAN
uary. 1888, he told an intimate friend.
who had dined with him that day, that
he was worth S194.OO0,CO0.
Il believe i am" said Mr.. Wander
bilt. 1.-The richest man in the world. In
England the Duke of Westminster is
said TO he worth $500, COS. 600, but it is
mostly in lands and houses. 1t does
not yield him two per cent. A year
from now shall be worth more than
$500. 900, 600, ard will have an income
equal to six per cent. on that amount"
When his talking fit had left him the
modern Midas repented h s hasty speech
and asked that it be not repeated, claim
ing his words were but boastful and his
wealth exaggerated.
A few DAYS ago Mr.. Vanderbilt sent
some papers to a gentleman with whom
he had business relations. On looking
them over the recipient was astonished
to find the rough draft of a memoran-
dunn in the cars peculiar handwriting.
Ii was dated January Is, 1884, and was
evidently his last balance sheet which
by oversight had been folded inside an
other paper. OF course the secret could
not be kept, and the figures reached the
Journal. An error or two may have
crept in on their travels, but in sub
stance they tell the following:
Mr.. Vanderbilt has registered In his
name, and in coupon bonds. S54, OO0,-
600 in four per cents, maturing in 1907.
He has lately added to these $4,000. 600
in three and one-haf per cents, and vet
retains a trife over 81. 200, 600 in six
per cents. The four per cents are wori b
12i, aud the market value of his Gov
ernments to-day is so, $50, 900.
But the bulk of the wealth of the
king of millionaires is invested in rail-
road securities. He holds 2tO- GOO
shares of Michigan Central stock.
10000 shares of Northwestern. incIud-
ing $1,000 of the preferred stock. and
q block OF Omaha, 20O,0 shares of
Lake Shore and 10. 900 shares of New
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personal AND LITERARY.

w. P. Elliott, of Lewiston, Pa,
ninety-one years of age, is still editing
paper.
Pauline, the seventeen-year old
daughter of +. p Roe, the novelist,
has taken to story-writing also.
Henry Irving says that Joe Jeffer-
son is the only foreign actor who has
been universally accepted in England.
Henry NJ Alden, the editor of Har-
per's Monthly, and George w. Curtis,
the editor of the Weekly, are paid $l0,-
0000 year each.-M T. Times.
The Man curious New York pub
iication, demands that all women. on
arriving at the age of twenty-one, be
permitted to use the prefix Mrs" to
their names, whether married or not
Chicago Herald.
Macon Mason, now Governor of
Massowah, Egypt, is Maryland r,an.
A graduate OF West Point, he took the
losing side in the war of secession, and
after Appomattox sailed for Egypt
Chicago Times.
Senator Morrill,, of Vermont, has
served nearly thirty years in Congress,
six terms in the House and three in tho
Senate. He is seventy-five years old,
but could easily pass for twenty years
younger. y. Post.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who
recently returned from two-ve ars' So
journ in Europe, has decided to make
Johnstown, Fulton County, n. Y, her
future residence. There, in the old
Cady homestead, where she was born
sixty-eight years ago, she will pass the
remainder of her days Troy Times.
The family of Minister Hunt, who
died recently in st. Petersburg, is wide
ly scattered. Oh his six sons, one ia in
the navy, one is a lawyer in New York,
another is civil engineer in Dakota,
and another is living in Montana. Mr..
Hunt S wife and daughter were with
him in st. Petersburg.-M Y. Tribune.
DIR. c. c. Graham, at the age of
one hundred years, writes forcibly on
the cause of the floods in the Ohio Val
ley. Fifty years ago he wrote in the
Frankfort (ky.) argus that the reckless
telling of trees would ruin the valley
before the end of the century. DR..
Graham, still vigorous in mind and
body, lives in retirement at Louisville.
General Grants wealth is estimated
at 100000, which makes him the
richest ex-President since Buchanan.
Mr.. Hayes is not rich, though in we'll
TODD condition. Andrew johnson and
Abraham Lincoln each left $50, 900.
Franklin Pierce entered the White
House poor, but went back to Concord
worth $4,000. Martin Van Buren, was
the richest of all our Presidents, his es-
tate being estimated at $500. 000.-Chi-
cdgo Journal.
.Of the late Mr.. Chenery, editor OF
the London Times, Mr.. Labouchere
says: He passed much of his time al
the Atheneum and Reform Clubs,
where he was more given to listen than
to talk. No one would, had he not
been aware of the fact, have supposed
that the quiet, unassuming gentleman,
whose only wish apparently was to pass
unnoticed through the world, was the
redoubtable editor of the Times
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He Slid.

Talk about pretty girls-but she was
a wild flower and no mistakei She got
on the train to 60 over to Meridian
from Vicksburg, and she was all alone.
There was a sort of sidelong movement
for Philadelphia saddlery house got
there first. He grabbed up his grip and
walked square up to her seat and took
possession of half of it without asking a
question. and in ten minutes he seemed
to be perfectly at home. She answered
his questions briefly, and he had the
hardest kind Of work to keep up con-
versation, and as the train approached
jackson she suddenly said:
Il want TO telegraph papa from here.
viii you help me!''
'.Ohl certainly. I have a blank in
my pocket. Write your telegram and ]
will run into the Office with it.
We missed him when the train start
ed, but by and by he was found in the
smoking car, his hat crushed down and
his nerves all on edge. When asked
what had happened, he drew forth the
telegram which the girl had requested
him to hand in. 1t read:
Bring Your shotgun with you to
pop over drummer who has dreadfully
annoyed me. Shoot 10 kill!''
ITO Think" he gasped. "that one
so fair could be so murderousl Why,
I'm all in a sweat; want some of you
to stand by mel
We got his grip from the seat, traded
hats and coats with him, and the way
he slid from the depot when the train
reached Meridian caused hotel porter
TO observe:
"Well, now. but that white face be-
longs to an invalid aud them legs to q
deer! What sort of q coon can he bep''
Detroit Free Press.
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Stillings, who, only within a week or
two, had changed her name from Miss
Brown. Mary had heard great deal
of talk about "the BRIDE" and mamma
aud auntie were thinking of calling.
So Mary thought she would call that
morning.
She went in and washed her hands,
then started off, feeling very Important,
not thinking of the old dress or aware
of the traces of mud-pies on her face.
She marched up the steps and rang the
bell. Martha, the girl. came to the
door. They were very good friends
usually. but Mary was so filed with the
importance of making real call all
alone that she took no notice of Maria
beyond inquiring in very dignified
manner:
lis the bride at homep"
Maria, choking back a laugh, said:
Yes" and ushered her into tho par
lor. Very soon Mrs. Stillipgs came in,
and Mary had delightful time. Mrs.
Stillings gave her some wedding-cake
on pretty plate, with n white napkin,
which made great impression on
Mary, and must have been a funny
contrast, as she used it, to the grimy
little hands, which were not over-clean
despite the washing.
She made very long, questionable
call, but was home again before Bridget
had missed her, and to her she told
about her call. And then when papa
and mamma came home she had to tell
the story over again at the supper table
81 went to call on the bride to-day"
said Mary.
.You did! Did Bridget dress you
nice and clean?" asked mamma.
mo. l went after / was tired of
playing in the dirt, and Bridget didn't
know it." answered Mary.
'In that old dress! With dirty hands
and face! Why, Mary Tighte!" ex-
claimed mamma, in tone of horror.
81 washed my hands fore / went,
and Maria took me into the parlor, and
pretty soon Miss Brown came, and she
had on pretty brown dress. made of
silk, with big sleeves with white inside
of EN-, and | asked her how she liked
being married, and she said very much,
and then | asked her if she was married
in that dress, and she said no, she was
married in her trav -erling dress. and if
I'd look out of the window next Sunday
I'd see her go to church with it on, and
I'm goin' to. And then she had on
ring, and l asked her if it was her be-
gagement ring. and she said that was
her wedding ring, and she showed me
her engagement ring, and then she
went to the closet and brought me q
whole slice of wedding-cake, on real
pretty plate all over flowers, and u
napkin, mamma, just like a real grown
up lady, and eat it all but little tiny
bit of piece, and thought it wouldn't
be polite to eat that, so left it, but I
did want to awfmiiy--and mean to go
again and get some more cakes" and
Mary stopped, out of breath.
When her mamma called on Mrs.
Stillings she said that little Mary was
the most entertaining caller she had re-
ceived.
Mary was not allowed to call again,
SO she had no moro cake-a fact which
she long regretted. She has been a
real, grown-up lady" herself for a
number of years, but she still remem-
bers distinctly her first call.-PortIand
Transcript.
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pected OF dishonesty. You do forget
yourself strangely, sometimes"
She rang the bell sharply and desired
the servant TO bring some tea. Then
she lighted the gas with her own hands,
and when Mabelle looked at her. she
saw n flush on her cheeks and a light,
as of triumph. in her eyes.
The words of the verses she had been
reading seemed to ring in Mabelle's
ears. Was her sister without it-that
moral quality which holds compacts
sacred
Vows once maic. kept evcrmorc;
Truth maintained 'twixt friend and foeY'
Or was she one of those women who
will pursue any by-path through life
which promises most ease to the feet,
and the pleasantest banks TO rest upon.
even though 10 do il she must GO forever
with ga lie in her right hand?"
The tension of doubt and distress be-
came almost unbearablc TO the young
girl. The cloud which for few weeks
had been lifted. settled more heavily
than ever over her head. Perhaps
Angela might not suffer. but she did.
Whenever she saw Grace, she felt an
impulse to cover her face with her
hands; she wished she could sink into
the earth and be forever lost to sight
When she saw the letters in the thin
foreign envelopes. with the outlandi sh
stamp, and the round black address To
Miss Fairfax. and saw those Others with
the small, clear. delicate tracery. adj
dressed to philip Massey, ESP, ii. b.
Nj. Consulate, Y. China" Mabelle
felt as il the world were upside down.
were one vast. black. hideOus lie, and
she part OF il.
For the first meeting between Mr..
fOrdyce and Angela, which had shocked
her and sent n chill fOrcboding To her
heart. was not the last; but. warned by
the result of il, Angela had never again
allowed Mabellc n chance Of expOstu-
lating with her. Her affairs were
cleverly managed. The girl could now
only guess, surmise. suspect; wear out
her heart with cOnicctures which she
could not sub,tantiate, and rack her
brains with consideration Of the prob
lem whether she must leave Philip To
his fate or betIay what she thought of
her sister, and possibly be found wrong
after all.
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A Badge OF Mourning.

"Woll, Brown was a good fellow and
/ am sorry he is gone, said Western
editor to the proprietor of the paper.
HE worked hard all his life and died
poor. the way of most newspaper men,"
Eyes, responded the proprietor, with
considerable feeling, Brown was good
printer and it will be hard TO fill his
place"
Il suppose we ought to attach some
thing 10 the door in the shape of badge
of mourning for little WHILE" sug-
gested the editor.
1T would be good idea, but | don't
believe there is anything about the lace
that would answer the purpose. and in
the present feeble financial condition of
the concern don't feel like putting out
any money for Grape"
"No," unused the editor, '.it would be
better TO settle up back salaries, first,
but now l think Of it, / know just the
thing"
What is it?" asked the proprietor.
I'VE might hang out one of the COM
posing room towels. - tLadeIphto
Call.
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HUMOROUS.

The folks who saw his shadow on
the window curtain thought he was in
a paroXysm of delirium. But he was
merely putting on his overcoat. Boston
Pos!
"A Boston woman has discarded bel
pet pug and gone to petting her hus.
band, and "her set have gone back on
her on account of her plebeian tastes
Bismarck Tribune.
-'Clean the Streets" shouted Gin.
cinnati paper. and next week torrent
like river was rushing through hall
the streets in town. Editors can not be
too particular about bearing down light
in their demands.-N. T. Commercial.
-Fly-paper manufacturers and drug
gists with large supply of this com
modify on hand will, IN all probability,
lie down and roll all over their premises
in disgust when they learn that an arti.
fetal bald head has been invented to at
tract flies, and that it works like &
charm. -Erchdnge.
She Loved to Drive
:" Amt it awful" he said to the girl at hi.
"That fellow like me must deprive
Himself of all hugging while out for ride
For with both hands the team he must
driver"
A real, thoughtful look for a moment en-
Her face; then n bright happy CLEAN
Lights il mp as she cries: just give me the
lines,
For do love to drive fast team!"
-BisnldrcE Tribune.
-" My dear" said Mrs. - to ber
husband, Il wish you would meet me
to-day in front of Morrison's look store
about four o'clock" "Yes, love-" re-
piled her husband. land, Henry"
continued Mrs. -, 'in case YOU
should get there before me you can
make chalk mark on the pavement.
and if l get there lefore you | will rub
it out, that you may know Twas there. "
Life.
He is a young doctor and she is a
Vassar graduate. Last Thursday even
ing he said to her: "Do you know, dear,
| have heart affection for you?''
"Have you had it lung?" she coyly in
quired. 'Oh, yes; l feel that / will
liver troubled life without YOU" he fer
vently responded. Then you had bet
ter asthma" she softly murmured.
Then he Rugged her so hard that he had
to reset her collar-b bone. Tho HatcheL.
Why do they call it fish chowder?
Is that what you would like TO know?
Well, YOU are certainly very modest in
your demands, and we shall take great
pleasure in rewarding your modesty.
NV we will tell you why they call it
fish-chowder. It's because you won't
tell any one. will you? No? Well, all
right, we will trust You. They call il
fish chowder because you have to fish
around in it with the spoon about half-
an-hour before you succeed in fishing
up any fish.-Puck.
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Both girls had hard work TO abstain
from tears, partly because they Uere
girls. talking about Encouragement, and
partly because of n flood of memories
Of hopes, fears and tender thoughts.
which had agitated both their hearts,
and to which, as they both felt, il would
be terribly dangerous to make any al
fusion.
Thekla knew that Grace had ardently
desired Philip to fall in love with her.
and ask her to marry him, and Grace
knew that she knew it. Grace knew
that Thekla had more than liked Philip;
that since his engagement to Angela
Fairfax she had suffered, and that this
engagement meant amongst other
thing, escape from a condition which
oppressed her: and Thekla knew that
Grace knew all this. But they were
both wisely silent on the subject. Grace
poured out some tea for herself, and
said:
- / suppose it is only Just settled, and
If L had come unexpectedly this even
ing | should have found Mr.. Reich
Eardt there in his new and successful
roe of accepted suitor-and you wished
to come and explain first"
- Yes, that is all about it." assented
Thekla; - but you will come all the
same. and see him and me in that role
you speak of. wont you?''
With pleasure; but IN that case I
shall have to ask you to 90 away at
once, rude though it may seem, or
shall never have my Euclid ready for
tomorrow morning"
go at once. said Thekia. rising
" All, there is Mabelle Fairfax coming
home from school. How wretched the
child lOoksn'
Docs she not? NY heart aches for
her. somehow"
- Perhaps Angela DULLES her."
eel haven't doubt of il; but / know
that when Angela is married to Philip
there will be no bullying. Nothing
enragcs him so much rs to see weak
things oppressed"
Here Thekla took her departure. and
Grace was left alone. to return to her
definitions with the reflection:
"She is quite right-quite. But if 1t
could only have been different"
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SOap-Bubbles.

How many of our boys and girls know
what is meant by the science of any
thingp The word "scence" means
true knowledge; and TO know truly,
perfectly, about an object, we must
know of what it is made, or what causes
it, and what properties it has, such as
form, color and weight.
How shall we make our soap-bubbless
Of soap and water. you will say Only
soap and water? One such a bubble
will be gone before you can send anotll-
er to catch it. In my childhood days L
thought it real fun to see them burst,
but more fun to make them last long
time.
Now the secret lies in getting just the
right mixture. Put into common
white bottle one and onc-half ounces of
CASTLE soap. one pint of water, and
three-quarters of pint of pure glycer-
inc. This is Plateau's solution; and
from it he makes bubbles that are very,
very beautiful. though, being blind, he
can see them only with the eyes of his
mind.
A bubble consists of portion of air
inclosed by a film-somethinC very
thin-which is made of soap and wafer.
So we have the three forms of matter
the solid, liquid and gaseous.
When blown from the mouth, the air
inside of the bubble is warmer and
lighter than the outside air, and our
bubble will rise. When filled from bel
lows, the air is colder and heavier,
causing the bubble to fall. The rising
and falling is due to pressure of the air,
which some of the bows will tell us is
equal to fifteen pounds to every square
inch.
Different airs or gases have different
we gifts. This may be prettily shown
by putting into vessel of any kind
few pieces of chalk. Four over them a
little vinegar. A bu5bling will begin,
and gas will be set free, which we call
carbonic acid gas. Its presence may
be shown by putting in a lighted match.
Tile Fountain.
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It was in war time, and little Mary's
father and mother were going to visit
the soldiers in camp, leaving her in
Bridget's care for the day. Just before
going, Mary's mother dressed her in an
old cambria dress, that she might play
in the dirt all she wanted to, and then,
kissing hex goodbye and telling her 80
be good little girl, off they started.
Mary watched them cut Of sight, and
then wens to work on her mud-pies,
and soon large batch all ready for
baking alarmed the curbstone.
But it was hot day. and Mary tired
very soon of playing in the sun, so she
tried to think what to do next. Now.
few houses down the street, lived Mrs.
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[To BE Continued

Fresh water fish are reared in every
japanese farm where there is n pool or
brook with as much care as poultry in
the French cottage yards. Girls go in
the evening with io7g wands to drive
the iish into rooted tanks, where they
are locked in for the night, to keep
them from birds Of prey.
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-Frenchmen are beginning to out
strip both the English and the Ameri-
cans in the ingenuity of their advertis-
ing lodges in the endeavor TO attra:
attention to their discoveries. The fol-
lowing will serve as an example: A GER
tain inventor of face wash improves
the shining hour of family party to in
vite reporter. who carefully inspects
the physiognomies of the inventors
wife, daughter and mother-in-law, and
prints his impressions in praise of said
concoction. giving the names of all the
members of the family.
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Seven boys of about ten years Of age
In one school in Philadelphis have been
disarmed of the pistols they have habit
ualiy carried. They were preparing to
60 west and shoot Indians. = Phitadel.
phia Times.
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THEN and NOW.

THEN.
Before I feed the waiter,
II was my dreadful doom
To get my dinner later
Than any In the room.
i tasted willy-nilly.
90 fcasts used o. dream,
And ov'rything was chilly
Excepting the icc-crram.
when mildly ] protested.
Aud ordered other things
He looked unintcrestcd.
And Hung sarcastic iiinga
His nose was Ger inclined IN
lie muttcrcd meath his breath.
i think he'd made his mind up
To starvc me quite To death
j never could restrict him:
! shuddcrcd nc his sheer
In short I was a victim
OF dignifed hduteur.
now.
but since feed the waiter.
He's never out OF sight:
Unto my wants he'll cater.
OPprcssiycly polite.
lie huns a tune ccstatic,
While taking my bchcsts.
~ manner most pirate
Tie rObs the other guests.
around my chair he fingers.
:, Tie smiles with all his might;
Tie tries things with his fingers,
To make quite sure they're right
hsthctic his position
IA was not 80 OF yOro.
VI accent II Parislan--
10 never was before.
Tho dainticft 90 vinnda
! never am without.
n u md their way TO my hands
I'm really growing stout.
NOw THEN-
Take warning from the poet
a quarters nll twill cost:
You'll thrive II you bostow n,
Withhold u and you're lost.
- ihrrU ~ Sm IN, fn Current.
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CHAPTER XIV.

One afternoon. when the time of
Philips promised arrival was DRAWING
near. Thekla Berghaus went TO cali
upon Grace Massey. She found her "a
she had expected, at home aud alone.
with books spread around her and n
sheet OF paper before her.
what are you doiug?' asked Thick
Ia Are you busy? Do l disturb
you?' =
You never disturb me. Twas doing
this work now, intending TO walk mn IN
your house this evening, but am Glad
you came here instead. Take off Vour
hat, and wei have n cup of tea.
Ihekla did not decline the proffered
hospitality. She put or her 6at. scat
cd herself on the sofa and said; II am
glad found you in. l did not want
you TO come up 10 our house to-nigb,
or mt all. until 1 had seen Won and
spoken to you"
mo! Whyg" asked Grace. LOOKING
up in momentary surprise.
because YOU would have discovered
something which l want to tell Won
not leave you to find out"
"Ahv' said Grace, sweepinO avn
- 1870 anu NtAbiHH tualcflalS as the
maid came in with the tray of afternoon
tea
She said nothing more, but poured
out some for Thekla, who sat LOOKING
somewhat nervous. Grace carried tbe
cup to her. placed Il beside her at ths
corner of the table. xnd LAYING one
hand on Thekla's shoulder. said in a low
voice:
''Thekla, you have got engaged to
some ouei''
Yes, l have" replied Thekla, sud
denly looking up, and throwing hei
arms round Grace's neck. she pressed
Il tightly with one or two convulsiv,
little hugs; II have What have you
to say to it?"
TELL me first II 10 is Mr.. Reich.
hardt9'
lit Is Fritz Reichhardt-yes."
Then ! wish you every happines:
that you deserve, and II you get thai
YOU viii have no end Of Joy. Fritz
keichhardt is a good fellow. I think hs
deserves you, too. almost"
Thank you; I'll tell him So" saic
IheklA. beginning 70 stir her tea.
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The Ohio Legislature authorized
Cincinnati to RAISE the flooded district
twelve feet by filling in.- CysrslaHd
Leqder,