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MBS. PHfLPn RElfUTIOH. **1 ff « i1 in a , I B«ed help; won't y*u gif IM sometbinjrt" The queadoo was addrosaed to Mrs. Phelps, wtu> had jual entered faer car- •"riage. "No. I're no money to ^Tute oa laxy fa^boDdal" was her aliarp reply a« the Mrria^ doer slammed shut. Mr«. Pbelps, u wealthy youn^ wid- ow, promioent in fashionable soci«ty, was in an unpleasant frame of mind. She bad juat visited three of the lar;- eat atores in the city in a vain search for a certain costly fabric, and now^ felt that she waa an ezaeedin^ly un- foniinaie and mo6t ill ueed individual. Presently the carriage drew up before aooiher alore. which Mrs. Pbelps en- tered after inatructin^ ber four-year- old £on to remain aeat«d in the carrl- a^. until h«r return. Master Phelpa waa very obedient for about three mixx- Btes. Tbeo hia attention was at- tracted by aometbinj which appealed to him quite aa atrui^ly as to a l«aa ariatocratic juvenile â€" tbe autica of a monkey uader obar^e of a paripatic musician. Standing on tiptoe, he laid his bands against tlie door, which, hav- ia^ been »ecidently left unfastened, yielded to the pressure and partly open- ed; and la a very ehort time the youn^ gentleman waa out of tbe carriage and half-way acroea tbe atreet. Then, in an instant, there waa a boarae cry of warning, a woman's sliriiekâ€" and some- thing grasped tl>e boy. swung him from right in front of a runaway team, and laid him frightened and aoiaaming. In hie mother's arma. After she bad soothed the child and put him into the oarrlage, Mrs. Pbelps turned to tbe rather shabbUy dreased man to whose agilitj hsr aon'i rescue was due. "You have saved my Arthur's lifel" â- hr exclaimed. "Come to-morrow to my residence and name your reward. Ueanwbiie. take this; " and she banded him a twenty-dollar gv>ld piece. But the man refused the proffered gold. "Why should ;ou reward a laiy bondf That is what you called bit ago when 1 aaked joa tor thin^," be remarked. Mrs. Ph<:>liw looked at him closely, and recognized hiw "I was out of humor, " she ejiplame<l. "Pardou what I said, and tell me biiw I can aasuii .voo." "Madaui, you've invited me to come to yuur home. If you'd do tue a kind- D'SK. cooM to mine iniiiead." . .Nf ra. Pbeips looked at him in amaae- ment. "1 can hardly do that," she said. "I would much rather â€" " "As you please, madam. I'm -{lad I was abiv to rescue your child. It you're ^lad, 1 wish you'd visit my borne. It Mii'I'mucb to aak." "What is your name, and where do you livef" Hf aaid his name was James Tbomp- •on. and nuiui'd an obscure street as his address. ".\ftar I've taken my child home. I'll call to see you. ' aaid Mrs Pht-lpe. "I'll be thwre by the time you are." b<' responded. Au hour later Mrs. Pbflps. aocompaa- it-d by a trusty servant, havin,? driv- en into a narrow street, entered a most uninvitiu<t tenement, and amend- ed three flights of riokoly. tilth.v sVairSk was admitted to a small attii; room, lighivd l>y a single window. The floor was carpet less. A cracked stove, an old table, a larje box which served as a cuptxtard, a nvd. and two ur Ibi'ee brokt-n-backed chairs, w^re the only furititure. But though so kare and eomfortlesB, the room was clean. I'pun the scantily covered bed lay two p«"r»<'U9 â€" a woman of ptrbaptt thirty-five anl a little girl of aliuut «ix â€" b<.>th eviilently ill and both sWping uueaa>iljr. "I asked you lo come here because 1 wuute<t you to see ibi». " said Thompson in a low voii-e. "This" â€" with a com- prehensive wave of the bandâ€" "is my Aoiue. Yuu see all my furniture, ex- cept whal's at the pawnshop. 1 have no fire, and no fuel to make it with; BO food, and no mouey to buy it with. I have a little medicine left by tl» doi'tor. but none of the comforts needed by my sick wife and child. This, ma- dam. IS why 1 asked you fur help this morning." Mrs. Phelps covered her face. "I never dreamed of anything like this" «he said.. "There are niaoy things which you rich ixx>ple never dream of," said Thompson bitterly. "How long have you been in (bis de- plorable iHindttiout" asked Mrs. Phelps. "To-day is the first I've bad to beg." was the replv; "somelhlug I'd have thrown myself into tbe river rather than do if It hadn't been for them. l!ut 1 couldn't see Ibem starve. I came to the city five year* and more ago." he added after a moment 'a pause. "I had bad luck, for work waa dull. Frona having a little house by ourselves, we were obliged to move here, and then my wife, who was a good seamstress, suc- ceeded in getting men's trousers to make at eighteeu cents a, pair." "f:ight<<en osnta a pairl" exclaimed Mrs. PhiUps. "\es. but tbe price soon feJl to fif- teen cents, and aa I waa out of em- ploymeul. I helped with the sewing. Bv working from eiirly in the morning till late at night we managed to earn enough to pay our rent aud buy sutfio- i<'nt food to keep us from starving. But the rates went down, dowi*. down, to thirteen, to twelve, even to ten cents a Dair." "what! Tein cents for making a pair of trousersf Who is mean enough to pay such wages as ibatr "The great clothing firm of Phelps A Co.', madaml" "Phelps & tV! Injpoesiblel" "The firm, madam, of which your husband was the head. I uoiuler if. when be gave largely to some library. church or hospital, h(\ ever thought of the poor wretclies who tolled day and night, summer and winter, with ach- ing eyes, weujy fingers aad hungry â- tomaoh^. that tbe mill which grouud •ut his monr^ might turn him out a nwd-aiied grwtl I can take you (o Salt a dozen families in this very hou<>e who make trouawtt (or Phalps A Co.. at the same prices, and -who, I'lks as, have finished conw. at frooj five to ten cents ea£h. and made kn«« pants at sixteen to eighteen oent^ a dozen pairs. " "Eighteen ixnts a dozen pairs] Tou don't mean that?" " Veo, madam, I do. 'When Phelps Sl Co., pay I: D cents for making a pair of trousers which sells for five dollars, is it any wonder that tbe firm pros- pers exf-eedingly, and that your hus- band was able to give away bis thou- sands?" "This is a revelation to me," aaid Mrs. Phelps. "I cajinot see bowr you managed to exist at all." "U 3 been a h^d. hard stru,rgle." re- plied Thompson. "V\'icb the aid of our little girlâ€" for she has 'neea sew- ing ever since she waa four years old â€" we were occasionally able to earn a dollar a day; but that was saldom. We bad to pay a dollar and a quarter per week for this nootn. and hardly ever had more than four dollars a week to fead, clothe and warm the three of us. Rut for the laat s^ix months, tbe child has tievn ill. Ten days ago my wife took sick, and Ija^aiiae of having to wait on her and tbe child, I was able to do so little sewing that the fore- man got angry tbe other day and re- fused to jrive ms any more work. Be- sides, we have been falling behind with r^ut. ap'i only yesterday I received notice that If I don't pay up by the end of the week, I and my sick fam- ily must leave." "Uiurageooal 'VSTho is your land- lord*" Thomp«on took a paper from his po ket. and remarking that It waa bis i«>i rec^.pt. hauiied it te Jlrs. Phe'.pa. who. after a single glance, started, and then stood staring at it in open- mouthed astunishiuent. For her own name waa affixed Co the receipt! "WhatI'* ahe ejaculated as <oon as she could find her voice. "This bouse â€" minef" "So it aeema." "This ia my agent's work." said Mrs. Phelpe. half to herself. ".\nd he would have turned you into tbe streetl Hor- riblel" Sbs opened her pocketbook and took out some bills. "Mr Thompson," she said. "I thank you for insisting that I should come here. You have opened my eyea to soma thin^ I was blind to before. Take thiaâ€" it ia only a very small part of the heavy debt I owe you. Buy fuel, food, clothing, furniture, medi- cines â€" whatever you and ycur aiok fam- ily most require. Spend it freely, but pay ao rent; this room shall never cost you another cent." "God bless you. madami" Thompson exclaimed, bis tyva filling with tears. "1 take Tour gifts now^ with a glad aad thanJtiul heart. I felt sure that ail you needed was to see and under- stand. But. Oy remember that there ar-' others in (bis houiM almuet as bad- ly eft as \ou foimd me." "I shall' not forget," said Mrs. Pbelps aa she departed. I'pou reaching home, Mrs. Phelps went to her room and shut herself in. Her visit to James Thompsua had in- deed been a reiielation tu ber. Uow had she ditu-harged the respousibilitv which the possession of great wealth •arriee with itf By lavishing money on flowers, music, rich viands and the like. wh<>n so many ware lacking tbe necessaries of life. And most humili- ating thought of all, much of the very wealth ^vbich she enjoyed had 'been earned for her by thoas same starv- ing poor. 'Fheirs it wasâ€" not ber»-^if justice were done. In her humiliation she knelt and offered what was. per- haps. Che first real prayer that Dad ri.sen from her lips for a long time; a prayer in which she craved pardon for the thought les.'iiiess. 8elfi<«hues:» and frivolity of tbe past, and consecrated ber ^vealch to Che service of Christ and of tho!^' concerning whssi h£ said: "In- asmuch aa ye have done it unto one of the least u{ these * y« have done ic unto me." A yeax has passed, James Thompson with his ivife and daughter, both of whoui have been restored to health, are livin,; in a neat, pivasiint house, tbe gift vi Mrs. Pbelps, through whose instrumentality Tbouipson has secur- ed lucrative employment, rht) year has witnessed some other changes, too â€" es- fiâ- ^•laliy iu the real estate owned by [rs. Phelpe. Very piompCly she call- ed upon her agent and gave that in- dividual some instructions which fair- ly took his breath away. Sha obtain- ed from him a list of all tenements owned by her, and Chen seC to work to systematically vi^iit each house and the familiee occupying it. Such pover- ty, squalor and degradation as she en- coUDtersdl Asa result of thU inspec- tion, ahe ordered a general reduction of the rents, a thoruugrh c'laniu^ of all the houses and uumerou.'< repairs, while some rrazv bat>itatiuus she or- dered Co tw demolishtd. A coui|.>an>' of philanthropic per- sons organized through h«r ef- forts purchased a.n enliie block of rickety tenemeuta, tore them down, and erected a teriss of modern structure.'* in which suites of rooms were offered at rates far low- er than thoe* prevailing iu ihe sur- rouniling tenements. The bouses were soon filled with a population who had clean quarters to start with and every inducement to keep them so. And con- trary to all expectations, the enter- prise has yielded a fair rate of in- terest OB tbe money inveetad in it. Phelps A Co. 110 longer pay starva- tion wageo to their einv>loy<e8. Mi:a. Phelps husband had beijvfali.'ed ber a conUolling interest iu the Otm and one day starCle.d the other partners by pro- poiiiij a heavy increase in the rates paid for making up clothing. Th>r de- murred, and said taat such an iacrxoijie would liankrupt the firm. 8»t 'SJ.Tj. Phelps p«>rsi»ted in her demand. and finally mduced the senior partner to accomi)any her to the ab»ide!> of .some of the ixtfople employed by the firm. They had not visited many places whoa h«< said hf had seen quite enough. "Uow do vou supp<w>» the patronago of Phelps &" Co. would be af(»i-ted." asked Mrs. Phelps, "if our customers were awai-e that their new garments had lieeu lying a few hours letore on the dirty floor of a '.enem-'nt o* in* the lied "of a child ^ick with a con- tagious diwasef" Being unable to answer this ques- tion salisfaotorily, boi b p*U"taers quiet- ly submitted to the inevitable Ttje wagjvi were raised, and far from t>e- coraing bankrupt, the firm of Phel^ A Co. is more pras(>erou.'< than ever. And Mra PhtOps to-day is a very "Ikeer- ful. happy womanâ€" far happie"- than when she was a devotee at tbi altar of fashion. For she knows that she has the smile of nim to whom she hsu« v<oosecrated, not only hex wealth and her time, but herself. ICEBEEfiS m_THE TRAIL. DANGERS THAT LIE OFF THE BANKS OF NEWFOUNDUMD. Ike Big Berg, (ha «rewler, tkc FleM Irr> SB« (he F»a. aad the PerU la Wbteh They Cavelape Iha fireat Pasaeatrr •(eaasenâ€" Safety 4»alT la a Merc Sealh- erl7 K«e(c. "Although all the known rocka and shoals can be avoided by common pru- dence and care, there is one source of danger lyiug at certain seasons in the path of the mariners from which the stoutest ships navigated by the must careful officers cannot always escape â€" the icebesgs; those pe»ts of the Atlan- tic, which probably havs been the cause of mure losses than all the storms and tempests. Hundreds of vessels which have started under the moot favorable conditions from the port:: of Europe and America, even in the finest seasons of the year, have never reached their des- tinaiiona." But no mere atatement of niuubui^ can convey to tbe landsman ao adequate idea of the peril into which ships run while the iceberg season of the North Atlantic lasts. One needs to stand on the bow of a ship that is driving at full speed, through a dense fog and, when the tog suddenly lifts, find "twenty-five icebergs all around as of various shapes." a field of pack Ice thirty miles long, fair across the bow, or batter yet, CO repeat tbe experience of tbe Captain of tbe GleniveC, that noC only got where the ice was all around her. but drove hard against it and crushed in bar bows. But it is not in the largest icebergs tha,t the greatest menace to the ahip is found. In the thickest tegs these are Indeed concealed aa effectually from the navigator as A SUBMARIVE TORPEDO, but because of a peculiar radiant light Ch t is inherentâ€" a lighc that makes tbe berg seem* to have stored up the sun's rays oa a bright day in order to give them out in dull weatherâ€" Che berg can be seen In a haze either by day or by a:ght for a distance sufficiently great to en:ible an alert officer of the deck to get bis ship out of the way. It is in the ct>m(.>ar.i.tively small "calt" from the big uerg that the greatest danger lurks, \yhenever the big uergs and their tr;«ins of field ice come down from Che iK>rth there are found with them huge ljoulder-.*haped ma:»es of induriv. blue ice, wholly different in color from the anow-like fields and K-rgs, The or- dinary sailors call these growlers, but the old Arctic whalers speak of them as ""fresh-water ice." Floating so low in the water thit the top is just awaab. a solid mass of 100 tons can hardly be seen, even in clear we it her. until ao near as to be unavoidable. The break- iajt of a wave over the mass looks al- most eiactly like an ordinary whi'e cap. It It the upinioa of old Arctii- whalers that such ice destroys mure ships than the bergs do. rbe worst feature of the danger which ships risk in running through the ice^ tntested routes lies m tha fo^s which the ice currents engender. Nat'irilly the cold wsfer current that brings these hu/e masses of ice fioiu the nurth af- fects the air above it. If tbe wind be from the north it may be. and very often is. colder than the water, aud in that cuae the air remains clear. But a breeze from any southerly point comes, warm and humid, in contact with this iL'e and ice water, with the unavoidable result of conilensing the moisture .nto a fog which the eve Ciinnot penetrate. Not only does the u-e lie iu wait to de- al rov the ship, but it creates its own ambush. Quite as startling as a |>ortrayal of the aciuil danger is a consideration of the are.1 over which the dansjrer lurks. .\ glance at the pilot chart of the North .Vtlantic ahows accurately the ice in- fected space, as well as the reason why the space must remain dangerous in tbe spring and early summer a.s long as ocean currents run in the sea and gla- ciers flow ic Gici-ulajjd. The reader ha.s only to recall tbai the icebergs are but MASSKS OK ICE. that break off from Lireenlaud glaciers that flow into the sea, and that these ice masaes float away south with the Arctic current until that current reach- es and dips down uuder the Gulf Stream. Of ct>urse, both uel>er(f and field ice are influenced by the wind, but bec.iuse of the proportion of the mass sunk iu the walitr the Ivrgs often travel not onlv against Che wind, but against a shillow surface current like the edge of the IJulf Stream, and in the north, through froien fields of ice as well. The meeting of the .Vrctic current and the Gulf Stream is to be fount! between the 43d and iSd meridians, and along^ a lino (often to be distinguished as easily as the bank of the ML-vsissippi) that us- ually lies between 41 deg. and l"i deg. north of the equator. As sverybody knows, the banis of tbe Gulf Streaiii move about with tbe winds, a nor'wes- tst driving the atreaui away eouth, ami a sou'easter sweeping it up toward the shares of Nenfouudlaud. The Gulf Stream, because of its warmth, is of I'ourse a barrier that the ioel^ergs can- not pass. But becaiLse they can outer t it and because i'.s [Kwilion varies from I ilav to day. and liei'iiise the bergs axe relentlessly moving down every <lay. ! there is an area of :2U0.000 square miles 1 in which no ship m.ister oau sav he is 1 safe for a single watch. .\s an oldtMn- { ard shipmaster once wrote in the Ijon- don Nautical Magazine: "1 never begin a voyage acros,s them without a ferveni iusplrulion that I might once more elude these K|.>e<'i.'il d.ingers. or oIobs the voy.ige when I have escaped catastrophe witlKHit a prayar of thiiukfulues.s. A codhsideiatiou of the signs by which ship- masters are supiioaed to l>e able to deteot tbe prasenai of icelvrgs envel- oped In foe is not reassuruig. rhey can see an iceberg in am- but the heav- W>si fugs at a distance of two miles, but I when It ks reuiembered that sloamers I oovsr a utile in three minutes, that dVstance seems remarkably short. It seems shorter still when one remem- b«rs how sloAV a long liner is ui anawer- ing her helm. But. though the ship might doitge an !!lX)-fi>ot iceberg when aha hxd th.U much space tor turniug. ahe would still have the wide field of pisces bi-vk«a trasi the berg in ber course act tc meo'Lion the possibility of tbe 'oerga having a train of GENX"1NE FIELD ICE. But without a view ef the ice. tbe hope of the ahip-master is auppotied to lis m the .tudden decrea.se of temperature due to preximity of ioe. How utterly uaeiass this warmng ia will Le apparent whea it is rememoer- ed that the fast steamers will croiis the half-mile zone of cold water and ao raacfa tbe ice in just a minute aud a half. Moreover, the temperature of the water ia the diingerous region varies from other causes. A better danger- signal of the approach of an iceiwrg in a fog is tile echo of the fog burn. That is commanly a good signal, and yet nothing is more uncertain than the movement of sound waves in fog-laden air. In fact, no device is yet invented and no expe: ieure or ingenuity uf nun is likely to develop or invent a method by wiiich fog-hidden ice may be located I within a distance that will enable the uiaster to save his ship once she enters the ice- tearing w iters. Ihat neither experience nor a careful lookout can always save the ship is attested amply by the long lists of vessels which, like the Glenivei, have steamied into port with bows stuve in by contact with ice. From time to time one sees in the newspapers well-written protests again- z': the habit of driving nissenger sliips at full speed through the fog. Occas- ionally, though rarely a ship-master will say ihit s! earners should be run "dead slow" when pa-ssing through the dangerous lone. The futility of toth protest and advice may be compre- hended when it is remembered that the ships famous for Cast passages always have the largast lists uf passengers. More than thai, the danger of a pa.s<age through the ice region is not i-jia 'o ice alone, for in tbs log the mosc oareiul sbip-ouscer is at tbe mercy of a care- lees officer who sleeps at bis post oa some other ship. It is said often, and is tieUeved by most old travellers, that the fastest ships run fewer risks, on the whole, than slower ones because re- maining a shorter time at sea It m'ast be conceded that the danger, which Ls just now at its height, cannot be avoided as long as ships cross THE DANGEROUS ZONE. But while it is useless, aad probably an error, to aak Chat ships be slowed while going through the fugs, it may not be out of tbe way lo say '.hat no pa^enger- carrying ship should enter the danger- ous region during tbe season when ice is sure to be in the path. Public opin- ion long since led the packet compan- ies tu advertise that their steamers tra- velled in lanes a good many miles apart in order to avoid the dangers of a head- on collision. The east-bound ships ars supposed Co keep well tu tbe south of the west-bound ships. Very likely they usually keep some distance tu the south of the weat-bound route, but the at- tentive reader of nautical news will not infrequently see telegraphic reports of an east-bound steamer sighrlng a west- bound steamer of the s:ime line. Mi;re- over. it is found that even when the routes that are advertised are followed ccrefully tbe west-rxjund steamer must p^LSM away within tbe ice-oovered area, aad so run frightful risks that might be absolutely avoided by takinf a route iOO miles longer. The common weet-bound trail cross- es tbe 30th meridian in about 12 deg. SO latitude. Ir is a 9<.>mewbat shorter route thin tbe ea:st-bound trail Chat crosses this meridian nearly a degree further aouih. But nc'.thtr the east- bound nor tbe west-bound trail runs ' clear of tbe ice and tog. Tbe pilot charts show clearly as the reports of the sbipu' officers do, that tbe biggest and most crow tied ptissenger ships, as well as tSw cheap cargo carriers, pass through the ice and incident fugs. Bv removing the routes to the south, so tljat sli:[>s Ln'Und e.isl crossed the fif- tieth meridian in U) lieg 30 u<<rCb latitude and the west-liound forty mil's further north all danger of ii-e and fug would be avoided. The most dangerous months are April aud May. though the ic« of- ten appears as early as February, and i» seen iu quantities up !o July, .md oc- casionally into August. Stray l>erg:s may be aeen the year around; but the dan- ger from the»e is too remote Co be con- sidered .\pril. May. and June are the important months. It. during thi.^; sei- son. ship.-i were to take the route that is but ion miles longer ia run of ten hours), and confine their record-break- ing trials for a reputation to tbe ice- tree months, the p^issage tu Furope would become as free from danger as a trip across Lake Onariu. HE STOLS CARMEN'S MOTHER. %aw lie l< la reaKeallar.v aad (arasee Is â- rlmlhed t« NIs Mltal. Joeie Maria Marsinei is a young Span- ij!>h pea.'^ant, whose tiny farm is near Salas, (.<alicia. He loved Carmen, the daughter of a widow who owned the Largest shop in ^>«s. Carmen was willing, hut the widow thought such a hand.some girl out to marry money, so she wiihheld her consent to break off th« watch. All efforts of the lovers to meet prov- ed vain. Joee heard that a young gro- ceryman from the next town was try- ing to marry Carmeu. His friends told him fie must get ber then or not at all. So he res«.>lved upon a bold Gal- ic'ian scheme to seize her aud make her his at once. The evening of April IS was tbe time, and tlH- led chamt>er of CarLjeu was the place for the execution of his ploi. He climbed up to the lied chamber win- dow after everylwdy in the house was asleep .and uulatched the dA>rs leading down to the street. He grasped the white-dad torm that he found ou the bed fast in his arms and hurried from the bouse aorues the fields. "1 am going to the priest," be re- peated several times, to louse ber from ihe sileni-e which fright had laid ou her tongue. lhvi'»' were two or three st>lti that made Jose's heart stand atill. and then au outcry that caus,Hl him to dn'p i ho whiie-clad figure hastily. He lighted a match auH saw before him. noi Car- men, but Carmen's WPther. He started away on the run. but Curmen'9 mother had recogniied bim. and she began to scream tor his arrest. Tbe night watchman ''f ."*» »s came; do.'ie was arrested. On Ap.il 18 be was sent to the penitentiary bv the criminal court of the di»ti-lct, and on .^pril 19, which was Sunday. Camien's betrothal to bis rlvBl was announced in the Sabas church. The rottd to euccess that is not far- ticulaily eteep. â-  W Si \l II ITEALS OF I.NTEREST ABOUT TttM BUSY YA.NKEE. HalgiilMrty toterest la His Doingsâ€" Matters sl Maonat aad .llrtb Oatherad (rest HIa Daily RacOT4. It is said that " BiU " Nye left an es- tate worth from |5U,0UO to tC0,00O. Tbe Cincinnati, Hamilton and Day- loo has only one private oar, that mt General Maaa,<«r Waido. A few days age Little Black Bear, a Nez Perce Indiaa chief in Ureg<^ traded thirty beads of horses for a b^ cycle. Andrew Carnegie, the Pittsburg mil- lionaire, has been refuaed honorary mem'ership in the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce. The police census of Washington juak completed gives that city a popuiatioa of iiO.iia. an increase of ti.O& ua three years. Receat statistics siunr that ths ije- crease of divorces exceeds in percenia^ the increase of population in nearly all of the In! ted states. The thirteen lecupiocive works in tha I'nlted States in 1^95 turned out Lit* locomotives, again'-t 695 in 1H94> anA * lose year 31.863 freight oars were ouiili against 17.029 in lw4. Joseph Wbisenanf. of Burke. N. C.. has nin« sons, ubc: eldast 30 yiars ola and the youngest 11, the aggregate weight of whom is 1.806 pounds. Central Park. New Vork. oontama SM acree; Pboenix Park. Duhdn, 1.T6I acres; Hviie Park, London, iOO acras: Vel'oM stone National Park, l^bO.OOO •ere*. Belvoir, the name of Preaident Cleva. land's aummer hoaie, in the auburln of Washington, is tbe name of a famous English csasde, Belvoir castlMi the seat of t he Duktt cf Rutland. It ia prouuuno- ed there '" Beaver. " Uncle Jake Lawrence, of Uniontown. Ky., IS eighty-four years old, and baa reason to be delighted. For years be bad t<«n without teeth, and now a new •et of natural ones are showing them- aelveii in his gtims. By the wLli ot the Lata Eaekiel J. Donueli, tbe New 1 urk LUltun mMTcbaat his eetaca of l^600.U0U will, m the avent of Che death of liiS wife and daugii'^v^r, be used te eatabljjh a free cir<:ula'>.ia^ library in New Vork. By dropping a penny ia the aiet passengers on che Newark. M.J.. rail- way hoes are aole to secure a copy ut a certa.n da;ly published in th it city. The publishers state that oear.y j.OW papers are sold m that way every day. In 'he niiddle of an union sue was peeling a few Uaya ago a woman la Bath. Main*", found a ^Id ruig rt>e story Ui vuucheu for. Xoe expiaBatiaa offered la thai, suiua una dropped tha ring in the oniuu bed. and the onion grew around it. Kocklaud. Me., has a reaidenl. 41 years old, who has been ^ivmg aeart with lime rock to the railway acatioa for twenty-siX years and yet never has ridden ou the curs. He also has tb* disiinction of never having l»wu under a doctor's care. Mrs. Ceiia W. Wallace, of Chicagu. has givt'u i.h» Central church of chat city |7J-0OU. aud will add lo ibis real estate worth «-M>,UOO. Mra. Wallaue. it wili be remembered, ui the Lady who gave the I'ltfany Chauei to it. Johna Cathedral, m New \ork. aa a luamurial of her son. Au unusually large oucopua. witb eigbi arms, cacU luvasuring a aitle leas Lhaii sui fuel 111 ler^tb. was kiUed at .\lameuua. Cat., a leu days ago. i'he f.Mi faeieueu us tentacles oa a lk.>at which a fisherman was ruwuw in the hailour. The man rowed hla boat ashore, the I'lsb still clmgiug te if, and killed ihe octopus with Six iMUT. A race against death waa lately mad* by ;>timuel Lance, a lx>y of 1\ of Ak- ron, Uhio. He was drawing a charge from a rifle, when the weapon was du- ch.irged. lodging a bullet jUst below b:s heart, lie saddled and rode bis horse two miles lo a doctor'a house where be famied uo the dorrateps, aaa soon after died. Twvuiy farmers brought the tails ef 9.171 gi'uuua squirrels tu the cvmmia> siouers of !=pokane i-ouuty. \Vash„ one day last week, to collect the bounty of one cent per tall. One man brought in 1.391 squirrel tails, and another l.UM. .\li ihe squirrels w^re killed ui oou uol large district, where they are so thicik a-s lo almost make the farmer* dsspair of making any profit by their crops. Abraham Life, a veteran soldier of Farmland, lud., who lose bus right arm during the war. is sufferiug frum a pe- culiar affiiciiou that is truublinf tbe L'uhar affliclion that is puzxling tbs doctors. A few mouths ago his right leg legau to (shorten, and it is new fiv» inches shorter than it used tu bo and ought lo be. ilr Life is wondwr- iug whetlier there is auy couneotion k>e- tween the loss of his arm and the cob- tracliou of his leg. Niueieen citi.«eu» of Macon, Ua.. some ot ih?m said ui be proiuiueni., were Mii>po;'U.it-d a few days ago to appear at I hi- City Hall, provided with piiika an I shovels, to go to work ou tho streets c>f the town tor five days, under the diivciion of the Board of Public Works. A u.'-w law provides that a citixeu whv fails to pay bis street ls.\ shall work oui I he amount of tbe lax on the streets and this was the first time it was put in i-peraliou. In a Weaieru court, a witness who had served in the Civil War aud baea seveielv wouuded. ivus called upc'n t^ tfstify." " Hold up your right hand,* comuiauded ihe judge. "1 was shot ia thai arm. aud cau i hold it upi " re- cpouded the wiluess. "' Put up your left arm, ihcu." coutuiued the judge. " Caji't do It. judge; tb»-y hi'. m« ther% too." The Judge glared sternly at iha alflic.ed witness. ' No man can be sworn in lhi« court uoi'.<ss he holds up something. " ho said. 'Sit, dowu, man. aud hold up one of yuur legs, aud I'll let it go at that." A lawyer of Hiddeford, Me., ia afflict- exl wiih'a peculiar mania for collecting lessivii of all sorts. His house is tilled with every kind of Imitern -he has been able to buy. iucluding a full line of bicvde lamps. He visits Boston fre- 4uehlly. and always brings back with him a new lot of Isuupst. Hia craie I'ests h.m a g<.<Hl deal .of money, ana ho ileclares that he is a«;«re of 'he folly dt it, but ia eatirwliy tutatile ta !•• siat' it