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The Music Of the Chinese.

Have the Chinese exerted any influence
IN the progress of music9 asks the Bos-
ton Musical Herald. At first sight it
it would seem to be impossible for ma
ton delighting in series of what seems
to US to be dissonances, to have had any
connection with an art so harmonious as
our own. But this is a rather seeming
difference than real one. If music be
the art of exciting the emotions by COM
binations of sounds, then the Chinese
discords must also be ranked as music,
for they certainly do arouse the deepest
emotions in the Celestials. The ancient
Chinese knew far more of the principles
of music than the civilized Greek or Ro-
mans even, but as usual with the discoy-
cries of this self-isolated race, the found
ing of system of musical laws did not
benefit the world any more than our
selves. Thus it was with printing, with
the compass and many other of the an
cient Chinese inventions and discoveries.
Yet it is probable that the Chinese were
the first nation to adopt and formulate
system of notation.
Written music probably first began in
China. The principles of acoustics also
were first in existence in the Celestial
Empire. The full scale of chromatic
semitones was evolved by one of their
Emperors 1000 years ago, yet the Chi
nese, actuated by that strange obliquity
which is characteristic of the nation, re-
ceived only five of the twelve tones into
their scale, holding the other seven to :
"female tones" and therefore useless:
The principle of the monochord was
probably known to them, and in some OF
their instruments one can see the organ
foreshadowed. Of harmony, or part
writing, however, the Chinese know
nothing, and it is good inferentlal
proof Of the non-existence OF part music
among the ancient nations that the Chi
nese, in their ancient music books, speak
only of melody, and seem to have dis,
dained tone combinations such as would
suggest the simplest chords.
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Remarkable Lakes.

The deepest lake in the world is Lake
Baikal, in Siberia. Its area of over 5000
square miles makes it about equal to
Lake Erie in superficial extent; its enor-
NOUS depth of between 1000 TO 45OO feet
makes its volume of water almost equal
to that of Lake Superior. Although its
surface is 1880 feet above sea level, its
bottom averages over 5000 below the
same level.
America has lake which, although h
its waters are not as deep as those of the
Siberian wonder, also bears a unique
distinction. It is located in the Yose-
mite Valley, and is called Mirror Lake.
On account of the height and sheer de-
scent of the surrounding mountains, the
sun does not rise upon it until 11:3O
o'clock in the morning and sets seventy
three minutes later.-S. Louis Repu6.
kcaa.
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ABridef0r an Hour.
A Thrilling Story Of the Johns
town Disaster.
BY DAVID LOWRY.
CHAPTER II.-(ContinuedJ

Giles Brockle was looking past the
lawyer out on the back lot. He saw the
end of the windlass of the we'll. If he
could silence the lawyers voice forever
and hurl the safe into the welt-it was
entirely feasible. In broad daylight, ss
e was then, it would be madness. 1t
hust be accomplished in the night.
Alexander Rutledge lived in the house.
Most of his business was done here
The time spent in his Office in the heart
of the city was very short. A plodding,
conscientious lawyer, he preferred to
barry the bulk of his work to his own
house, which was kept in order by an old.
friend, who knew him in his youth.
you will excuse me, Mr.. Brockle; L.
have considerable work waiting on me,
and"
of course you've got to 60 to the we'd,
ding?" .
+ The lawyer looked at him long and
Searchingly, then turned to his table, say
Ing: Il would like to, but shall not be-
There
He cid not tell his visitor that one Of
the reasons why he resolved not to be
present at the wedding of one of the
most lovable Of girls, and one whom he
respected as much as any young lady he
had ever known, was because he had sent
her an extravagant present; the other
teason was because he had never wit
Messed marriage ceremony after he had
looked in the grave of the woman he
called his wife Ole brief month.
The visitor strobe to the door, paused
at the threshold, and reflected. Should
he inform the lawyer his uncle was dy-
ing? BY no means; tina: would serve as
D pretext for calling in the darkness OF
The night.
i One moment he stood in the doorway.
When the lawyer looked around the door
closed with o loud bang and he shrugged
his shoulders, glad to be rid of the most
disagreeable visitor that ever entered his
door.
; As Giles Brockle remounted his horse
Ind rode away, man who knew him
called across the street:
MOT running away, are you, Brockle!"
What's that" Brockle demanded, turn.
ing around in his saddle.
Nothing. Only you are the last man
Nyou are considered SO level-headed-I
s1pected to see showing the white
feather"
!, white feather! What the devil do you
mean by that?"
aYou know what I mean. You are
Afraid of South Fork dam-ha! hal"
Brockle rode on, cursing the South
Fork dam and all the fools in Johnstown
In one breath. South Fork dam. He
had other and weightier things to think
of. Unless his wishes could be realized
in some way he would rejoice in his
beart to see the South Fork dam sweep
off half of the wealth his Uncle Tom
Peters possessed.
! But for the looks of the thing, now
that all his cards were played with un-
Varying bad luck, he resolved TO call on
q doctor and to pay him out of his own
pocket for the trouble of driving out the
road to look on with the other "ninnies"
at an old man who was as good as dead
that minute.
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How Clothespins are Made.

If there is one article that is an abso-|
lutte necessity to a housekeeper it is a
jclothespin, and the following facts I'M
regard to that useful article are inter
esting:
"Clothespins," said dealer, ''are
made in the lumber regions of Michigan
and Vermont. They are usually of white
ash, but we have them of beach, birch
and maple. The wood is taken to the
factory in logs and cut into lengths Of
thirty-on inches by circular saws. These
are then cut into blocks which are re-
duced to sticks, then placed under AM
other saw and reduced to clothespi1
lengths. Next the turner takes a han
at them and from him they 60 to the sla
ting machine. They are placed in troug
by the operator, the machine pickii
them up and Stating them. Then th
are placed in a revolving pipe dri4
going thence to the polishing cylndd
Each pin passes through eight hands.
ga single plant consists of boa
saw, gang splitter, gang chunker, tur
inc lathe, drying house and polishe
and costs from $40, 900 to $4,000. II
little blocks of wood, five and a ha
inches long, are placed on an endlea
belt, which feeds the blocks automatic
ally into the lathe. As the lathe
turned the pin is taken automatically
from the spindle and placed on turn
table and carried to a circular saw, whic
whittles out the slat into pin. 1t
then finished and thrown out of the turI
table by the same appliance that puts tf
pins on the table. Falling, they al
caught in q basket or barrel, and an
taken to the drying-house to remain
twelve hours or until dry. The polish
ing cylinder holds from twenty to forty,
bushels. This is run at slow speed,
about thirty turns a minss,ir md by
simple friction and contaeahey become
polished. They are sold to the trade at
a little over 81 bushel, and packed in
boxes of four to the bushel. The indus
try is an increasing one, and almost
81, 100000 worth of pins were manu-
factured last year."-NeD York 7s'e-
gram.
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Neither, however, had any money to
continue investigations. Apple had
saved a few pounds. He bought off the
Frenchman, and together with Danowitz
set about trying experiments with few
sealskins. They were eminently sue
cessful. The furriers were quick to see
the commercial value of the secret, and
soon arrangements were made whereby
factory was erected and business begun
in earnest. Apple was shrewd fellow
and secured an interest in the business.
Danowitz was made foreman. He gave
the secret to fellow workman named
Hyes. By him it was impaired to one
George Simmons, who revealed it to a
man named Winchelow. With Winch
Glow its spread ceased, and the closest
of corporations was formed So we'll
guarded is the secret that the owners do
not hesitate to sell the dye at guinea
gallon.
After the dyeing comes curious
operation on the garments not yet made
up-the patching. An expert carefully
goes over every skin, cutting out each
defective part. To fill these holes with
patches that cannot be detected is by no
means the work of an amateur. Deft
fingers have heretofore been required to
do the sewing, but now the expert
matches the patch, and the sewing is
done py an ingeniously ccntrived ma
chine. Fox, raccoon, bear, monkey,
chinchilla, beaver, coney, lynx, squirrel
and any long fluffy fur can be sewed at
will. The pretty effect of the tipped
furs is obtained by sewing in long white
hairs at regular intervals throughout the
pelt.-Br0oAlyn Citizen.
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ton IN value. The proper curing of the
fur consists merely in exposing the skin
to the air. The first process is known as
heshing. The skin is stretched on sort
Of bench, and gone over with the flesh.
ing knife, which removes the flesh and
grease. The skin is next soaked in
a tub of clear water for eighteen hours,
or until sufficiently softened. Then fol-
lows another feshing. During these
operations the fur loses much of its
gloss, which IS restored by a thorough
treatment with oleaginous substances.
Next comes the tanning. A mixture
of mahogany, rosewood, ebony and cedar
sawdust is sprinkled over these skins and
pressed in by being trod upon. This is
called the foot process. In the case of
the coarser furs. small beams-the ends
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CHAPTER v.

CHAPTER v.
THE HARVEST OF DEATH.
While Algernon Somers was floating on
the broad current a hand was stretched
out toward him. He felt himself lifted
out of the water by kindly hands.
When he looked about him he was on
The side of house that bad been wrenched
apart by the force of the food. There were
number of men on the roof Of another
house that projected over the detached
side he stood on. There we're women and
children all around him in the water.
Their cries we're ringing in his ears.
What had he to live for now? The
woman he loved was lost to him forever!
It were better to die with the rest. With
out speaking to those about him, and be-
fore any one there could interpose Q
hand, he plunged into the waters again.
He is crazed." said one near him.
Again kindly hands were stretched
forth, and then, spite of his efforts to pre-;
vent them, three men on the roof pulled
him out of tho water BY main force.
When he was on the roof, one of the
men held him by the arm, expostulating,
soothing, and reasoning with him.
Il am not mad," Somers said, soberly..
II am as sane as you are, my friend. l
have lost my wife. Why should stay
here now2 l want to die. do not care
to live"
"I can sympathize with you," said the
man, "but it is nobler to live to try to
help these poor people. You, o young
man, may save many lives. For the sake
of all that is good and pure, help US. I
see you are not crazed, as some of these
poor wretches are. Let us at least die
bravely, like men,"
You are right" Somers said. See
how I will profit by your counsel"
He ran to the edge of the roof, seized q
board lying on it, and called to the man
to hold one end of it. Then, taking the
other in his hand, he sprang into the
water, sustained himself by holding the
board with one hand while stretching out
the other he caught three women in sue
cession as they were borne toward him
and pushed them 10 the roof, whbre they
were instantly seized and pulled out OF
the water.
Next he grasped an old man, then two
children. After that he lost reckoning.
Inc roor, fortunately, loogea against an
other, over which many of those On the
roof most exposed ran quickly until they
reached q house that still stood firm.
The windows Of this they broke open,
and soon all clambeled in or were pulled
into this house, until score or more
found safety for the present at least:
The man who had reasoned with SOM
ers implored him 10 enter the house also,
telling him he would certainly be lost,
but Somers only shook his head, and
stroye again and again TO snatch from
death little children, women and men
that were borne past him.
Then the condition of affairs suddenly
changed. Instead of human beings, ami
mals-horses, COWS, pigs and all manner
of fragments of houses and fences came
toward him, with here and there hand
thrust out of the water, or head. All
manner of litter and rubbish whIrled
past him.
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A Leaf Frem a Dime Romance.

Skipper Ito PiloD-"We mus land
quietly on der shore, an creep widout
noise up to der house an Carp off der
girl an valu'bles afore dey kin Civ der
alarm; does yer understand"
Pilot-"Aye, aye, SIR
Skipper-"Do der job neatly, an
name yer reward, it is your'n"
Pilot-"Speak not of reward ter me,
it is-hal ha!-rervenge I seek. Hat
ha ha! rervenge!"-Lye.
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gra,R.

SOME lakes are distinctly blue, 9TH
ers present various shades of green, SO
that in some cases they are hardly dis
tinguishable from their level. grass
covered banks; q few are almost black.
The Lake of Geneva is azure hued the
Lake of Costannce and the Lake of Lu-
cerne are green; the color of the Medi.
terranean has bsen called indigo. The
Lake of Brienz is greenish yellow, and
its neighbor, Lake Thun, is blue.
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A Mammoth Cotton Tree.

The royal palm is the most beautiful
tree of the tropics, but there are not
many of them in Nassau, and they do
rot there reach the great size they attain
in the Caribbean Islands. The monarch
of all trees in Nassau, however, is the
mammouth Ceiba, or silk cotton tree,.
standing in the yard of the public build
ings, says a writer in the Illustrated Amaers.
can. Nature has made this tree evidently
with reference to the hurrican zone, its
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BLACK FOREST WILD BOAR.

BLACK FOREST WILD BoAh.
ing to test the metal of the hunter. The
member of Mr.. Corbin's boar colony that +
is depicted herewith is not full grown.
He stands 2 feet high in front and 19
inches in the rear. He is 8 feet long
His brist1es stand out on his body ik1
quills. Their color is mixture of dirt
yellow and dark brown. The eyes az
large and dark brown, and the snout
rs black as coal. This is the first attemI
to introduce the wild boars of German
into this country. and is undertaken
the spirit of sportsman who, now tha
the panther has become scarce and tn
bear almost extinct in the America
forests, thirsts for game that will
worth the hunting.
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THE MAMMOTH SILK COTTON TREE.

THE MAMMOTH SILK COTTON TREE.
fanges projecting six or eight feet on
every side, forming braces that make it
proof against the highest winds. -
This specimen is not only blessing
for the shade it gives, but godsend to
the scores of natives who are daily in
waiting for their friends to be put
through the police court near by. They
lounge and chatter under its branches,
and thank God that they are free Britons.
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ASEALSKIN SACQUE.
FROM ITS OWNERS BACK TO
BEAUTY'S SHOULDERS.
All Chimes Contribute to Supply the
Demands of Fashion-The
Great Seal Grounds in
Alaska Waters.

In big fur store one may see at this
season of the year prepared pelts from al
most every section of the globe. The re-
mote regions of North America contribute
the skins of the seal, beaver, ermine,
badger, mink, otter, and the white,
black, brown and silver tip bears. The
furs of the blue fox, black fox, white
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Austin Corbin's Boar Colony.

Austin Corbin, ex-President OF the
Reading Railroad Company, has imported
a number of wild bosrs and sows from
the Black Forest of Germany and turned
them out to pasture in his own forest OF
81, 900 acres in New Hampshire, where
he has had such wild game to hunt as
caribou, elk, moose and deer, but poth-
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1r.;4o1 0+,tao Tifo SovinO Sprvif

The United States Life Saving Service
is under the control of the Treasury, not
the War Department. The headquarters
are at Washington. There is a corps OF
inspectors, superintendents, station keep
ers and crews extending over our entire
coast line, together with Board of Life
Saving appliances, composed of experts
selected from the revenue marine SER
vice, the army, the life saving service and
civilians.
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Wofkmen have drilled to depth of
nearly one thousand one hundred feet for
water at Calvary Cottage, Wis, and
have not ret heen rewarded.
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CHAPTER ~.

THE ASSASSIN.
It was after 2 o'clock, Alexander Rut-
ledge remembered, when loud rap on
his door summoned him from his cosy
chair that day.
He had dismissed Giles Brockle from
his mind. His surprise was very great
when he found him at the door. He
stood before him, barring his entrance,
until Giles said:
Il have thought the matter over, L
want to talk to you quietly now"
Then the lawyer unsuspectingly led the
way to the back room-his private room
and placed seat for his visitor, who sat
down with his usual composme.
Il thought, Mr.. Rutledge, it may be in
your power to induce my uncle to recon-
slider his decision. You have consider
able influence with him"
Mr.. Rutledge shook his head here, but
Giles did not notice it.
Well, people think you have. All
ask is that you put it in this light: I
have been led to expect help-it is not
my fault if have run in debt at times1
I have tried to do tha right thing of .tet
haven't I? Now, it you could put it in
that way to my uncle, he would sleep
over it once or twice, and leave me
enough to go into business in good shape.
Am right or not?"
"You are right. Your uncle is not an
unjust man, nor an unforgiving man, as
you and I know. But" here the law
Ier sighed, 1T is too late"
And Giles Brockle, looking unconcern-
edly out of the window, and seeing all
the people in the neighborhood had left
their houses for the purpose of observ-
ing the rising waters that were covering
the streets below them, asked:
How is it too late?" His eye rested
upon the windlass as he spoke.
Il have just received word from your
uncle. He has been stricken with paraly-
sis"
WHAT exclaimed Giles Brockle. ris-
ing suddenly. He placed hand on his
hip as he leaned toward the lawyer. My
uncle dying?"
Il fear he will never be able to change
his will.
The lawyer bent his head. That in
stant Giles dealt him terrific blow. Tbs
force of the blow was so great that it caus-
ed the lawyer to fall prone upon the floor.
As Giles stood over him, glaring dowa
on him, he opened his eyes once, twice.
Quick as flash Giles drew revolver
from his hip pocket, placed it over the
PROSTATE mans heart, and fred.
The dying man uttered one groan, then
gas silent.
, 1890-02-06

scarf pin represents u bright gold wind
mill with platinum band around the
roof and with the sails studded alter
| natoly with diamonds and rubos.
Etched pansios, with the centers in re-
lief, form pretty decoration for coffee
service,
Delicate and attractive isa bonbon
box of open lace work In gold, which
exterior the box,
! Cnttails entw incd with grasses OF vari-
ogatod gold constitute u lace pin that
shows the result of artistic design and
| skilled workmanship,
An oNdiLcd silver horseshoe nail
twisted into Knot IN the center OF
which rests tourmaline within bright
/ gold claws, forms unique scarf pin.
| The pieces ola ten service produced
recently are ornlmentCd around the top
with band or etching, while the re-
maindor is but series Of deep indenta-
| tions
Three balls--thc emblem Of tho pawn
/ brOkcr--caCh OF different Culoted gold,
| form q scarf pin that will command at
tention from lovers of the unique.
Ragged edges and ancient looks make
| the most recent silver lruitdlsh conspic-
] uous. Two upll'h NU uIdnCn, with
| leaves, rise In relief from the bottom of
| tho gilt interior Of the dish,
/ Gold and platinum leaves resting
around the edge OF a comma Of alternate
diamonds and sapphires, with variegated
gold pausies, make a hairpin that can
/ not fail to be received with favor.
/ MUOnstone Cutl links, representing
ordinary mother of-poarl shirt buttons
are an Innovation, Gold threads cruss
the buttons, their ends being inserted in
tho four holes usually seen In buttons.
y moonstone Cupid buwing roguishly
IN the curve of "A crescent Of bTiliiant Is
deserves more than passing notice as q
lace pin. Around the throat of the
little god necklnce Of rose diamonds
and small rubies Is shown. terminating
in n star of similar stones.
Somewhat massive, yet very artistic is
an elaborate silver cake dish of A meriCan
Workmanship. Three hippopotani
plunging among tall water grasses and
held under control by a small figure rep
resenting an Egyptian boy constitute
the group at one end of the piece. The
dish proper is formed In imitation Of a
Red sea fishing boat.
, 1890-02-06

front of the postotllce ~ came past
II line of huts. My heart beat III u
sort of ecstasy for II moment
What II the I<Onaan had returned
the loan? | hurried into the. slab
building and eagerly waited my
turn for mall
"Ir-, there's letter." said the
postmaster. "rcn cents due"
| hadn't the money. The post
master, however permitted me 10
to take the letter aud open 1t. !
know my hand trcmblcd ns ! read
the postmark IA town In Kansas.
Out dropped two care s--plcture,s
of II womunu and child. To the back
of one was neatly pasted by one end
IL bank note, gasped and nearly
rintcd us saw the denomination
$50.
"Suvedw | mtrmurcd.
The letter WAS from -laNmore..
lie had reached home In safety,
and ut the frat opportunity incloscd
money, with his heartfelt thanks
and the blessings Of his wife, to my
address.
That was the hNpplcst moment OF
my life.