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out of me =" Dick dropped into chair and
was asleep in minute.
'That's bad sign," said the Nilghai, in
an undertone.
Torpenhow picked the pipe from the
waistcoat where it was beginning to burn,
and put pillow behind the head. 1--WE
can't help; we can't help" he said "It's a
good ugly sort of old eocoanut. and Pm
lond of it. There's the scar of the wipe he
got when he was cut over in the square,
Shouldn't wonder If that has made him
trihe mad,''
81 should. He's most business-like
madman.'
Then Dick began to snore furiouslv.
"Oh, here, no affection can stand this sort
of thing. Wake up. Dick. and go and
sleep somewhere else, if you intend to make
noise about it,
"When a cat has been out on the tiles all
night" said the Nilghai in his beard, 81
notice that she usually sleeps all day. This
is natural history"
Dick staggered away rubbing his eyes
and yawning.
He did no work of any kind for a week.
Then came another Sunday. He dreaded
and ionged for the day ALWAYS, but since the
red1haired girl had sketched him there was
rather more dread than desire in his mind.
He discovered that Maisie had entirely
neglected his suggestions about iine-work
She had gone off at score filled with some
absurd notion tor "fancy head" 1t cost
Dick something to command his temper.
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the Egyptian Lotus it is doubtful whether
it was native of the river Nile. The girls
were thoroughly interested, especially in
the curious fact about the leaves of the
lotus rising out of the water, and shedding
the fluid; the globules remaining on them
quiVering and sparkling like quicksilver.
ARE EASILY CULTIVATED.
The superintendent told them that it was
mistaken idea that the lotus was hard to
raise. He says it is hardy, and NAV be
grown as easily out of doors in this climate
as the ordinary pond lilies. They were
much impressed with what Mr.. Hamilton
told them about the sacred traditions of the
lotus, but laughed heartily when he con-
| cluded with the statement that they had
large families, increasing with their seed at
the rate of 1000 per cent per year. In
Bordentown, n. j., Mr.. Hamilton has seen
two acres of ponds grown so thick with lotus
that he could scarcely see the water.
Que of the lotus which is here planted has
a personal interest from the fact that Mr..
Phlpps sent it to Mr.. Hamilton from Cairo,
Egypt, when he was there last year.
In the aquarium room are beautiful pol
| lshed slate and silver-mounted tanks in
which are some of the finer and more deli
| cate water plants upon which fish thrive.
w bile showing the little girls these Mr..
hamilton explained that all the tlsh had
been caught in the Ohio, Allegheny and
Monongahela rivers. There were the jack
salmon, river herring, drum fish, carp, sew
eral varieties Of suckers, sturgeon, sunfish,
German carp, black bass, spoon fish, etc.
THE PITTSBURG' ALLIGAToRs.
"And here are to two alligators which were
caught in the Monongahela river near Lock
No. l. They look awtully ugly, don't they?
Well, now here is something to remember
about these peculiar reptiles. They are
what naturalists call 'Saamander-Menopo
na-Alleghanienses.' They are species of
the real alligator, but are sometimes called
'dog-fsh, aud the remarkable fact that per-
haps few people are aware of, is that no
where else in the world are they found ex-
cept in the Ohio river, and its tributaries.
1t is estimated by Pittsburg fishermen that
that there are tens of thousands of these
little alligators in the rivers about this city.
You see they are over foot long"
Presently the two little girls left the con-
servatories enthusiastic over what they have
seen and heard.
How do you think you would have felt
had you furnished the money that placed
this course of amusement within the reach
of those children? Especially had you stood
close by and witnessed the interest they
evinced in all they saw? And what
nucleus Of genuine study may perhaps have
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IN THE WATER PLANT CONSERVATORY.

public character in the two cities that seems
to furnish the same amount of enjoyment
and pleasure and instruction to all classes
OF the people as the park conservatories.
To see children and grown people thor
oughiy enjoy the fruit of his money is no
doubt what Mr.. Phipps calculates as inter-
est accruing ON the amount of his invest
ment. That investment itself is more valu-
able now than it ever was. For instance
the plants with which Superintendent
Hamilton stocked the aquatic department
a short time ago cost S4OO. So large have
they multiplied and SO we'll have they
thrived that there is now at least 81, 900
worth of water plants under the glass roofs.
THE DONORS PROFIT.
But that enhancement of the money value
goes into the fuller enjoyment of the people,
and, seeing this, the original donor of it all
finds his own proft-that OF pleasure in see
ing mankind enjoy his wcrk-increased pro-
portionately. Mr.. Phipps visits the con-
servatories frequently, am told, but it is
uot to see how some plant is thriving, but to
learn if there is anything else that would
make more complete the common enjoyment
of the people.
Here, doubtless, is the source of satisfac-
ton, the promise of compound interest
which millIonaires expect to realize in their
liberal investments for the benefit of the
public around Pittsburg the past two or
three years. L. E. SToFIEL.
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PAGES TO "a.

make a mistake. But what's the idea OF
your new pieture?"
81 took it from a book. :"
''That's bad to begin with. Books arent
the places for pictures. And"
Its this" said the red-haired girl be-
hind him. "I was reading it to Maisie the
other day from the City oi Dreadful Night
D'you know the book?'
GA little 1 am sorry I spoke. There are
pictures in IT. What has taken her fancy?"
'"The description of the Melancolia:
Her folded wings as of mighty eagle,
But all too impotent to lift the regal
Robustness of her earth-born strength and
pride.
And here again. Maisie, get the tea, dear.
The forehead charged with balefuI thoughts
The household bunch of keys, the housewives
gown,
Voluminous indented. and yet rigid
AS though a shell of FURNISHED metal frIgid,
Her feet tbick-shod TO tread ali weakness
down.
There was no ATTEMPT to conceal the scorn
of the lazy voice. Dick WINGED.
"But that has been done already by an
obscure artist of the name of Dur er, " said
he. "How does the poem run?
Three centuries and threescore years ago
With phantasies OF his peculiar thought.
You might Just as we'll try to rewrite Ham
let 1t will be waste of time"
mo, it won's," said Maisie, putting down
the teacups with clatter to reassure herself.
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knock his work to pieces for a while. She
may even turn up here some day and make
a scene on the staircase. One never knows.
But until Dick speaks of his own accord
you had better not touch him. He is no
easy-tempered man to handle"
"No; 1 wish he were He is such an ag-
gressive, cocksure, you be -. fellow"
HELL get that knocked out of him in
time. He must learn that he can't storm up
and down the world with a box of moist
tubes and a slick brush. You're fond of
h1m?''
''I'd take any punishment that's in store
for him if could; but the worst of it is, no
man can save his brother"
'No, and the worser of it is, there is no
discharge in this war Dick must learn his
lesson like the rest of us. Talking OF war,
there'n be trouble in the Balkans in the
spring."
"That trouble is long coming. 1 wonder
if we could drag Dick out there when it
comes off?''
Dick entered the room shortly afterward,
and the question was put to him. ''Not good
enough" he said, shortly. ''I'm too comfy
where I am."
"Surely you aren't taking all the stuff in
the papers seriously" said the Nilghai.
"Your vogue will be ended in less than six
months-the public will know your touch
and go on to something new-and where
will you be then?"
"Here, in England"
"When you might be doing decent work
among US out tnerel Nonsense! L shall go;
the Keneu will be there; Torp will be there;
Cassavetti will be there, and the whole lot
of US will be there, and we shall have as
much as ever we can do, with unlimited
fighting, and the chance for you of seeing
things that would make the reputation OF
three Verestchagins
'Um!' said Dick, pulling at his pipe.
'You prefer to stay here and imagine that
all the world is gaping at your pictures?
Just think how full an average mans life is
of his own pursuits and pleasures. When
20, 900 of him find time to look up between
mouthfuls and grunt something about some
thing that they aren't the least interested
in, the result is called fame, reputation, or
notoriety, according to the taste and fancy
of the speller my lordp'
"Iknow that as we'll as you do. Give me
credit for little gumption."
BE hanged if do!''
BE hanged, then; you probably will be,
for spy. by excited Turks. Heigho!
I'm weary, dead weary, and virtue has gone
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"And mean to do it. Can't you see what
beautiful thing it would make?''
"How in perdition can one do work when
one hasn't had the proper training? Any
fool can get notion. 1t needs training to
drive the thing through-training and con-
yiction; not rushing after the first fancy"
Dick spoke between his teeth.
''You don't understand said Maisie.
81 think can do it,
Again the voice of the girl behind him:
Bafled and beaten back she works on still;
Weary and sick of soul, she works the more.
Sustained by her indom1table will,
The hands shall fashion. and the brain shall
pore,
And ali her sorrow shall be turned to labor.
fancy Maisie means to embody herself in
the picture"
Sitting on throne of rejected pictures2
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ELECTRICITY IN THE HOMES.
A Regular House to House Service Neces-
sary to Popularize It.

sary to Popularize It
T. G. Martin, editor OF the New York
Electrical Engineer, makes a suggestion in
the columns of that journal, which, If acted
upon, would remove a considerable amount
of prejudice, as we'll as obviate great deal
of inconvenience which now attaches to the
use of electric batteries for domestic pur-
poses Mr.. Martins idea is that a regular
house house service should be undertaken
by the local electrician would under
take for a small fixed sum per month, or per
quarter, to keep bells, batteries and circuits
in order, calling to make necessary repairs
and renewals Such service, diligently
and honestly rendered, would pay hand
somely.
The average resident in city is too busy
| to bother with his bells, and seldom has
either the time or the inclination to 90 out
| of his way to hunt up the local electrician.
| Hence the bells, once out of order, often
| stay so, as many caller knows to his or her
cost. Fans, motors for sewing machines.
annunciators, floor and table pushes, bur-
| glar alarms, electric clocks, electric time
| and date stamps, small 1ncandescent lamps
| for decorative as we'll as useful purposes,
| would soon come into much more general
use il the Inconvenience attendant on the
| use OF batteries were reduced to minimum
Bad workmen and worse work have done
great deal to prejudice the public against
the domestic application of electricity, but
better state OF things is at hand. The ad-
| vance which will surely come must evil
IDENTIFY begin with improved work, so that
electric bells may cease to be an ''unmiti-
| gated nuisance" to the architect, vino is
already inclined to make use of electric
devices and appliances, if trustworthy. MIR.
Martin says: Life is too short, anyway,
for poor work, and If an electricians pros
| perity depends, as it must largely, on the
esteem in which his installations are held,
| it is the worst folly to use rotten material,
scamp job. and then ask low price be-
cause it has been cheapiy done. The public
| is ready to pay a fair price for electrical
work when assured of honest material and
skilled workmanship; and it will be the
| reader to believe in electrical engineering
as a profession when its front doorbell rings
| repularlv
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"What's the good of suggesting any
IL h

"What's the good of suggesting any
thing?" he said, pointedly.
'Ah, but this will be a picture-a real
picture; and 1 know that Kami will let me
send it to the Salon. You don't mind, do
you?'
81 suppose not. But you won't have time
for the Salon"
Maisie hesitated a little. She even felt
uncomfortable.
Were going over to France a month
sooner because of it. L shall get the idea
sketched out here and work it up at
Kami's."
Dicks heart stood still, and he came very
near to being disguised with his queen who
could do no wrong. "Just when L thought I
had made some headway, she goes off chasing
butterflies. It's too maddening."
There was no possibility of arguing, for
the red-haIred girl was in the studio. Dick
could only look unutterable reproach.
'.1'm sorry" he said, "and L think you
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ing to watch them do this as to see them
grow large little by little. The seeds are
now in the water here for more plants next
summer. The under side of these leaves is
wonderful. They are not only arched In
their construction, but are trussed, and so
full of sharp spipes, just like sharp needles,
that there is no danger of their being at
tackled even by the larger insects"
"But YOU said rain would make them
smaller" said one Of the urchins, now quite
unwilling to leave the subject
"Well, that is for this reason: What we
must be very careful about in growing these
great lilies is the warmth of the air and
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especially if the tributary is as narrow as
this pond here.
'The flower opens about o'clock in the
evening. The color then is pure white.
About O'Clock that night the whole house
here is filed with the odor of pineapple
The flower continues white on the following
day, but without any perceptible fragrance.
AT o'clock P. NJ. that day it will change
to pink color, and the next morning will
be found lying on the surface of the water
ready to go under and perfect its seed. 1t
is an annual plant and the time is now
drawing near when it will 60 to rest for a
period. OF course if I had other plants
sufficiently grown they would bloom while
this one is sleeping.
PROTECTED FROM ASSAULT.
when the plant begins to wither, the
leaves gradually grow smaller. Every day
they are little smaller, until finally they
dwindle into nothing. 1t is just as interest
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that we could not get the flower to grow so
perfect, or the leaves so large. That is why
very few persons undertake to grow this
kind of water lily here in the North. The
price is not so much, but it is the necessity
for plenty of room in the hothouse to let
them grow and spread"
"But come over to this room and see the
lots of lotus that are here. They are, too,
the most beautiful of all water lilies"
And then Mr.. Hamilton explained all
about the charming flower, from the stories
of the Lotus eaters and Lotus worshipers
down to the later theory that although called
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WARM WATER NEEDED.

ssNow, they can be grown out of doors
here in warm summer weather, but the pond
must be so made that the water in it can be
heaten artifciallv if all the surroundings
are not favorable. But if thus grown out
of doors in the summer months, the rain
falling into the pool changes the tempera-
ture of the water, the air is either cooler or
hotter on different days, and the result is
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THEY ARE POPULAR.

Superintendent Hamilton informs me that
one day last week fully $500 people passed
through the conservatories. Every hour OF
every day in the year it is we'll filled with
visitors. Its fame has gone abroad, and
strangers stopping over IN the city for day
invariably visit the greenhouses.
School children, especially, a2d the little
inmates of public institutions come to the
houses by hundreds. There is nothing of a
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cessful business men in this part of the
State. What, therefore, has been his re-
muneration for the expenditure? He GER
tainly expects payment of some sort.
1t was a new field of philanthropy. When
Andrew Carnegie put up a magnificent
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Strong Attachme ents.
Boston Herald,

Boston Herald.
''Its strange" remarked the tramp, ex-
amining the rents in his garments, 81 never
felt any liking for dogs whatever, yet they
nearly all become strongly attached to me
as soon as they see me-"
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BY RUDYARD KIPLING,
Serial Story From the Pen of the Gifted TOune
Attho of Th1ee,' M0ny other Popular
Sketches of Army Experiences in India.
nth LIFE IN LONDON AND EGYPT,
FOR THE DIsPATcu1
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.


Gilbert The column aacsed by arabs
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water. Both must be kept at the tempera-
ture of 75o. That corresponds nearly with
the average temperature of their native
home
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TO HOLIDAY GOODS
WE SHALL GIVE
Special Attention the Rest Of the Year.

Probably no other house in the city
can show as complete a line of goods suit
able for Xmas Gifts as ours. Some very
nice gifts have been sold so far, but the
line is unbroken. Come early and get the
choice
We shall distinguish ourselves particu-
larly this and next week on a line of Parlor
Furniture of our own make. The like for
variety has not its equal in the two cities.
Remember that we cannot take orders for
made to order goods for Xmas delivery,
later than December IS, so get your order
in early
We carry very large variety of Bed
Room Furniture, every grade and quality,
Also Bedding in all its different varieties
A splendid opportunity is here offered
you to do yourself proud in gift giving
Take advantage Of our Credit System and
buy something worth having. Something
that will do the home good.
In the side columns you will notice
few of the many articles kept by us suitable
for the Holidays,
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WONDERS IN PLANTS.
The Splendid Object Lesson Mr.,
Phipps Has Placed in the
Allegheny Parks,
LILIES OF THE AMAZON
And the Lotus of Egypt Placed Side
by Side for Public Education.
The BENEFITS TO BE DERIVED.
Row Philanthropic MilliOnaireS Reap From
Such Investments.
INTEREST MANY TINES COMPOUNDED
LILIES OF THE AMAZON
The BENEFITS TO BE DERIVED.
Row PhilanthrOpic MilliOnaires Reap From
Such Investments
INTEREST MANY TINES COMPOUNDED
WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATcH.l

WAS curious to know
how much in { ere S t
Henry Phipps, Jr., is
earning or his invest
ment in the conservs-
tories of Allegheny
Parks. He put $40, 900
into them. Business
men seldom sp end
money without tn e
hope of securing some
return, and Mr.. Phipps
is one of the most sue
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Going to Help Sitting Bull.

Six scouts and as many Indians passed
through the city yesterday bound for
Standing Rock Agency to Join Buffalo Bill,
They were going at his orders.
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SOME SURPRISING FACTS.

"Oh, you think that SO many leaves in
this basin means a number of plants. No,
there is just one plant in the water here,
and from it comes all these leaves. bought
this single plant from Mr. Sturtevant, of
Bordentown, n. j., for SIS. He makes a
business of nurturiDg South American
flowers. put the plant in the water here
last june 1t was then only so inches in,
diameter. Now look at it. This stone
basin is % feet wide and As feet long. Last
week when we took out some of the dying
leaves, there were so many of them and they
had become SO large that they forced each
other up over the curbstone of the basins
edge. The plant which had put in in June
had grown out IA ieet from the center on
each side and filled two-thirds of the basin
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cen at the time planted within their minds?
Would you not feel in this profit on your
inYestment2
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SidGDOapdS.
English Oak, Antique and
XVI Century.
Wardrobes.
Single and Double.
Oak and Walnut
Wardrobe Fold Beds.
Our specially. Without
weights or springs.
Bedroom Furniture.
The largest variety in the city,
Ash. Oak, Walnut, Cherry and
Mahogany.
Odd Bedsteads--S Single, Child's
Crib and full size.
Odd Dressers - Wood and
Marble Tops, in all varieties Of
wood.
Odd Washstands In large
variety.
Wood, Cane, Perforated and
Leather Chairs, in Oak and
Walnut.
Rockers to match all Chairs.
A large stock Of fancy Rock
ers in Tapestry, Silk, Plush and
Brocatelle.
Reed and Rattan Rockers.
Hall Seats and Hall Trees
Vestibule Hall Chairs.
Desks and Book Cases. The
largest line Of Ladies' Desks
and Secretaries at all prices, in
all woods.
Mantel Clocks and Orna-
mentS.
A special drive on Fancy
Bric-a-Brac. Something very
nice for the money.
The Davis Sewing Machine
not the least acceptable.
Cash or Credit.
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Furniture
(Our Own Make,
In Tapestry. Brocatelle and
Pushes.
Odd pieces q specially.
Platform Rockers and Recep-
ton Chairs. A large variety.
A handsome selection of
Parlor Tables, Wood, Marble
and Onyx Tops, Oak, Walnut
and Mahogany Woods.
Screens and Easels, Oak,
Mahogany and Bamboo.
A large assortment of Illus.
trated Subjects in Engravings,
Photo Graveurs, Artotypes,
etc., etc.
Chenille Portieres and Lace
Curtains.
Rugs in Daghestan, Moquet,
Smyrna and Animal Fur.
Tapestry and Body Brussels,
Moquet and Velvet Carpets.
Fancy Japanese Mattings
and Rugs.
Fancy Table Covers Of all
kinds.
Mantel Cabinets, Oak and
Walnut.
Dinner and Tea Sets.
Chamber Toilet Sets. A large
selection.
Silverware and Glassware.
Children's Rockers and High
Chairs. Children's Fancy Up
holstered Platform Rockers.
Something nice.
Etc, Etc, Etc.
Cash h-or.C Credit.
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lengthwise And all that came from seed
not any larger thau pea"
81 wouldn't like to go skiff riding in
those South American rivers" observed
BERTHE, sagely SIT would be too hard to
row the skiff through such awfuliy large
leaves. Why. sir. if they grow so large,
don't they fill the rivers from shore to
shore?"
THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWER.
81 was never on those rivers" replied
the genial superintendent, feeling himself a
little stumped for time, 'ibut as the seeds
are constantly falling out of the flowers into
the water they in turn grow, and thus the
streams must grow very full of plants and
big leaves. Yes, it might be pretty hard
work rowing skiff toward the Amazon,
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a number of lily leaves the like of which she
had never seen nor dreamed OF. They were
In truth large enough to take the place of
pair OF blankets on any bed. And they were
real live leaves, the shape, color and flower
being perfect The two children stood
aghast. They read the sign which swung
over the water, "Victoria Regia; Brazil,
but that gave them olight on such sur