WEE WILLIE WINKIE.- ¦ i

EY. EUBXAB».Sn?LIKa.

"Ail officer anfi a gentleman."His foJJ came" was Peroral "WOIum.

"Williams/ but bo picked up the otherasune in a nursery book, and that was theend of the christened title. His mother'sayah called hini "Willie-Balsa, but as henever paid the faintest attention, to any-thing that tho ayah said, her -wisdom didnot help matters. .

His father was .colonel of the 195th,and as soon as Weo-Willio Y/inlrie wasold enough to understand "what militarydiscipline meant, Colonel Williams putHm under it. There was no other wayof managing the child. "When he wasgood for a week he drew good-conductpav ; and when he was bad he was de-prived of his good-conduct stripe. &en-taally he was bad, for India offers gomany chance? to little aix-year-olds ofgoing wrong.

Children resent familiarity from strang-ers, and "Wee .Willie "Winldo was a veryparticular child. Once bo. accepted anacquaintance, he was graciously pleasedto thaw. He accepted Brondis, a subalt-ern of the 195th, on sight. Brandis .washaving tea at the coloael's, and "WeeWillie Winkie entered, strong in the pos-session of a good-conduct badge won fornot chasing the hensfound thecompomid.He regarded Brandis with gravity for atleant ton minutes, and then deliverefl him-self of his opinion.

"I like you," said he slowly, getting offhis chair and coming over to Brandis."I Eke you. I shall call you Coppy, be-cause of your hair Do you mind beingcalled Coppy? It is because of v© hair,you know."

Hero was one of themost embarrassingof "Wee "Willi© Winkie's peculiarities.' Hewould look at a 'stranger for some time,and then, without warning or explanation,would give Mm a name. And the namestuck. No regimental penalties couldbreak Wee Willie Winldo of this, habit.He lost his good-conduct badge for christ-ening the Coinmissioner's wife "Pobs ;"but nothing that the colonel could domade the Station forego the' nickname,and Mrs. Coilen remained Mrs. "Pobs"till the end of her stay. So Brandis waschristened "Coppy," and rose, therefore,in the estimation-of tae regiment.

Jf Weo Willie Winkle took an interestin any one, the fortunate man was enviedalike by the mess and the rank and Slo.And in their envy lay no suspicion of self-interest. "The colonel's son" was idolizedon his own merits entirely. Yet, WeeWillie Winkie was not lovely. His facewas permanently freckled, as his le'gs werepermanently scratched, and in spite ofhis mother's almost tearful remonstranceshe had insisted upon having his longyellow locks cut short in the militaryfashion. " "I want ray hair like 'SergeantTummil's," said Wee Willie Winkie, andhis father abetting, the sacrifice was ac-complished. , . • '

Three weeks after the bestowal of his'youthful affection on Lieutenant Brandis—henceforth to be called "Coppy" for thesake of brevity—Wee Willie Winkie wasdestined io behold sirange tnings 'andfarbeyond Ms comprehension.

Coppy returned his liking with interest.Coppy had let him wear for five rapturousminutes his own big sword—just as tallas Wee Willie Winkie. Coppy had prom-ised him a terrier puppy $ and Coppy hadpermitted him to witness the mirftcvlousoperation of shaving. Nay, more—Coppyhad said that even he, Wee Willie Winkie,would rise in time to the ownership of abox of shiny knives, a silver-box and asilver bandied "sputter-brush," as WeeWillie Winkie called it. Decidedly,'therewas no ono except his father ' who couldgive or take away good-conduct badgesat pleasure, half so wise, strong and voliant as Coppy with the Afglmn and Egyp-tian medals on his breast. Why, then,should Coppy be guilty of tho unmanlyweakness of kissing—vehemently kissing—a "big girl," Miss Allardyce to wit ?In the course of a morning ride. WeeYt'illie -Winlae had seen"Coppy so doing,and, like the gentleman he was, ' badpromptly wheeled round and ' canteredback to his groom, lest the groom shouldalso see.

Under ordinary circumstances he wouldhave spoken to his father, but he felt in-stinctively that this was a matter on wMchCoppy ought first to be consulted. -

"Coppy," shouted Weo Willie Winkie,reining up outside that subaltern's bung-alow early one morning—"I want to seeyou, Coppy !"

"Coma in, young 'on," returned Copuy,who was at early breakfast in the midstof his dogs. "What mischief have youbeen getting,ihto now?" ' '

We& Willie Winkie had done nothingnotoriously bad for three days, said sostood on a pinnacle of virtue,

"I've been doing nothing bad," said he,curling himself into a long chair with astudious affectation of the colonel's langorafter a hotparade. Heburiedhis frecklednose in a teacup, and, with eyes starin»roundly over the rim, asked: "I say,Coppy, is it pwoper to kiss big girls ?"

>'By Jove ! You're beginning early.Who do you want to Mss ?"

"No one. My aravmr's alwayskigsfngme if I aon'fc stop her. - If it isn'tpwoporhow was you kissing Major Allardyce'sbig gill last morning, by ve canal ?"

. Coppy s1 brow wrinkled. He and MissAllareyce had with great craft managedto keep their eng.xgem.ent secret for afortnight. There were urgent and im,perahve reasons why Major Atturdyceshould not know how matters stood, forat least another month, and this smallmarplot hfid discovered a great deal toomuch, - .¦: "I saw you," said Wee Willie WinMeealm.y. "But ve graoj a didn't see. Isaid "Hut iao.!"'.'Oh, you had that much sense, youyoung3%"' groaned poor Coppy, halfamnsea and angry. "And how many

people may you have told about it ?»"Only me myself. You didn't tell wheni twied to wide ve buffido ven my nonywas kuuo ; and I fought you wouldn't

; _ "FinKe," said Coppy, enthusiastically,shaking tho small hand, "you're the best01 good fellowo. Look here, you 'can'tnndastead all these things. One of thesedays-hang it, how can I ^ makc you seeit >~l in going to marry Miss AUardvce.and then she ll be Mrs. Coppy, as you say,il your young mind is so scandalized atthe idea of kissing big girls, go and tellyour father.'

What will happen?" said Wee Willie

Winkie, who firmly believed that his fath-er was omnipotent.

"I shall get into trouble," said Coppy,playing bis trump card with aa. appealinglook at the holder of the aco.

"Yen I won't," Paid Wee Willie Winkiebriefly. "But faver says its un-man-lyto be always -kissing, t-.nd I didn't finkyou'd do vat, Coppy."

"I'm not alwayskissmg, old chap. It'sonly now and then, and when you're big-ger you'll do it too. Tour father meantit's not good for little boys."

"Ah l" said Wee Willie Winkie, now- fully enlightened. "It's like ve sputter-brnsk." ' -

''Exactly," said Coppy gravely. ,_ "But I don't fink 111 ever want to kiss

big girls, nor no one, 'cept my muwer.And I must vat, you know."

There was a long pause, broken byWee Willie Winkie.

"Are you fond of vis big girl, Coppy ?""Awfully!" said Coppy."bonder van you' aro of Bell or ve

Butcha—er me?""It's in a different way," said Coppy.

"You see, one" of these davs Miss Allar-dyce will belong to me, but you'll growup and command the regiment and—allsorts of things. It's quite different, yousee."¦ "Very well," said Wee Willie Winkie,rising. "If you're fond of ve girl, I won'ttell any one. I must go now."

Coppy rose and escorted his smallguest to the door, adding—"You're thebeet of little fellows , "Winldo. I tell youwhat. In thirty days from now you cantell if you like—tell any one you like."

Thus the secret of the Brandis-Allar-dyce engagement was dependent on alittle child's word. Coppy, who knewWeo Willie Wilkie's idea of truth, was atease, for he felt that ho would not breakpromises. Wee Willie Winkie betrayed& special and unusual interest in Mis?Allardyce, and, slowly revolving roundthat embarrassed young lady, was usedto regard her gravel} with'unwinkiiig eye.He was trying to discover why Coppyshould have kissed her. She was nothalf so nice as his own mother. On theother hand, she was Coppy's j>roperiy,and would in time belong to him. There-fore it behooved him to treat her with asmuch respect as Coppy's big sword orshiny pistol.'

The idea that he shared a great secretin common with Coppy kept Weo WillieWinkie unusually virtuous for threeweeks. Then the Old Adam broke out,and be made what he called a "camp-fire" at the bottom of the garden. Howcould he have foreseen that the flyingsparks would have lighted the Colonel'slittle hay-rick and consumed a week'sstore for the horses ? Sudden and swiftwas the punishment—deprivation of thegood conduct badge and, most sorrowfulof all, two, days' confinement to barracks—the house and varanda—coupled withthe withdrawal of the light of his father'scountenance;

He took the sentence like the man hestrove to be, drew himself up with aquivering under-lip, saluted, and, onceclear of the room, ran to weep bitterly inMs nursery—called by him "my quarters."Coppy camo in the afternoon and at-tempted to console the culprit.

" "I'm under awwest," said Wee WillieWinkie ,mournfully, "and I didn't , oughtto speak .to you."

Very early the next morning he climbedon to the roof of the house—that was notforbidden—and beheld Miss Allardycegoing for a ride.

"Where are you going ?" cried WeeWillie Winkie.

"Across the river," she answered, andtrotted forward.

.Now ,the cantonment in which the 195thlay was bounded on the north by a river—dry inwinter. From his earnest years,Wee Willie Winkie had been forbidento go across the river, and had noted thateven Coppy—the almost almighty Coppy—had never set foot beyond it. WeeWillie Winkie had once been read to, out*,of a big blue book, the Mstory of thePrincess and the Goblins—a most wond-erful tale of a land where the Goblinswere always waning with the children ofmen until they were defeated by oneCurdie. Ever since that date it seemedto Mm that the bare, black and purplehills across the river were inhabited byGoblins, and, in truth, every one bad saidthat there lived tho Bad Men. Even inMs own house the lower halves of thewindows were covered with greenpaper on account of the Bad Men whomight, if allowed clear view, fire intopeaceful drawing-rooms and comfortablebed-rooms. Certainly, beyond the river,wMoh was the end of all the Earth, livedthe Bad Men. And here was Major Al-lardyce's big girl, Coppy's property, pre-paring to venture into their borders !What would Coppy say if anything hap-pened to her ? If the Goblins ran oft'withher as they did with Cardie's Princess?She must at all hazards bo turned back.

The house was still. Wee Willie WinMereflected for a moment on the very terriblewrath of Ms father: and then—broke Msarrest! It was a crime unspeakable.The low sun threw Ms shadow, very largeand very black, on the trim garden-paths,as he wont down to tho stables and ord-ered his pony. It seemed to him in thebasil of the dawn that all the big worldhad been bidden io stand still and lookat Wee Willie Winkie guilty of mutiny.The drowsy groom handed Mm Ms mount,and, since the one great sin had made allothers insignificant, Weo Willie Winkiesaid that he was going to ride over toPoppy SaMb, and went out at a footpacestepping on the soft mould of the flower-borders. ' ,

The devastating track of tlie pony sfeet was the last misdeed tha t cub Mm offfrom all sympathy of humanity. Heturned into the road, leaned forward, androde as fast as the pony could put foot tothe ground in the direction 01 the river..But the liveliest of twelve-two pomes

can do little against the long canter of a

Waler. Miss AUar4yc9 tow far ahead,

had passed through the cropn, beyond thepolice-post, when all the guards were

asleep, and her mount was scattering the

pebbles of the river bea as Wee Willie

Winkie left the cantonment and BritishIndia behind him. Bowed forward and

still fioggMg, Wee Wiibe Wrtme shot

into Afghan territory, and could just seoMiss j ilardyce a black speck, flickering

across the stony plain. .The reason ofher wandering was simple enough. Lop-

py in a tone Of too-hastily _ assumedauthority, had told her over WgM thfifcshe must not ride out by the river. And

now she had gone to prove her own spu.it

and teach Coppy a lesson.Almost at the foot of the inhospitable

hills Wee Willie Winkie saw the Wale?blunder and come down heavily." MissAllardyce struggled clear, but her anklehad been fleverely twisted, and she couldnot stand. Having thus demonstratedhsr spirit, she wept copiously , and ' wassurprised by the apparition of a whiieywide-syed child in khaki, on a' nearlyspent pony.

"Are you badly, badly buried ?" shout-ed Wee Willie WinMe, as soon as he waswithin range. "You didn'fi ought to behere."

"I don't know," said Miss Allardyceruefully, ignoring the reproof. "Goodgracious, child, what are you doing here 1"

"You said you was going acwoss vewiver," panted Weo Willie WinMe, throw-ing himself off his pony. "And nobody—not even Coppy—musS'go acwoss veriver, and I came after you ever so hard,but you wouldn't stop, and now you'vehurted yourself, and Coppy willbeangwywiv mo, and—Pvg bwokoii my awwesi!Pre bwoken tay awwest J"

Tho future Coloiiel of the 195th satdown and sobbed. In spice' of the painin her ankle the girl was moved.

"Have you ridden all tba way from thecantonments, Utile man ? What for ?"

"You belonged io Coppy. Coppy toldme so !" wailed Wee Willie Winkie dis-consolately. "I saw him kissing'you,andhe said he was fonder of you van Bell orve Butcha or me. And so I came Youmust get up and come bock. You didn'tought to be bere. Vis is abad place, andPre bwofcea my awwest."

"I can't move, Winkie," said Moss Al-lardyce, with a groan. " 'Tve hurt myfoot. What shall I do?"

She showed a readiness to weep afreshwMch steadied Wee Willie Winkie,'whohad been brought up to believe that tearswere the depth of unmanliness. Still,when one is as great a sinner as WeeWillie Winkie, even a man may be per-mitted to break down.

"WinMe," said Miss Allardyce, "whenyou've rested a little, ride back and tellthem to send out sometMng to carry meback ia. It hurts fearfully."

The child sat still for a little time andMiss Alkrdyee closed her eyes ; the painwas nearly mating her faint. She wasroused Vy Wee Willie ' WinMe tying upthe reins on his pony's neck and settingit free with a vicious" cut of his wnip thatmade it whicker. Tho ¦ little animalheaded toward the contenments.

"Oh, Winkie 1 What aw you doing?".- "Hush !" said Wee Willie WinMe."Vere's a man coming'—one of ve BadMen. I must stay wiv you. My faversays a man must always look after a girLJack will go home, and ven vey'll comeand look for us. Vat's why I let him go."

ITot one man but two or three had ap-peared from behind the rocks of the hills,and the heart of Wee Willie WinMe sankwithin him? for just in this manner werethe Goblins wont to steal out and vexCardie's soul. Thus had they played inCurdie's garden, he had seen the picture,and thus had they frightened the Prin-cess' nurse. He heard them , talking toeach other, and ' recogmzed with ' j oy thebastard Pushto that he' had picked - upfrom one of his father's grooms lately dis-missed. People who spoke that' -'tonguecould not be the Bad Men. They woreonly natives, after all-

They came up to the bowlders on wMchMiss Allardyce's horse bad blundered.

Then rose from the rock Wee WillieWinMe, child of .the DominantBace, agedsix and three-quarters,'and Jsaid ' brieflyand emphatically "Jae 1" The pony hadcrossed the river-becL

The men laughed, and . laughter fromnatives

^was the one "thing Wee Willie

WinMe" could not .tolerate. _ -_He askedthem what they wanted, and why they didnot depart. Other men with most vilefaces and crooked-stocked guns crept outof the shadows of the hills, till, soon, WeeWillie WinMe was face to face with anaudience some twenty strong. Miss Al-lardyce screamed.

"Who are you?" said one of the men."I am the Colonel SaMb's son, and my

order is that you go at,once. You blackmen are frightening the Miss Sahib. Oneof you must run into cantonments andtake tho news that the Miss Sahib hashurt herself, and that, the Colonel's son ishere with her,"

"Put our feet into..the. trap ?" was thelaughing reply. "Hear this boy's speech 1"

"Say that I sent you—J, the colonel'sson. They will give you money."

"What is the use of tills talk ? Takeup the child and the girl, and we can atleast ask for the ransom. Ours are thevillages on the heights," naid a voice inthe background.- -

These were the bad mem—worse thanGoblins—and it needed oll Wee WillieWinMe's training to prevent him frombursting into tears. But ho felt that tocry before a native, excepting only Msmother's ayah, would be an infamy great-er .than any mutiny. Moreover, he, asfurture Colonel of 195th, had that grimregiment at Ms back.

"Are you going io carry us away ?"said Weo Willie WinMe, very blanchedand vmcomf ortable.

"Yes, my little SaMb Bahadur," said thetallest of the men, "and eat you after-ward."

"That is child's talk," said Wee WillieWinMe. "Men. do not eat men."

A yell of laughter interrupted Mm,but he went on firmly—"Jlgid rf you docarry us away. I teU you that all myregiment will come up in a day and lrillyou all without leaving one. Who willtake my message to the Colonel SaMb ?"

Speech in any vernacular—and WeeWillie WinMe had a colloquial acquaint-ance with fhree^—was easy to the boywho could no"t yet manage his f'r's" «nd"thV' urighi, - ••

Another man joined the conference,crying: "O foolish meal What tMs babesays is true. He is tho beart's heart ofthose wMte troops. For the sake ofpeace let them go both, for if he be takenthe regiment will break loose and gut thovalley, Our villages art) 'in the vfdley,and we shaU not escape, That regimentare devils. They broke Khoda Yar'sbreast bone with Mcks when he tried totake the rifles ; and if we touch tMs childthey will fire and rape and plunder for amonth, till nothing remains. Better tosend a man back to take the" message andget a reward. I say that tMs child istheir God, and that they will spare noneof us, nor our women, if we harm lira."

It was Din Mahonimed, the dismissedgroom of the Colone], -wlio made the dUversion, and an angry and heated discus,sion. followed-. Wee Wfliie Winkie,standing over Miss Allardyce, waited theivpshot Surely Ms "wegiment," hjs own

"wegimeat," woulclnoi desert him if thsyknew of his extremity,

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The riderless pony brought the newsto the 195th, though there had been con-sternation ia Colonel's household ior anhour before. The little beast came inthrough the parade ground in front ofthe main basracka, where the men weresettled down to play spoil five till theafternoon. Delvin, the color sergeant ofE Company, glanced at the empty saddleand tumbled through,, the barrack roon^McMng up each room corporal as bepassed. "Up ye beggars! There's something happened to the Colonel's son,"her shouted.

"He couldn't fall of! s'elp me, 'ecouldn't fall offj" blubbered a drummerboy. "Go an hunt acrost the river.He's over there if he's anywhere, an'maybe those Pathans have got 'im. Forthe love.o'Gawd don't look for 'im in themullahs I iLet's g-o over the river."

"There's sense in Mott yet," said Dev-lin. "E Company, double out to theriver—sharp!"

So E Company, in its shirt sleevesmainly, doubled for the dear life, and inthe rear toiled the perspiring sergeant,adjuring it to double much faster. Thecantonment was alive with the men ofthe 195th, hunting for Wee Willie Wink-ie, and the Colonel finally overtook ECompany, far too exhausted to swear,straggling in the pebbles of the riverbed.

Up the hill under wMch Wee WillieWinkie's bad men were discussing thewisdom of carrying off the child and thegirL a lookout fired two shots.

"What have I said?" shouted Din Ma-hommod. "There is the warning' Letua not be seen with the boy 1"

The men waited for an instant, andthen, as another shot was fired, withdrewinto the hills, silently as they appeared.

"The wegiment is coming5' said WeeWillie Winkie confidently to Miss Allar-dyce, "and it is all wight. Don't cwy!"

He needed the advice himself, for tenminutes later, when his father came up,he was weeping bitterly with Ms headin Mass Allardyce's lap.

And the men of the 195th carried himhome with shouts and rejo icings ; andCoppy, who had ridden a horse into alather, met'him, and, to his intense dis-gust, Mssed Mm opeiilj in the presenceof the men.

Bui there was baha for Ms digmty.His father assured bwn that not onlywould thebreaMng of arrest bo condonedbut that the good conduct badge wouldbe_restored as soon . as his mother couldsew it on his blouse sleeve. Miss Allar-dyce had told the Colonel a story thathad mode Mm proud of his son.

"She belonged to you, Coppy," saidWee Willie WinMe, indicating MissAllardyce with a grimy forefinger. "Iknew she didn't ought to go acwoss vewiver, and I knew ve wegiment wouldcome; to ine if I sent Jack home."

"You're a hero, WinMe," said Coppy—"a pukka hero 3"

"I don't know "what vat means," saidWinMe, "but you mustn't call me WinMeanymore. Pin Percival Wiil"am Wil-l'amsr

And in tMs manner did Wee WillieWinMe enter into his manhood.

Written lor ttia Eipress.Memories of Ohautauqtia,

To an inquiry concerning the meaningof tMs peculiar word, answer was madethat it was an Indian word signifying abag tied in the middle. Whether thisbo truth or legened tMs description ap-plies to the form of tho beautiful sheetof water wMch bears this name. Thelake varies from one to three miles inwidth and is eighteen miles long. Uponits wooded shores have sprung up, hereand there, summer resorts offering theusual varied attractions to summer so-j ourners;

At the western end of the lake is May-ville the county seat ; at the eastern end,the flourishing h'ttle city of Jamestown.Nearly midway on the southern shore aresituated the grounds of the ChautauquaAssociation. Since 1874 the name ofChautauqua has been growing upon thepublic consciousness, and in thousandsof homes in many lands, the cabalisticletters of C. L. S. C. represent the openportals of knowledge. Through thesegates thousands have entered into a firstacquaintance with literature and science,and among these many elderly people whohave embraced the opportunity of aneducation, denied them in youth.

Commencing -with the idea of SabbathSchool work, the energetic founders Laveenlarged their scheme until it now em-braces many branches of study, and avaried education is at the command ofany one who has the time and persever-ance to follow out tho four years courseof study at home. Special courses of in-struction are also open to the visitor whowishes to sojourn here for the summermonths. A College of Erne Arts haslately been built, wMch contains a chemi-cal laboratory, and departments of Mstory.language, mineralogy, geology, and allthe appliances for securing educationaladvantages.

A bewildering sense of large oppor-tunity wMch ought io be improved atfirst oppresses the traveller. Here, dur-ing a morning stroll,'one may find classesin elocution, in Bible study, in music inphqtography, in type-writing in cookino',and probably many others wMch did notcome to the writer's notice.

Although all these special avenues ofinstruction are open to those who wishto study, there is still an other class andprobably the larger, made up of transientvisitors who wish io absorb somethingduring the few days or weeks of a sum-mer vacation without especial effort.For^aeh there are free lectures by someof the most able platform speakers.These are given in the great ampMtheatrewMch is said to seat 5000, and wMch isfrequently filled three times a day. Alarge part of the very faU programmeprepared for the entertainment of Chautauquans is musical. A conductor ofability leads a chorus of two hundredvoices in daily practice, with fine orches-tral accompaniment. TMs season finesolo singers and a male quartette, 'theSchubert from CMcago. furnished ex-quisite music at the public concerts. ^series of illustrated lectures on Europeentertained crowded audiences Mghi afternight Qne pi fte most popular enteivtainmerits oi this season has been thepresentation of tableans from "Ben Hur"which as a "tale of the Christ" has takensuch hold upon the popular heart.Choice seafs were taken and held severalV*

hours in advance so great was She interestfelt. :.;/; ; .;¦/¦:; ;\. .> > _¦ : : ; \ y

At Chuatauqoa every day brings fioinenovelty ; there is not a dnli moment tobe provided for. The only difficulty isto remember that humanity is not en-dued with omnipresence and that somethings must be neglected. When onewearies of intellectual delights, recreation ;is offered

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games of base-balL lawntennis, driving, and rowiag; on thelake. On a bright morning or eveningthere is no prettier sight than to see theplacid lake covered with: small boats,while occasionally a: large steamboat,touching at points between MayviUe andJamestown, makes her :way up to thedock and sets all the small "craft rocMngupon the eddy caused by hex approach, .

One of the delightful features of thissummer assembly is the thorougMy moraltone of the place, the absence of any ele-ment hostile to morality and religion.On the Sabbath, with'the exception of themultitude gathering for worship in thevast amphitheatre, stiUness reigns. Onthat day no steamer touches at the dockand the usual shrill cry of the newsboyas he cries the "Assembly SeraW is.hushed. On this as on . other evenings,at ten o'clock the playing of - the chimesat the tower of the dock house closes theprogramme for- the day.

The seventeenth Assembly of the As-sociation closed on Monday of this weekwith interesting exercises.' The session.of 1S90 is .considered a most- successfulone. Chautauqua's influence for good isworld-wide, and it is a work- worflry .of slifetime to have conceived and carried" tosuch a Mghmark of success so gigantic anenterprise.

A Superb Stssm YacM.In our last we spoke of Frederick Gal-

latin's new yacht. We now copy the fol-lowing description ; of it from, tie TrUttnoe s .- . ' ¦" "' ¦"-

WmrreGTos, Del, Aug. 21,The magnificent new steel steam yacht

Alary built for Frederick - Gallatin, ofNew-York, by the Harlan & EoffingsworihCompany, of this city, has' been complet-ed, and after lying in the Delaware Siverat the mouth of tie Clerisiknd for threedays, sailed at noon to-day.with, her own-:er on board for New-York She carriedthe flags of-the New-York,' Atlantic andSeawanhaka Yacht Clubs, .and wDI doubt-less create a ripple of enthusiasm as shesteams up New-York Harbor.

TMs vessel, is one of the handsomestprivate yachts ever turned out by theHarlan & Hollingsworth Company, thebuilders of»W. EL Vanderbilt's. Alva, H.M. Flagler's Alicia and other floatingpalaces. ¦ . ; ^

Her hull wMch has been cemented andis as smooth as a hard-finished wall, ispainted a dazzling white aid ornamentedby a gold band following the sheer strokearound the vessel. The lines of the hullare shajp/Hean and graceful. Beginningwith a loug bowsprit that projects over astem as sharp as a knife, .they fall awayin gently swelling curves to an overhang-ing round stern. .The " rig is that of aschooner and the masts stand wide apart,with the smoke-stack between them, .allraked well aft in true yacht style. .Thereis a delicacy and a grace in color ano?mould that impart an' J apparent lightnessto the ¦ craft, and she sits on the waterwith the buoyancy -> and ease of & wMtegull -, - -- . - -

The deck-houses are in keeping withthe lines of her hulL The weight of hermachinery "and "coal bunkers has beenplaced so successfully that she needs noother ballast. The arrangement of hersaloons and cabins was - made in "accor-dance with this plan. . The centre ofweight falls just aft of the mid-length andpreserves the piquant upward sweep ofher forward lines. . - ¦¦- .-

The Aimy was launched on June o.She is built entirely of steel, and has siswater-tight, compartments and a steeldeck, providing safety and strength.She is ISO feet long over all, 24 feet-beam, and 14 feet depth of hold. Hertriple-expansion, surface condensing en-gine has cylinders 17, 28 and 42 nichesin diameter, and 22 indies .stroke. Theengine is very compactly rbuiit and per-fectly adjusted. All of the intricate imvchinery, with handles, cranks and; levers,as well as the condenser, is packed in aremarkably small space. ; There is also afull complement of pumps, not only;,forpossible leakage,, but to force water allthrough the vesseL A dynamo furnisheselectric light, and is driven by an engineof its own. There is also a separate en-gine for the ventilating apparatus,1 andanother for the furnace-blowers.

The boiler is abaft the engine-room;It is a return-tubular boiler of the Scotchtype, 12 1-2 feet in diameter and 12 feetlong, and is intended to famish steam ata working pressure of 170 pounds- - Thecoal bunkers, one on each side of theboiler, have a total capacity of . 130 tonsof coal.

The deck-houses are of Muhnain teak,and the deck : finish, panels of the waistand companion coverings are also of tsak,and all metal-work is of brass, bronze orgalvanized iron. . Hanging . from the de-vils, two on each side, are four handsomecedar boats, one of them a steam launchof fine finish.

The forward deck-house contains theowner's office, chart-room, living-room,etc. Its front is circular like a pilot-house, but it contains no wheel or steer-ing apparatus, all of wMch are on thebridge." One end of this deck-house con-tains a stairway to the saloon beiow.This room is finished in mahogany,- andcontains a desk, two folding berths,lavatories, dressing-cases, etc.. A curtaindrawn across the centre converts theapartment into two complete staterooms^Aft of this apartment is the ."captain'sstateroom, wMch is finished and furnish-ed in quartered oak. with bedstead, mar-ble-top toilet-stand and dressing case.On the walls are steam-gauges and elec-tric annunciators' cojnmnnicafcig'vrith er-erypart of theyacht. The'., top" of the-for-ward house is* railed mand fitted as abridge with flying spans on either side,supported from the'..raiL Here are. allthe apparatus and instruments necessaryfor. the control of the ship's movementsin navigation-—steam and hand steeringgear, pull and electric .bells, gongs "andannundatorB, speaMng tubes, binnacle,etc., and ft ":-powerful electric searchlight, ¦ ' - . ' • ' ¦¦ -.¦- " .-

The after deck-house covers the stan--way to the dming-room below deck. .Itsinside finish is mahogany and it containstwo folding .berths. The cook's galleyis on the main deck, just abaft the boiler.It is finished in cypress, withal tiled floor

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and glazed, tiled" wainscoting." HHotwitb-standing the ample deck housing, thereis a broad sweep of open decXover 'ihsstem' 61 about 600 square feet.

Beneath the after deck-house is thedining-room, beautifully finished in lightmahogany,/With- elaborate -earvins - andpanel work oa its walls rand ceiling, andupholsteredjn bine and gold:' The ceil-ing is finished in-' ivory, white and gold,and soft light enters, through the coloredand jewelled glass of the dome abeva.At mghi incandescent deetria lights shedtheir softened light through the dome.The usual seats are along the sides of theroom, and iu the sides are lockers, finish-ed in silver, with "bevelled mirxers. for-ward of the dining-room sre the- pantryand mess-room. , There, is also an ice-,room with a capacity of five tons. Thesteward's room and the„closets:aft of thedining-room. :: " ^%.-.The parlor or saloon is forward, and isentered from the forward deck-house.Connecting with it- are four staterooms,two forward and two aft ; also abaibroom.and closets. This suite of . rooms is per-fect in convenience and beauty of finiskThe saloon is finished in sycamore-: Theceiling is ivory- wMie and- gold, sna thewalls are tinted in cream.- The panellingand carving are delicate. The furnitureis upholstered in. old rose. ~ .. :

The two staterooms abaft the saloonare finished respectively in quartered oakand light mahogany.- They:.contain bed-steads, toilet stands, : folding, basins anddressing-cases of artistic design, and haveshelves and cabinets on the walls-- Thetwo forward staterooms are finished hiprairie nisple and blister maple, and arecounterparts of ths' otxiers in atrang&-menis. The bathroom CQntarns :s -porce-lain-hiied bathtub, encased in iSing, andthe walls of the room are wainscoted inblue and wMtetiksl The £oor is bid inmosaic ixiinsr. ' _ • • ¦ - • ¦ ¦ ¦¦ -¦-- - .: - ¦-

VenslaHpa and lighting- are providedfor .on a ; liberal scale. There are 100electric lights throughout theyacht, everyapartment being .supplied. Yent2aimgpipes of galvanized iron and brass con:nect each room with the vanHbiing fan.Inlet and outlet valves keep the air purs,even when all is closed below deck onaccount of foul weather.

While' not built for great speed, com-fort and luxury having been the greatobjects, ike Mmj is expected to prove aworthy competitor fo?-s3?ne of the flyersafloat. Shs is a sea-going vessel, and bytie end . of a year she will have, in allprobability, encircled the globe. WilliamC. Brinckley is her captain, and HenryW. Gun her cMef engineer.

The Aimy can hardly have cost less£hsn;g30G,uuO; possibly her constructionaccount''-may reach $400,000. - . ' - . .

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' Some months ago W. K Yanderbiltrequested a City Island yacht builder toprepare plans, for a light^raugit sbeslsteamboat for the . use 01 Ms cMldrsn.The plans wers^ made, and a few daysago.- ' Henry Piepgrass, the designer andbuilder, finished the boat ready for itstransportation to Qakdale, L. L

The boat is made with an iron frameand steel plating. It is sisty-flTS feetlong ou the water line, and draws the ex-ceedingly "small amount for a boat solarge of two feet biwater. It wasneces-ssry to nave tie draught very light, be-cause the boat has to navigate , the Httlecreek running up from the Great SouthBay toOakdale, The boat is to be ownedand controlled exclusively by the cmldreiiof the millionaire, assisted by a pickedcrew of four.

The little craft is & sidewheeler. Theengines eat up two tons of coal a day andwill nrepel'ths boat about eight miles anhour" The Great South Bay will be itsroaming place, - and ; when a trip is over,whether the tide be high or at its lowest,the steamer can creep up the little creekwithout any "danger of rtrnmng aground.

. ". ' -"" '" Aaheatos and its Uses, ' - .' " ' :"Here is a towel that is never washed

and yet - is always kept clean,"- said'achemist-to a reporter, : handing bi^n atthe same time what appeared, to the eyeand touch to. be 'nothing more nor lessthan a" piece of coarse cotton toweling. :

"What sort of a laundry do you sendit to ?" was the natural query, :T

"This Mnd," lepliedthe' manof sciencegoing; oyer to the comer of Ms laboratoryand stuffing the towel into a sroall storethat was burning brightly there for chesa -leal purposes. V-

"I understand," said the visitor. "Younever use such a towel more than once."

"You are very much mistaken there,'responded . the chemist.; -"J 11=3 suchtowels almost forever, and . thsy almostnever wear out." With that he lifted of:the lid of the stove again and took outthe towel, with the tongs, dipping it incold - water and then handing it oncemore to the newspaper man.

"Why," exclaimed* the latter, "it is noteven, injured ! What is it made of 1"

"Tt is made of rock," answered thechemist, "but a very peculiar Mnd ofrock—so peculiar, indeed that the . an-cients " supposed tie stuff of wMch thistowel is woven to be of a vegetable na-ture. They; used to wrap bodies thatwere to be burned in cloths made of: thesame fifty like substance in order io keepthe ashes from bang lost among the

"charred wood of the funeral pyre. - Alsothey used it for napkins and for lamrswicks."

"But what is it called ?"" ¦- "You have often, heard of it under thename of /asbestos,' .though very few peo-ple apparently have any notion as" towhat it really is. Enormous deposits ofit exist in Canada and elsewhere. It isa form of very hard rock called horn-blende and is found in strata of a fibrousconsistency readily - divisible into silkystrand resembling ". flax. This Ksenesshas given it the name of 'earth, flas.'You can see for yourself from .this towelhow much1

it looks like a vegetable fabricwhen woven. An asbestos towel may beused for pretty nearly, the same purposesas an ordinary toweL and^ when it is dirtyall.you have to do is to throw it into thefirs and rake it out after s little whileperfectly clean."

"Is asbestos used icraay other pur-poses in these days ?" . -> ¦.

"Oh, yes. It is. employed for roofingmaterial, boner, felting, . paper stock andin the mixing of fireproof paints for stagescenery.- Also clothes for firemen andgloves to .Landle 1 red-hot .iron with aremade of iL SbrceHmes the mineral isfound in tMn sheets .of .interlaced fibres,known as toQUEiain leather.'', Msewhereit is not infrequentl y procured in 'thicksheetsj and-in that ccfudiMcn .is caliecLteouataa eorjj .?" - ' \// . ""~ . ".' -.-

. jr-ioors of rubber—claimed to be s.3.durable as aSDtalis and chea-Der—srebeing tried in Germany.

' At-St, Petersburg the longest ds? "Gfthe year .has 19 hotrrs, a; Hambsr-ir ITLours, at . London. IT J- hours, at New-York 15 hours, and ' at .Spitsbergen. &~tours.

A passenger elevator to the summit oiMonf - Blanc—the shaft io cave . eighteompariiaaats. each as fec-j -square, andeach to carry a triple decked elevator icr

American mf-riirg engineer.

A capital of afcout S22.000.G00.. is saidto have been raised for carrying out tha

the.Seine so that ships rnav procssa xromHavre. Another project is for construct-,,ing a canal io connect the Mediterraneanwith, the Bay of Biscay.

The length of the telpherage line bs-tween Buenos Ayres and ilcntevideo is'186 miles, and it is designed, ia.. -carry-electrkally driven letter boxes, which sa"be dispatched every two hours. The twowires cross the Li Plata - esraarv- at a -point where it is 19 miles wide.

= A German chemist has diECovsrcd tba *¦ ¦hea a IbotSe partly fiUed with. 4V solu-tion of ozone in "water is shaken a softphosphorescent glow spres-is over thesurface of the liquid, and onickly discs-peafs. A second siiaking gives a fainter "light, but the appearance cannot is ob-tained again nnni axier an interval ofsoine days.

A simple camera has been produesdfor-taking panoramic photasratshs en

'¦ string rotates ths - camera' through one-fourth, one-half, three-fourths, or a vrnol-acircle, the film oeing simultaneouslywound in an opposite direction past- aslit one-sizneih of an inclz wide "dse-3behind the lens.

tables made br its use of synoptic! charts: ou^ninatin^ local disturbances Dr. Cr.ileyer believes he has accomplished wh^i

; other investigators Lire sought io- dowithout success— shown " an mfinencs c-£the moon on. ths —seiner. -The height;of the. barometer, in the months of Seo-iember to. January, is lowered ai titstime of full moon ana- raised during thefirst quarter. '- >7c effect can ce tracedfor other months.

; P£inei^xm—Considering the T-riottstheories in."regard to the origin of x:etro-lemn, Mr.' Edward Orton, in the last re-port- of the "U. S. Geological Survey, Sn-isthe following to be xha best supportedpropositions : 1. Petroleum is "derivedfrom, organic matter. 2. It is mcch mors?largely derived from vegetable than fromanimal substances. 3. Petroleum of thsPennsylvania type is derived from thsorganic matter cf the bituminous shales,"and is of vegetable origin.- - 4. Petroleum- .01 the Canada and Lima type is derivedfrom limestones,-and is of q^ JTrnl origin.5. Petroleum has been produced at nor-mal reck temne~tnxe (in. Ohio nelas";,and is not a product of destructive dis-rTilrmcE oi bitumens shales. 8. . Thestock of petroleum in the'roeks.is alreadypractically complete.

TTsdzb Wateb Fonxi Yeiss.—Sc-msSungsrhm nrisionsrs 01-war were thrownin 1849, into a dgep pool near Hsrsiasn-stadt -fi-oTT* which . '^ ni 1-^^-- af -1* ¦-" h"-*-inresion of 41 years, were lately broughttip. Their; physiological condition has-been made the subject 'of "a careful inves-tigatich by Br. Eomg. 'The bodies wsraperfectly preserved, and their orgsrs re-mained -unchanged in Ehaoe and mostlyunaltered in color and consistence. Themost remarkable feature was the pres-ence of crystals 01 common salt, clearlyshowing that, in the water, particles kdd.is/solution" may pass throogh the skinand muscles, and nnd their way into thsmost deeply seated organs. This is con-sidered confirmatory uroof that mineralbaths exert in this ~sy .their specific ac-tion on the internal economy oi " bathers.

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unusual seasons of Europe in past c-:n-tunes, srs-tee loiiowing: Tne winter oz1282 was so mild that com Sowers weresold in Paris in February, ana new Trhaewas drunk at .Liege on Aug. 24. In1408 the cold was so severe that nearlyall the Paris bridges were carried awayby the Ice, ink froze in the pen near afire. "and the sea between Norway 2ndDenmark wa3 entirely covered with ice.The summers of. 1473-74 were disastrous-ly hot. In the winter - of-1544-=5 winsfroze in barrels all over Praneo, and wassold in cakes by the potmd. The Shoneand nearly all other rivers froze in 1575-73 so that carriages . might- cress- In

was in ear at Easter, but- part of ?&j wr.s .extremely cold.

Dr. Andrew Wilson, is 3 speck of living

—averaging perhaps one 400th of aninchin diameter, of rounded shap^j bounded -bj a kind of envelope, and havnig 0. par-ticle (the nucleus) somewhere or etherimbedded in its Interior. Some cells—s,anerve-cells—average only one o.OOOih ofan inch, or less, in diameter: andbentcesbig cells and little cells there are nil gra-dations in sire. These cells ars theworkers of . the .body. "They are thepopulation of the vital kingdom. Thedemocrats are the cells—useful and nec-essary, and resosotable members of so-ciety—which, toil and labor to " -build upbones, to form muscles, and to make thevarious secretions. The aristocrats srethe nerve cells, which are by no means aaidle plutocracy, however, bni which ~oikhard enough hi the ralingrdirectic-n; 'andgovernance of the frame. . There is per-fect- division of .labor in the living state.One group of cells does not interfere rdththe work of . another group. . Each pieceof labor, from the buildm^of bone to themrJ^TT-cf o? .Ejsstric iiiics, is cssrisd. cut in-dependently and thoroughly bj workersset apart- for the given purpose. ThoeconomT of s. bee's hive is not mors rig-idly ordered than is the work or our cwu "

specific duties : and in the vast propor-tion.- of -thesaEairs these workers of oursare self directive, even while they c^n

controlling -power.^ . . . . .

scissTniG mmShLMiICssitiUi. s? tii 3sS-Hirbc- 2rpmi j•Know w2iat 5'«.\ i: ,-. r ¦'. to &j Crat, and tfaca do it f

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Wliat j 'oa0o,ti>.';,!-.- ' ' "*—j OH risvcr wIU rne lt,- '1/w* flatj . fllreer.y .-v> 7 .i.-i tises-er pooh-pooh 3V

• J {r,yoiU' " hcr&3 !i( ; ;- r; I'.biie islios/ wltf, '1st the smltiiEliceit.

It your c&air v . ;;:; :..; . Uro?„(:n, gee tba glne-potand' gtU S it. ¦ '' .-' '

What you <!o. tri i t 1/.: Co-roa never will roe It. .-If year lesson l* iu- u:, v.'iriv iiaril aaii set through It:If your team is !.'!- .;¦ r.a, ge.t, a ji ia acd amfa It.Wliat you do, C\> <:-.'.. •:,;<»— raw never -sriU ma lt. ¦If your miTCan la :< :n ,.; i\mh boaa your back to It;It svoa't grow t ;,c 1! rh:»r li!;caasa yoa esctiew lt. :Wi'.at you do, tVi ;-, ;, r,-i;c— jotinover will ruolt.

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Speaking nl'.mb "circular letters," Oisone. . ¦ ' ' ¦ '.

For a he.---;;; d:ed hiTsband there is nopromotion. '

If; is -fi-ell 'io F0 alto the best ofthiav,'orldfor you'll iiC iVi - i .' get out of it olive. • .

l^hc troublv. '.ritb j iiKtiea. is' thai she. doss 130 littii louifien holding .Iier scalea.'- '.

Yon may finO oisiaiia joy in tho'dreamof hope, but .if. trl-re-a money to go tomarket.

Prosperity . ''-kI' prud ence sre fipelleddifferently,'-l: ; !.-!v . -Hity gcaemuy mecax-aboutthe 'sairie feiH ;-;. _ . . .- ' ., . ': . ': ; j : - ...- -

Katiire be ;• v/i.'- cly a.rnmged mattei-s soihixb a man irr i .usiiher pat his own bocknor kick hinu 'i.

"Ho for tlio :*:.!rni!" ia now the cry of¦the city coui .-i' .!, but ho doesn't hoe wortha cent whet in- r;3ts fchexs.- ¦ '• ";:

Every mr; i rliou'd have tai aim in life,but he shurck'i;; ' !; Epend too much timeaiming.

Bacoii~I:Uv,¦¦¦:! 'J qvl Heen young Brum-nicl in Iiiti ''7>o , v iennia siut ? He lookslike thiinder. J'lgbert—As loud as. that IT

A Tenipen-.!J03 Lccfciu-c;— "Avoid wbis-;key and vrsite;' , rny eon," mid the father.,,(It ia a diliiti.a ind a eaare."

The m&n v.-l io kaeps still vrhea he has-;.:n't anything to m\y ia a public bene-factor. . . . "

The gravo-digger is ahvaye. getting.5cU) a hole hi !' •« pursuit of his - 'occupa-tion.

A good"-n nf ,;ir cd gpinistar used to bossfcthat she alv ;r ;; h;ul irw good ; beaux-—elbows. . '

A revivftl-.:il . should always be - bappyjbut oiiQ - Oi U.10. most noted is silwayBMoody, . .. ' , . - ; • ' ¦' "! .

Cats arc i\ '.\ f- orcB ;.m& colors in the day-time, but ct ni ght , -every one is sort of ayellow.

Most ero.:' l»vosi -sr(i entirely luarraleeswhen they ,r o v. '¦ Iccp. But the moth does-th e most mh-A-hv.n when it is taking anap,

"I'm sorry to see you bo agitated," said¦tho cbiirc'lii '-htr to the cream. "Oh,never mind— VB be butter soon.'- v

Natur lean "oi> improved upon of ten withgood effekt , hat to alter it generally spiieatlie whole ihh;g.

"Well," sr 'id the rural vieitor at New-Tork,- "if . f.hr , f.'i! aeopatra's needle, I'dlike to soo iioi'.i o of stockings she" need fcodnra."

If yu irwi t lu .y find out a man's realdispofiiyhr.'.!. I the him when he iz wet andJiunflry, If "ha w. iiHiiabl e.tlicn , dry himand fiil hiiA v.y>, mid you have an angel..

Mrs. Ej - or i iu -jnt—-Havo you felt slip-pc-ra, you3.!0 min i' Very Young Sales-m^n—Noi ' f;i .i > . -o I'vo been : boarciin' &wayfrom home;, : .!';utc .

. . Tho pro f :=; r i tj j i a singer has to be care-ful o£ vvlmt }i--! c \\s. But he is fond 'ofdivtes, and ;iu ax core, ia susualiy the fruitof the palm.

The red fls 'iprj nymbolical .of revolution.Evou tho p ci t '.'.cf ul auctioneer -fJiuga - it totho breezci while knocking down curfui'nitxme.

¦Young- hub,-—An d do you come downthe same way yon go up, Mr. Sandbag 1Ballonist—Eo, miss ; I tiy tocomo downf eet, fii'st.

Jim—I't'oU you, serious literature is r»fa discount nowadays. Nothing goes butiictioK. ¦ Joem;i—That' s so. See how thedaily paper;; r.ve, increasing their circula-tion.

Cora—Ki :;:• i'ussr.nieather's hah',usedto .be black ¦ but I seo it has turned..ta•cheBtniit. Hinv do you account for that Lulu—I behove ehc has been using thefunny papc-fr: to do hor hair up in.

Mrs. 2?il:-y.--Aro - you on ealhng-ierms wid ou v neighbor ? Mrs. .O'Hoo-lcy~~Av cooi' t ;e I am, Mrs. : itiley 3 Shecalled mo a, I L.afe, an'i called her .(m-other. :

They say lliiifc ihes purify the atmos-phere. It inufct bo done in this way.Men swecr at tho flies until the ah- isblue with .<:i ' [p ln;v, and that is a gi'eatdifiinfectacr.

"What if. it, do you suppose, thatkeeps the sun in place and prevents itironi fclli.il" 'r sfjked Araminta. "Ithink it mis'-.l. he- tho beams," said Cnar-lie, softly. -'

It has 'lK i .-n discovered that the cashboys were vovy lazy in the days of Job,for ho nas s : ".Ul the days of iny ' ap";pointed tiiiio m 1!1 I wait till my . ehaagecomes." ..¦- .

3Jc—What cites the poet mean- by anaching void ri I can't, understand what itcan -possibly he. She-—Why, I shouldthink you on^ hfc to know. Have you nev-er bud a hwtd;:ehe ?

Mrs. Me^Tiixi—^Lc-mueL. what' ah- j -oudohi' ? li V v. Megrim— Applejackm'theso aslen. ,Ii" th' fittuT- makes" themwheels go th.' way it did my head lastnight, I'll & el , I,' town in about five min-utes.

Old-f(isbioi-. e d people who do not quiteunderstand what is meant by the "eleo-trical stonr s; 1' (iLey tceadaboutso frequent-Iy, aro respiciuiU y informed .that they .arethe modiw:d< > subptitute for . the old-fashioned thunder-storm.

Anglomania:—"That's the way it goes.If - we hunt fo r-'^s, folks say vre're cruel ;if we him!; f ui-doad bags, folks laugh atus. What, cm 1 wo limit, without excitingindignation or ndicule?" . Small Boy--^"Eats !"

Professov <!i «Tcuniolism--7-I-again - callyour attem ion to the too common use oftrite expreiisioiiH. Mr.. Quills,.. can younot find all! r.ubstiiiito for the well wornphrase,, "lit' died n natural death !"¦Quills—Well , K ir, I suggest, "he diedwithout mwlic.il aid." Hov? would that\W .

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