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THE IMPULSE OF FICTION.
The Influences Which it Exerts Upon the
Reader Considered.

The Influences Which it Exerts Upon the
Reader Considered.
1t is not the mere story, says the London
Spectator, but the impulse which is given to
the inward life of man to pursue the
thoughts and foster the emotions excited in
his mind by the story, and that, too, in a
direction which will make more of him than
he was before. All good fiction manages to
do this. 1t leaves seed of growth behind
it. 1t stirs up what is most invigorating
and fruitful in men, and makes it more in
vigorating and more fruitful.
Bad fiction has just the opposite effect.
It excites without strengthening. It leads
those who read it to look out for sensations
which are not in the least degree either
salutary or probable, and disgusts them with
lite in which such sensations are not to be
found. 1t exercises bewildering and
binding effect on the mind, fills it with
mist, with false hopes and enervating dreams,
instead of the noble and healthy ambitions
which are sown broadcast by all great fc-
ton,
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A LETTER FROM LUTHER.

A Chicago Curiosity Seeker AHghts on q
Rare Relic at Richmond.
The Chicago gentleman who purchased
the Libby prison for removal to his city as
war museum was, when In Richmond, on
the lookout for other curios to adorn the in
side of that building, says the Richmond
State. Hepurchased while here for 500
an autograph letter from one of the police,
in the quaintest of quaint old-time German,
written by the distinguished reiormer, Mar
tin Luther.
1t was brought thither from the Old
Country by the father of the gentleman who
disposed of it. The letter was authenticated
as veritable product of the great reformer,
but whether it made any reference to his
spirited contests with the religion mostly
prevalent in his day, or his visit to Rome,
or the diet of Worms, is not stated. The
gray goose quill was mostly availed of in
those days for transferring thoughts to
paper. Sometimes kings and similar po-
tentates used quills made from the pinions
of the eagle. Luther was a monk, and a
learned one at that, before he became a re-
former ..
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rainbow colors, could be artifcially pro-
duced by letting a sunbeam fall upon
prism in a darkened room.
=. A SIMPLE EXPERIMENT..
As this experiment is very simple and
involves all that we know about the stuff OF
which worlds are made, it is well worth
demonstrating. A sunny room is the first
essential. Darken il and leave only slit
in the darkened window, say an inch long
and not wider than the thickness of cent.
Place prism-a triangular piece OF glass
at point where the sunbeam falls, between
the window and your eye, and you will see
all the dark colors of the rainbow-the solar
spectrum.
Rays from the sun. light from the stars,
comets or nebula, result from the burning of
gases and by the aid of the spectroscope the
elements of these gases can readily be de-
termined. Spectrum analysis. as this branch
of scientifc research is called, has been re-
duced to such nicely that the presence of
millionth part of grain of sodium has been
detected by it. /. H. WEBB.
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CASTLE 0F A BLUEBEARD.

An Ancient Tower That Recalls the Profii-
gacy of st. Thomas Island.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat
ST. Thomas, one of the West India islands,
is Danish possession. and has had Curl
GUS history. 1t fourished in the past only
on its own vices and its neighbo-s' misfor-
tunes. When it grew virtuous it ceased to
be happy. Its neighbors' gain proved its
own loss. Slavery was an institution until
1S4S. and until that time susar was euIti-
vated with a success that studded the thirty
three square miles of the islands surface
with large plantations and handsome man
sions. But in that fatal year slavery
was abolished, the colored population,
which is more than three-quarters Of
the whole, preferred to give up steady
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THE zIGzAG TUNNEL.
An Engineering Scheme for Overcoming a
Mountain Obstacle.

An engineering Scheme Tor overcoming
Mountain Obstacle.
The Ontario and Western tunnel between
Sidney and Walton stations. New York, is
nearing completion, says Western ex-
change. Here is what is known as the Gig
zag," or series of reverse curves, by which
the company's tracks climb the steep eastern
slope of the mountain.
Work was begun in June of last year
upon a tunnel which will do away with this
impediment to traffic. The approaches to
the tunnel at either end are 1000 feet long,
most of the cutting being through solid
rock. The approaches are finished and over
1900 of the 1878 feet of the tunnel proper
have been excavated. IT is expected that
the cuttings will meet at the center of the
mountain by January 1, and that tine tun-
mel will be opened for traffic next spring.
The advantages which the company will
gain by the tunnel are the reduction of the
maximum grade at that point from the 104
to IS feet, and the shortening of the main
line of road between Sidney and Walton by
about two miles and the saving of 10 min
utes ip the time of passenger trains. The
estimated cost Of the Improvement is about
$500. 600
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What Made the Boy Mad.

Young woman's Journal!
Hardly closer their heads could be bent if
'twere tried;
"Pweep! Pweep! Pweepr'
The dickey bird sat in the window outside,
"Pweep! Pweep! Pweep!'
And the small boy in hiding the sofa beneath,
Clenched his fist in his anger and gritted his
teeth,
For he couldn't determine If lovers or bird
Were making the conical sound that he
heard,
.Pweepi Pweepi Pweepr'
WHAT MADE HIN MADDER.
Soon they snatched the young wretch from his
cosy retreat.
.Swipe! 5wasb! swankr'
He got about ten on his upholstered seat
'Swipe! Swashl> Swank!
And the small boy learned to his infinite woe,
That his big sister had a most muscular beau,
And he felt quite assured twas man, not a
bird,
Was making the terrible sound that he heard,
rSwipel Swashi Swanlkr'
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edge upon the wink. AS the tiddledy slips
it causes the wink 10 jump The best re-
suit is produced BY resting the tiddledy on
the center OF the wink and drawing it back
under slight pressure. A little practice
will enable player to jump wink q
distance of several feet and foot or more in
the air.
For each wink landed in the wink-pot the
PLAYER receives one counter from the pool.
If he sends four or more winks into the pot
in succession he marks a run" and receives
one extra counter from the pool for each
wink over three put in on run. If he
jumps six w1nks into the pot In succession
he makes sweep" and receives, besides
the counters taken from the pool, one from
each opponent.
COUNTERS MAY HAVE VALUE
All counters received, except one for each
wink put into the wink-pot, should be kept
separately, so as to tally the winks jumped
into the pot. If player fails on six jumps
to land single wink in the pot, he pays
two counters to the pool. After each player
mas Jumped his six winks, then the first
PLAYER takes any wink lying outside the pot,
places it where he pleases and makes It
Jump. If it goes in, he tries another. As
soon as he fails the player next to the left
proceeds in the same manner.
So the game goes OH until all the winks
have been Jumped into the pot. The player
putting the largest number of winks into
the wink-pot in one turn takes one-half the
counters remaining in the pool, the remain
ing half going to the player having pu. the
greatest number OF wInks in the poi. A tie
is decided by the TWO contestants jumping
six winks each, the one winning that lands
the most of them.
The counters may be given any value
agreed upon, as in poker, or if the game is
purely for fun, the player having the great
est numbe of counters when the last wink
is landed in the pot Of course wins. The
game enables ladies with long, tapering
fingers to display them to the best advan-
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TRANSLATED FOR THE D1srArcH.l J


At one OF the small attic windows of a
large tenement house, standing in a narrow
and not overly clean street, staod small,
thinly clad boy, who looked discontentedly
out into the clear, autumn evening. The
street below him, with its busy, noisy
throng, already lay in deep shadow, and the
last ravs of the setting sun sent a parting
glance into Paul's humble home. In an
swer to a faint call the boy turned with a
sigh from the window and walked to the
other side of the room, where, on miser-
able bed, which stood against the dark, bare
wall, lay a pale, sick woman, Paul's mother,
who for L. " weeks had been unable to
rise, and, although her son gave her every
attention in his power, the suffering one
grew no better.
Old Sibyl, called the wise woman, who
lived in lirtle cottage just outside the city
gate, had said there was a means by which
the sick woman could be healed; but this
means was made known only to those who
would so out into the world and seek for it.
Paul would gladly have followed the ad'
vice of the wise woman, and gone In search
of the wonderful cure; but how could he
leave his mother alone and with no one to
care for her? AS the boy prepared his
simple evening meal, and at the same time
pondered over his sorrow, loud knock
sounded at the door and an old woman, bent
with age and having deeply wrinkled face,
lighted by clear, bright eyes, entered the
room. Supporting herself on her staff she
looked curiously at Paul, then at his mother,
and said: "Good evening TO you both. You
did not expect old Sibyl with her so years to
climb these steep stairs, and were it not that
l wish to serve you L should not be here"
Then, turning to Paul, the old woman
continued:
81 know of your great desire to 60 in
search of the remedy which will heal your
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the gold in 80 days, all will be lost and our
efforts to help you will be vain"
The dwarf then vanished, and Paul de-
termiped that he would work early and late
and then demand his gold piece as reward
for his labor AS the dwarf had SAID, the
voodcutter was hard master, and early
every morning the boy was OFT to the forest
either to chop wood or bring in that which
had already been cut. After several days
Paul asked the woodcutter II he had not
worked long enough to receive some reward.
But the man only shook his head and said:
''You have not even earned your pread
yet."
Paul Iabored on, constantly thinking how
he should regnin his property; for he now
knew that the gold belonged to him, and
that his master had deceived him as to its
value. From time to time the dwarf would
appear to learn with what success Paul was
meeting, and to cheer and comfort the
almost discouraged boy.
The 3Oth day at last dawned and the gold
was still in possession of the woodcutter.
Yet Paul did not entirely abandon hope.
On this morning. as usual, he went to his
work in the forest and when on the way
there he heard loud voices and angry dis
putes. A moment later the woodcutter and
a stranger came in sight. Paul, not wish
ing to be seen by his master, quickly con-
cealed himself behind tree and listened,
unobserved, to the conversation. The wood
cutter was saying: 81 am a strong, power
full man, and if you do not at once give over
your money you shall never leave this forest
alive" ,-t.a
When the stranger again refused the
woodcutter seized him by the throat and
would have killed him outright had not the
stranger begged for mercy and yielded to
his demands. That night when the days
work was over and Paul sat alone in his
room, he fell asleep and dreamed that Old
Sibyl came to him and said go into the
next room and there you will find your
gold piece"
Paul awoke with start and hastily ran
into the next room. There sat his master
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WHY BLossrE REFUSED HIM.
A Charming Young Actress and Her Million
aire Admirer.

aire Admirer.
WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPArcH.,
A few weeks ago it was remarked by MEM
bers of his family that he was haunting
theater where q fascinating actress is sing
ing and dancing. More than this, his
daughters were informed that he was send
ing valuable presents to Miss Blossie
Bremen; that she had answered his notes
and was leading him on. To call the old
gentleman into private room, lecture him
for his frivolity and forbid him to go near
Blossie might merely make him obdurate,
and there was no telling what his Dutch
blood might prompt him to do. There was
81, 600, 900 at stake. IF old Chris Bleyer
should marry the actress it would give to
her dover right worth S15, 900 year. The
situation called Cor wise and immediate
action and heroic treatment.
The two daughters were equal to il. They
went straight to Blossie, laid the matter be-
fore her in its true light and asked her to
help them save their father. Blossie listened
attentively 10 these two fine ladies, who had
come to her as suppliants. A faint smile
parted her pretty lips and her fingers toyed
with the long silken ears of her King
Charles spaniel
Ladies" said she at length, "I have no
desire to disturb the serenity of your family
circle. I'll dismiss Mr.. Bleyer in a few
days. Be patient. Old men are often very
persistent. 1t may take me u week or
more"
The elegantly clad ladies shed tears of
gratitude as they pressed Blossie's little
hands.
''You are so good" they exclaimed; $50
noble. God bless you."
Blossie was as good as her word, and such
was the contemptuous manner in which she
received the attentions of old Mr.. Bleyer
that he got his Dutch temper up and aban-
doned the beautiful Blossie. After the
thing was all over and the gossips had got
hold of the bottom facts, one of Blossie's in
innate friends rushed in upon her with
long string Of hard names. wi
''Why, you little fool" she cried, cold
Bleyer is worth million, and you have
lost the opportunity of your life. In
heavens name, what prompted you to turn
him away?''
well, I'll tell you," gurgled this sweet
thing in womankind. "Just try to have
father and son ID love with you, and you'll
see how it is yourself. OF course, might
have given Fred the sack, but ah me, he is
so handsome! And then, you know, love is
more than money" -..,. ~.
Brava, Blossie! That's all can sayl
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The exterior OF the car looks like that of the
ordinary Pullman sleeper. except that it has
gothic projection on each side to make it
look something like church. The car is so
feet in length and of the ordinary width. At
one end is an apartment about ten feet in
depth, used by the bishop as a roDing room,
and Immediately adjoining it is the raised
platform serving as chancel, at the right
of which is the passage way. In the center
of the platform stands a richly carved
sltar,, bearing on its face the words
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york, and now only lew vegetables, little
fruit and some green grass are cultivated.
1t has one town named Charlotte Amalie,
tut the natives insist on calling it, as we'll
as the Island, ST. Thomas. The town is
garrisoned by force o. 100 men, who pro-
tect the lives and liberties Of ., 600 citizens.
The little town lies ut the loot OF high hills
covered with stunted trees and shrubbery.
1t is picturesque, with its white houses,
mostly red-roofed, and only wants
church to recall some of the small towns
along the Italian Riviera. Above il stand
two ancient towers called Bluebeard's and
Blackhead'a eastles. They were built two
centuries ago by brothers, one of whom had
a happy faculty Of getting rid Of his wives
hence the name Bluebeard-and was not
made an end of seven Mrs. Bluebeards.
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"Agnus Del" At the lett is the Bishops
chair, surmounted by miter and orna-
mented on the back with sunken cross.
At the right is lectern of rich design, bear
ing a large and richly bound Bible. The
altar is the gilt OF the Episcopal Church at
Summit, N. j., and nearly everything else
in the car was contributed by church or IN
dividuals in different parts of the country.
The organ was the gift of the young ladies
of the Church of Heavenly Rest in New
York. The communion service was given
by Mrs. james H. Walker, OF Chicago, who
is the Bishops sister-in-law.
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HolO 10 is Done.

1t Is necessary to have a table, covered with
cloth. A round table is probably the best,
as it enables the players to arrange them
selves more comfortably.
The implements are tiddledies, winks, a
wink pot and counters. A tiddledy is a
thin disc of bone or ivory and about the
size of 25-cent piece. y wink is disc OF
the same material, but smaller, being about
the size Of 10-cent piece. A wink pot Is a
little wooden vessel, like tiny bucket, with
an opening the size of 4 silver dollar and
about an inch deep. There are little pads,
somewhat resembling the Cheating rags"
urchins use in playing marbles. The idea
is to press on the wink with the tiddledy and
make it jump into the wink pot The
tiddledies are OF various colors, with winks
of corresponding hues. The pads are uf
colored silk and as pretty as taste may sug
gest. The counters are of colored pressed
pasteboard.
RULES OF THE GAME.
When the players are ready to begin each
takes tiddledy and six winks, and the
counters are equally divided among them.
Then each contributes an agreed upon num-
Der OF counters to pool, which is placed in
charge of one of the players. The wink pot
is placed in the middle of the table. The
object is to jump as many winks into the
pot as possible. Each plays in turn to the
left, the one to lead being decided by lot.
The player places his or her pad at any dis
tance from the wink pot and Jumps six
wiDks one after another, paying no attention
to those which fail to go into the pot
The wInks lie fiat on the pad, and the
player holding the tiddledy by the
thumb and first two fingers presses with its
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A CATHEDRAL ON WHEELS.

Bishop Walkers Church for Towns That
Don't Have Better Ones.
A cathedral on wheels was the novelty on
exhibition the other day in Chicago. 1t
was built by the Pullman Company for
Bishop William D. Walker. of the Episco-
pal Diocese OF North Dakota, who will
travel in it from one little town to an
other along the different railway lines
up there and give the settlers
the advantages of church services.
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An Old Western Fort.

There are still to be seen, says the Port
land Oregonian. near the mouth of the
Deschutes, the ruins of an old rock fort,
which was used by the settlers during the
Cayuse war. in 1856. The walls OF the forti-
fcation have fallen down. and now nothing
remains except q few crumbling stones.
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The Way to Dre.. p.ro-,

The best way to begin dress reform, says
the New York Herald, is with knee
breeches, knickerbockers or something of
the sort. Ordinary trousers are an abomi.
nation, nightmare. They represent the
distressing delirium of dress; are ungainly,
awkward, uncomfortable and altogether
atrocious.
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The Life of an Egg.
The SATURDAY. keyiew.1

TUG odturuay htVIeW.I
Lord Justice Kay has pronounced the
judicial dictum that "the life of an egg is
supposed to be limited to. fortnight" I"
Most Londoners. and everybody who is not
a Londoner, will be disposed to think that
the period specified by the Lord Justice is
rather too long than too short. But it be-
hooves the Bench to be cautious, and GER
tainly after the fortnight eggs should be ex-
clusively devoted to electioneering purposes.
The egg OF commerce is understood
to be something quite different from the egg
OF the break fast table.
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Watching a Brain Burn.

Port Huron Times.l
After the examination of the brain taken
from the head of j. Watson, the young man
killed during drunken row on Wednes-
day night, DR.. McLaren threw it into
furnace and watched it as it burned. DIR.
McLaren says. that it threw out a magnifi-
cent colored fame. The doctor says that
the brain was saturated with alcohol and
burned readily. -.
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ANSWERS.
'Sloth finds the downy pillow hard,n

lS22-"Sloth finds the downy pillow hard"
l323-Scissors
l324-The Light That Failed.
1325-Knight (night). awake, about, prem.
ises. arose. won (one). site (sIght), length, saw.
buy (by), crate (great). bare (Dear), bruit
(brute), mine. resolved, aim, repeater, game
knot (not), lay, game, STILL thyme, (time),
stares (stairs), bare (bearL bear, throne
(thrown).
1S26-Cosmopolite.
l327-Churl, lurch.
132S-Ribbons. felt. ostrich, tips, hose, ties.
1329-Tomtom, motmot.
lS3O-Bow.
l33l-Jay, daw. owl. emu. aux.
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1333-SYNCoPATIoN,

13oo-SYNCOPATION.
Whole.
"a boisterous wrangler' is pest,
His noisy tongue is ne'er at rest;
Always shouting, clustering, yelling,
In way there is no quelling:
Quarreling without cause
Subservient to no social laws.
Last
Like vhole. / too, keep up cry,
Disturbing those who are passing by.
You often hear me oil the street
Where various venders have their beat;
Sometimes in pulpits appear,
And at the bar my shouts you hear.
But whole and last in lungs abound,
And lack of sense makes up in sound.
NELsoNIAN.
1334-CHARADE.
The total of despair
Is hopelessness;
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There's only sorrow where
hope vanishes.
Hope is the magic one
Which openeth
All doors beneath the sun
All doors but death.
The last or hope is Joy;
Expectancy
Is sustaining buoy
In troubles sea.
BITTER SWEET.
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1340-ANAGRAM.

Ill-shaped am i, and not like other men,
Crook backed like Richard, but then
an ceremonies and other outward shows,
II am not formal" goodness knows.
II. j. A.
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Largest Casting in Northwest.

At the Salem (Ore.) Iron Foundry, Tues
day afternoon, says the Statesman, metal
was poured into molds for the largest cast
ing that has ever been made on the north
coast-the master wheel for the pump house
at the water works. The wheel measures 8
feet in diameter and weight of 5000
pounds. The blast was started at about
o'clock in the evening and by the time :hs
metal was ready for pouring all the availa-
BILE room in the foundry was pretty we'll
filled with curious people from the city who
were anxious to see the molten mass poured
into the pattern of black sand.
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SOME ENIGMATICAL NUTS.

Puzzles for the Little Folks That VIII Keep
Their Brains Busy for Most of the Week
if They Solve Them Correctly-Home
Amusements.
ADDRESS Communications for this department
to Z. Il. CHADBoURN, LeiOisto'l, Maine.
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1337-NUMERICAL.

1337-NUMERICAL.
To to 5 when duty waits.
To be an all till war abates,
Is an ignoble role,
To do and be. in war and peace,
That is the action, if you please,
Which proves the manly soul.
All cannot7, 8, 4.6.
Nor with their social betters mix
For some is to obey;
Nor should they ], 8, 4 and5
At such a lot. but ever strive
For better. brighter day.
BITTER SWEET.