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Form in Flowers.

A remarkably interesting observa-
tion bearing on the evolution Of form
in flowers, has recently been placed on
record, and relates to regular and ir.
regular flowers. Irregular flowers are
those which have the petals, or other
parts, of various forms or sizes, ss in
orchids or the common snapdragon-
regular flowers are those with uniform
parts, as in the primrose or buttercup.
Flowers often suddenly change their
normal characteristics the Ian
guage of the florist, they 'tsport. !"
The new observation is, that while an
irregular flower will sport occasionally
to regular one, there is no record OF
q regular one becoming irregular.
This is taken to mean that regularity
is the original mode, and that irregu-
larity is later development in the
evolution of form. This confirms, so
far as it goes, Mi. Darwin's belief that
the beautiful tribe of Orchidacee ap-
peared on the earth in comparatively
recent times. The flower which has
recently been added to the list Of II
regulars becoming regular, and which
led to the somewhat. important gener-
alization, is well known garden plant
from the West Indies having large
blue butterAy-like flowers, Clitoria
ternata. 1t is said that in it's sportive
state the flowers more resemble those
of the common garden periwinkle than
papilionaceous plant.--Independent.
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Coast that it is diff cult to realize that
he is one of the craft. The ordinary
balloonist is foolhardy fellow who
makes reckless risks of his neck and
limbs, but with no idea OF any
scientific value being connected with
his calling. He usually dubs himself
.'professor, case of pretense that u
good look at him exposes. Captain
Wolf, on the contrary, is student
and scholar, and would be accepted as
such on his appearance alone.
While the realm of cloud and sky
has engaged most Of the attention OF
Captain Wolf he has not neglected
other lines. Among his inventions is
bomb, that sinks when hot, rises
when cool, and rising blows any pass
ing enemy from the water, or, as the
Captain yesterday expressed, "Poof!
There you ore.
In his collection of pictures are sew
eral showing experiments by the Ger
man Balloon Club, the different shaped
balloons, the methods of securing
them in storms. He has drawn up q
plan for a balloon shelte:, in which the
extended bag may be housed. 1t is
flanked by music stands and refresh
ment booths. Altogether the Captain
is a most enthusiastic aeronaut, so
much 80, indeed, that the bomb that
blows hot and blows cold is likely to
suffer from neglect. .~.
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THE NEW CITY.
ny xRs NAPOLEON u. MoRAN0E.

They talked Of magic town;
heard nor believed II true
That giant Of such renowD
Should spring from the dwarf knew;
Still, as pondered thereon,
Iyearned for the old home-plaoe;
must see was it, too, gone;
Surely that they would not efface ,
Invent to the magic city,
Approached it almost by stealth.
It's progress vowed with pity,
hated this influx Of wealth;
Why had it come to take
And change the familiar ways5
It made my worn heart ache
For the memory Of boyho9d days
Where are the sparkling fountains,
Thought I, In bitter regret.
Well, they cannot remove the mountslnsi
They are constant to greet me yet.
The bud had blown to flower,
Wandered its strange streets through,
Wandered, wandered an hour.
without meeting face knew.
The whir, the buzz, the rattle,
Pierced even my hearing dead;
thought I was in o battle,
With missiles flying o o'erhead.
And this is Progress, it seems,
This riot Of burly strife
That murders an old mans dreams
And puts him at odds with life.
No Pantheon Is there to-day
For the past in this new regime;
No shrine for pilgrim gray,
No nook where an old maa may dream.
Changed were the haunts sought,
The landmarks long overgrown;
The village and were forgot
In the triumph Of mortar and stone.
NEW YORK CITY.
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lists mathematicians reckoned among

lists, mathematiciaDs reckoned among
the scholars Of Germany. OF this
organization Captain Wolf is O men,
Der. While, as the name implies, the
object is partly recreation, there is
deeper and more serious side to the
gatherings. The design is to keep
abreast of aeronautics, and, in case OF
war, to be ready to offer balloon
corps, ready equipped, to the service
of the country Most of the club
members are eS-army officers, who
haze never become wholly reconciled
tc q life Of peace.
Really, not such a great advance
has been made continued the Cap
tain, i'll vernncular quantity beyond
representation in type, since bal
looms sailed ont of Paris during the
siege and reached the banks OF the
Rhine The airships so-called have
been failures. None of them have
heep any better than the old-fash-
.oned silk bag, whipped hither and
about at the mercy OF the wind, and
some have been much worse.
"There are SO many things to be
considered, power, lightness, strength,
susceptibility to control. Now, my
lirship must have Oh engine. 1t can
not be heavy, or it defeats It's own
purpose. All the material Of the ship
must be durable and yst it cannot have
great weight. / thiDs ID engine Of a
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single s:horse; power will be sufficient,
and yet" Here the Captain shrugged
his shoulders.
"The principle of this airship," he
continued, "is possibly better shown
by the pictures than by anything can
say. The engine occupies the centre.
The air paddles are worked by an end
less chain and will revolve with great
speed. The we'll body will be filled
by the employment of ammonia.
Equilibrium is secured by the wind.
like fans.
"Since boy of seventeen I have
studied the balloon, went on the Cap
tain, getting cultural in fervor un-
observed before, 81 studied him in
school, I studied him in the army, and
ever since. I did it for love of the
Faderland first. Then I did it because
the subject became an engrossing one.
"Think what a magnificent thing to
have fleet of air-ships! How the
present methods of army and navy
would be revolutionized! Where
would the modern cruiser find to hide
What the good of march across the
Alps? I tell you the air-ship must
come. 1t may not be my ship, but
the future will see it. Wise men have
said it, and not dresmers; men who
do the thinking of the times. Maybe
my ship will never be made. I have
only models. To build it full size
would cost thousands of dollars, and
-" Once more the German Cap.
tain gave French shrug.
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great disadvantage, and probably lose
its ammunition. Before sending up q
bomb balloon it is necessary to send
up some dummies go as to determine
the currents. It is impossible to do
this with such certainty that ship
could be selected as target. An en-
tire feet, closely grouped, would make
a fine target though.
The Captain has paid particular at
tention to aeronautics as branch Of
military science. 1t is partly for the
purpose of spreading knowledge that
careful experiments in this direction
have given him that he now visits this
country. He would like to form sort
of school of soldier bslloonists-a
reserve. ......
"You haf with Mexico war. Go up
in balloons. No ship can come near
and be not seen, nor torpedo boats.
There is no studio in this cou ntry for
SUCH"
Have you made many ascensions
yourself, Captain?" he was asked.
"Ob, SAT trips now. Never very
long ones. Once I was upstairs twelve
hours and foated from Berlin to
Danzic." r..
Captain Wolf has, like other
aeronauts, invented flying machine.
He does not, like other aeronauts,
place unbounded faith in it. He
thinks it will be success. He is sure
that the principle is correct and that
the mechanism is superior to any
other ever devised for the purpose,
But it will take much money to find
out. The Government ought, it seems
to him, to take an interest in 30 i'm
portant matter.
There is q Deutscher Balloon Sport
Club that has among it's members the
finest army engineers, the best chem
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knows more about this than the peo-
pie to whom he displays his plans and
his hopes.
'I have never been any place else, /"
said the aeronaut, "where the con-
ditions for balloon1ng we're so favor
able as here. I think there is no other
city where there could be found a
panorama of nature 80 magnificent; ;
the ocean, the Golden Gate, the bay,
the mountains beyond, and then San
Francisco scattered over her hills.
Wonderful! I would like to remain
here and teach the young men-your
private military the balloon arm of
the service. Germany prizes it
highly"
Captain Wolf is 80 different from the
usual aeronaut who ventures to the
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HARD TINES
In our cities the workincmen furnish the

In our. cities the workingmen furnish the
saloon the largest and most regular patron
age. great many of these poor toilers
visit the saloons as regularly as they go to
their meals. Not u few are 30 ignorant as
to think that their daily portion Of beer is
as necessary to their health and strength as
their daily bread. Oh, that they would
listen 70 the voice Of some prophet who
would gladly proclaim and prove the fact to
them that men who endure hard labor the
best. and men who are the most skilled
laborers are not those who patronize the
saloon. On the contrary, men are in greater
demand who abstain from strong drink.
Strong drink is curse to the body and Il
prey on the physical strength.
III the days of their prosperity. when
labor is in demand and wages good, and
their health yet unbroken, these men live
their ideal lives. They eat and drink to
their satisfaction, and are not as wise rs
many brute in providing for the future.
What they do not consume on their imrle-
date living, they squander in u drunken
revel Immediately after payday. Their APP
petite for drink orerpowers every desire to
lay by anything for future day when they
may be in need and helpless. An evil day
comes upon them and they have nothing in
reserve to meet it, In sickness they become
objects o: public charity or are left to suffer
for their iolIy When out OF employment
their need drives them mad, and they be-
come burden or peril to society.
But when everybody is crying "hard
times" the saloons are reaping rich har-
vest. When shops shut down and workers
are not needed there is no stop in the liquor
business rather the contrary, liquor dealers
have IN increase of patronage. Saloons are
| decorated when laborers are on strike or
are out of employment, because to them it is
n profitable affair. Every other business
may suffer during financial cr1sis out the
aa]oon Knows no hard times except when a
temperance movement sweeps the town.
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..uN,pENr1F1Ep.p


4 beautiful ship sailed ont Of the bays s
Unconscious Of rock or storm,
The sunbeams danced on the laughing waves
That fondled her graceful form.
But the night came down, ard the st-:l
burst forth,
And hidden reef was there & :Sss
The fair ship struck on nthetreacherous ledge
And sank midst cry OF despair!
A fair young girl, with her innocent hear,
Sailed out on the social sea ;, Isl q
The breath Of. fattery filed each sail
And life was an ecstaey. !; 81 -: -
But the hidden reef and the passion storm ),
Lurked cruelty there to ban = S. y es
shetrusted Love-and her life was wrecked ~
On the traitorous heart Of man!
How fair she looks even lying here s
Withthe city's nameless dead ~
The golden hair Ger the waxen brow sssss
Like an angels pinIon spread .lt st3,sS
o, mother, who waits for the dear one'9
That evermore is dumb,
God pity us all, for we know. not how
Or where the end may come! il 55.s 55.ss
p. s. Cassidy, In Donahoe's Magazine. 6
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To BE CONTINUED.
TEMPERANCE.
THE PRICE OF A DRINK.

THE PRICE OF A DRINK.
give cents glass; Does any one thinl
That that is really the price OF n drink?
Give cents glass" heard You say;
"Why, that isn't very much to pay"
All, no, indeed tits very small sum
You're passing over 'twixt finger and thumb
And if that were all that you gave away
1t wouldn't be very much to pay.
Five cents glass; How Satan laughed
As over the bar the young men quaffed
The beaded liquor, for the demon knew
The terrible work that drink would do.
And before morning the victim lay
With his lifeblood ebbing swiftly away.
And that was the price he paid. alas!
For the pleasure of taking social glass.
Five cents glass Oh, if that were all,
The sacrifice would indeed be small.
But the moneys worth Is the least amount
We pay, and whoever will keep account
Will learn the terrible waste and blight
That follows the ruinous appetite.
Five cents glass Does any one think
That that is really the price OF drink?
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brood, parties Of the first par, we're
wandering about the yard in search OF
grasshoppers, when q big speckled
hawk, party OF the second part, sailed
down from q neighboring oak and
pounced upon chicken. The old hen
flew to the rescue, and terrific bat
tie ensued. The hawk appeared to be
in paroxysm of rage and needed not
the approach of the party of the third
part in the person of Miss Efie Cow
den, who was standing but few steps
away when ''the war began. She
seized the hawk by it's wings and
thought to wiring its neck, but it
wasn't that kind of hawk. 1t turned
upon and made desperate efforts to
strike her in the face with it's beak.
There is no telling how long the COM
bat would have continued or how it
would have terminated if Mrs. Behe-
field had not come to the rescue. She
broke the hawks neck with q hoe.
The bird measured something over
four feet from tip to tip of it's wings.
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A'FORTIN,THE A .AIR. =
PLAN OF A GERMAN CAPTAIN
FOR REVOLUTIONIZING WAR.
Many Ascents by Balloons. - The
Science of Aeronautics Part of
Military Education in the
Realm of the KAISER.
. ARON MACMILLAN WOLF

~ ARON MACMILLAN WOLF
x Won Stolberg Schroeder is all
at a Kearney street hotel.
For theconvenience of friends
the gentleman is content to be ad-
dressed as Captain Wolf. He is re-
tired officer of the German army, a
typical son of the Faderland. The
Captain does not speak English fuently
but employs gestures with the free
dom of Frenchman, and q very
similar air. He is solid, black-bearded,
specialized, student by the very look
Of him. The only picture he had was
taken some four years ago. and since
that time he has visibly matured.
The German navy" says the Cap
tain, "has about 400 balloons designed
for carrying and dropping bombs.
The bomb is released automatically
by clock work. 1t is easy to drop
bombs into O city by studying cur
rents, but to hit ship would be ex-
tremely difficult. A land force attack
ing a naval force thus would be at
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DROPPING BOMBS ON AN ENEMY.

But for all Captain Wolf was 80 as.
sured that the picture Of his air ship
would be self-explanatory, it would
not thus strike the average beholder
ignorant of the mysteries of sky-sail-
ing. A side view shows an elongated
body, stoutly but lightly ribbed, set
upon plane, being upheld by four
slender legs. Beneath it are pipes in
some secret manner responsible for
maintenance of buoyancy, and the air
paddles not unlike the screws of a
small boat. It must be confessed
that the air ship in its present stage
does not suggest spin through the
clouds, but Captain Wolf doubtless
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How Cats Are Treated In the West.

When q town is overrun with cats a
citizen is detailed to gather them up
and ship them in a freight car to the
next town, where they are turned
loose. When the people OF the town
that gets these cats discover what has
happened, they do the shipment act
themselves. Thus all the railroad
towns get q serenade, the cats get a
free ride and change of climate, and
there is no humane society to meddle
and make lawsuits. st. Louis Post
Dispatch. --...
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As Good as Coffee.

In the island of Reunion is plant
known as the wild orange, which pro-
duces fruit, green at first, afterward
blush, and verging into purple as it
ripens. This has been tested and
found to make q beverage in every
way equal to coffee, and at much
lower price.
The product is called ttmuseaenda, !"
and it can be used alone or mixed with
pure coffee. IT. .is announced that
about "a, 900 acres of this plant are
now being cultivated;--San Francisco
Chronicle. ..N
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CHAPTER x.
MRS. NFyERGAIE,

MRS. NEVERGAlL.
We will now return to look little into
the welfare of Mrs. Nevergail and her
sorrowful niece, after they had reached
the home Of their relative, Mr. Charles
Rogers, in Charles street, Liverpool, and
hidden the handsome young physical.
farewell, who had cared for them both
80 tenderly during their passage across
the Atlantic.
1t need only be said, in reference to
that farewell, that the tears rushed to
the hazel eyes of Ethel as she Saw him
disappear in the distance, and great
and lonely void seemed suddenly to have
dropped into her heart.
She knew not why she had taken such
a deep interest in this grave and often
preoccupied stranger, but from the first
word of kindness spoken to her, the first
glance into his earnest eyes, She had felt
toward him as she had never done to-
ward any person OF the opposite sex
before.
Then he had been so tender and kind
toward her suffering charge, had looked
so gently after the welfare OF each, that
she had learned to trust him implicitly,
TO look to him for advice, and to lean
upon him as q sister would upon q
brother while thrown 30 much together
upon the deep.
But now it was all over. He had gone,
and henceforward she could but learn to
do without him.
For day or so it had almost seemed
an impossibility, but with the rapid fall
ure Of her aunt's strength her thoughts
were forced into another channel, and
her own lonely feelings had to be pushed
aside for the more momentous and i'm
portant one Of their impending separa'
ton.
The third week was drawing to o
close, and the young girl had thrown
herself upon her knees by the bedside OF
the Invalid to catch the last words that
she had to speak in her ear.
At her request, she had been left alone
with her child, and now, with her hand
In hers, she murmured:
Ethel, darling, feel that have but
few hours more to be with you, as my
strength is fast waning; but while !
may, l wish to tell you what l thought
might be kept from your ears until your
twenty-first birthday: but as shall not
be with you then, must impart to you
l now on important secret and give into
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''They had great fair in Chicago,
Captsin?"
eyes," responded he, with shade
of doubt, "a great far, but not half
the chance for ballooning that there is
here. San Francisco Examiner.
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A FRIGHTFUL WASTE,

The amount Of money uselessly spent for
liquors ip the United States simply to satisfy
the appetite (leaving off the revenue derived
from the traffic, and the use for industrial,
artistical, mechanical and medicinal pur-
poses) would each year pay all the expenses
OF the United States Government, and all the
collections made on account Of tariff. and all
the property destroyed by fire in the United
States. and leave the nice little sum Of $577,-
81, ,525 for ..pin money!"
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The largest scholarship given by
any American college is the Stinnecks
scholarship at Princeton. 1t is award
ed for excellence in Greek and Latin,
and amounts to $500 annually.
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Hen Against Hawk.

There was an interesting ornitholog-.
ical exhibition in the dooryard OF
George Benefited, near Raymondville,
a few days ago. An old hen and her
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This model for winter wear
shows one of the newest forms OF
travelling wrap. IT is q revival OF the
old-time pelisse, and when made OF
broadcloth and trimmed with bear 1t
is particularly effective, Chicago
Record. :~r =. -'.:A. -.
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CAROLS OF A COURT.
Judge Date EcshIng BnsIaess Through In
Great shape.

Great shape.
Judge Dale is pushing business at a
de.idedly rapid gait il district court,
aud It is probable ,hc docket will be
cleared within two weeks. The cases
disposed of yesterday were:
Mary S. Maharry VS. VIM. j. Mahar
nv; defendant adjudged guilty of con
tempt AMI his cross petition stricken
frsm the files.
Q, Il. Neal VS.. Michael Valenus; suit
to set aside deed: judgment rendered
for defendant
Carlin & GIL VS.. A. j. Spengel; suit
for commission on sale of real estate
on trial.
j. l. Pickard VS.. w. /. Wigton; judg
ment for plaintiff in the sum of 81 90.
and costs; lien on homestead denied.
American Exchange national banl
VS.. Southern Pine lumber company e.
al; judgment for plaintiff in the sun
of 81, 554 As and costs; attachment sus
tanned.
Inc New Vienna QlL,) bank fllec
suit for damages in district court yes
terday against the Guthrie board o.
education. II. S. Cunningham is attor
ney for plaintiff.
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A CLEVER pop. HIT.
4 Cartoon of Small Size. hut of Niue
Meat.

a Cartoon of Small Size, but of Much
Meat.
The happiest hit, in fact the only
one that had any point or force to it,
at the "Prof." Vincent meeting on the
government acre Tuesday afternoon,
was crayon cartoon placarded
against the speakers stand, represents
ng lank and lean female hog leaning
against the side OF house for support
with five fat sleek shoats tugging
away at as many teats, that they had
pulled and stretched 10 abnormal
lengths aud shapes, the hoggish
youngsters being tabled, respectively:
Barnes, Lawrence, Huston. Painter,
and Stiles, while the poor old nanny
hog bore the label; Logan county"
II was, indeed, u pat hit. and needed
no Interpretation or explanation 20
the citizens of this city and county.
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sToRM-PRooF COTTON.

CoItharp-E Eureka Tried Two seasons at
Lnngston and Found to be All Right.
Mr. 5. j. IIollensworth Of Langston
was in the city yesterday. Mr.. H. is u
prominent cotton raiser and one Of the
most active ard intelligent colored
lnen in the territory. lie showed THE
LEADER man some of the famous
Calthorp- Eureka cotton seed, for
which he is agent lie sells this seed
at ST. so per bushel sack or three
bushel sacks fjr 80 90. This cotton is
called "long staple cotton, with
small seed" and has been on the
market for three seasons, selling
readily for 1-2 cents per pound
premium on ordinary staple, and this
season there has been larger
premium.
This cotton is recommended 10y A. $.
Coltharp & Co. and took the first
premium at the worlds fair. 1t is a
small, long, staple cotton and produces
a greater per cent. of lint than other
rug oNaPAS NOe1bhoi itfNv PCNhNo 9NNN
cotton making a bale of 400 pounds or
above. II is very prolific, absolutely
storm-proof, has dark foliage and
small bolls which effectually with
stand drouths and has a fine silky
fibre of pearl white tint. 1t is an all
round ,od cotton grows well, makes
well aud sells well, proceeds of two
bales being equal to three bales short
staple. Agent Hollensworth sol.eits
orders for seed and letters addressed
to Langston or lock box 3O9, Guthrie,
will reach him.