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NO. id
Today.
Ilr swift to love your own, dears,
Your own who need you o;
Say to llu' speeding hour, ilcnr,
"I will not let thro jro
llxocpt thou cive a blissing;
Force it to bide unit stay,
l.ove litis no sure ainurow,
It only has today.
Oh, hasten to he kind, dears.
Itefiiro tho time ahull come
When jnu am left behind, dears,
In mi nll-nlone honii';
Hefore in lair roiilritlon
Vuinly you wcrji ami pray,
l.ove lias no mire ftuiiurrow,
It only has (inlay,
Sivlrirr than miii nnil shade, dears,
Move the Meet wings of pain;
The cliaiHT we have today, dears,
May lievrr roiif again.
Joy is n tickle rover,
lie l.rookeih not delay,
l.ove has no sure t minnow,
11 only has totlny.
Too laic to plead or grieve, dears.
Too late to kiss or sigh.
When ilrath has laid hi" seal, ilear,
On the mil Hp ami rye.
Too lute our gifts to lav if li
rpun tin- burial day ;
l.ove Iris no sure tomorrow,
It only lias today.
ongregaliniiiili-t.
THE FIRST-BORN,
nv n.win ii. run i.ir.
Preston foiiml hi wife in a low arm
less rocking-chair before the prate lire
of lier bod-room. Their baby boy,
whoso ilr.-t weak mil ngaiiit tin ini
cries of existence had been liearil but
two mouths before, lay flat upon hi
buck in lief lap. lie was swathed in
a long- woolen night-gown, which
bulged restlessly iiiuler tho impatience
of his leg.
The mother was pinching his cheeks
anil smothering him with kisses.
This caused, him to give vclit to bub
bling gasps of delight ami to wave his
clinched lists convulsively. When she
saw her husband she lifted tho baby,
supporting bis body with ono hand,
mid his uncertain back with the other.
Ills big head, fallen lorward, rolled
from side to side, while hi bright
eyes stared at bis fai her lixcdly. and
'without the smallest gleam of intelli
gence. I'reston smiled constrainedly,
and put one forefinger under the
rather damp chin.
As the child showed thai he disap
proved of the change of position, his
mother put him in her lap again, and
began the interrupted pluy. I'reston
lookod down upo.i it wi;h nil irritated
expression. When the initio came in
with a small tub partly tilled with
warm water, he looked about awk
wardly, as though he were out of
place. Then he sat dow n in a deep
leather oliuir by the w indow. As ho
watched the two women and the baby,
a feeling of isolation and sadness giew
upon him.
Win n the liui'so bad p. it tin- hath on
the rug near the lire, she pushed to
the mother's side a small table spii ad
with the arlicles of a baby's toile'.
While the child was bathing, the
mother kept up a steady llow of talk,
at limes addre-sed to the father, al
ways intended for the sun.
Sho took t IV tho long woolen gown.
Then she lifted the child mid laid him
gently in the bu'h. At liist touch of
the water be clutched wildly and
twisted his face into a criinsun tangle,
ilullhe warniih ami the safety guaran
teed by the voice and lingers of the
mother reassured him. lie was soon
splashing and kicking as widely as the
narrowness of his bath a'luwed.
Ilia fare reddened and puckered as
hn was lifted to the blanket on his
li.olher's lap, but the softness of the
fleecy towel consoled him. At last the
was done, and be lav straight iiud
plowing. His eyes closed hugu'dlv.
The talk of the mother ceased. There
wa silence in tho room, except her
iiioiiolonou i mid southing "Sh-h-h!
sb h-h! ' as she rocked to and fro.
The husband's eyes turned away jIM.
patiently ns he saw llie look in her
faee. She w as admiring, wi'h a look
of perfect love, tho beauty of the
tinoolh round form in her la;. The
skin of the child was soft :rnl deli, ate.
Waves of color, first pure white, tSteu
rosy pink, p icd acro.s it from l ead
to feet.
They put a few clothe; upon him so
quietly lli.it he only smiled, and did
not awaken. The nurse left the room,
and there w as no movement or sound
bill the occasional s.w ro.-k, wiih the
faint Sh-h-Ii!" which nc oomputiiod
it. The inoilicr looked .Icadf.i:ly at
her child The husband watched ir r
tadly.
They had married two cars hel'ore.
As bolh wore troii'-u ii.od and po-i-tivc,
there hud been ui.icli l.i-'ii ng in
the first (Helxemuiiih of Hi it i!c to
gether. Knit w is finding on; the
real cliaiac er of il :ln", -o d llcrenl
in many wav from I - character
o-eh had admired hel'oio marriage.
Kilt : in tlii uu loroiv iug lie re li.nl heel;
no si lions di-iiiiisl o"l their love
hatl grown slronger. Through this
love happiness had gradually come,
.lust as they were entering upon
this unexpected happiness, which
coiuesin married life if any at all, just
then the baby was born. Preston had
looked forward to the event with un
easiness and dissatisfaction. Il had
seemed to him that a third person
would ho an interloper. And his
feeling wns shared by his wife
Hut with I ho birth of the child camo
ihe birth of tho maternal instinct.
Preston found himself alone in his
dissatisfaction, lie realized this when
he saw his wife afterward. At first
he was awed by the change in her
faee, by Ihe mystei ions being who:0
head nestled to her shoulder, by tho
wonder of birth and maternity. Then,
as the meaning of il for him came lo
his mind, the instant thought was
that she was more lost to him than if
the were dead.
A few days before her eyes had in
them the sparkle and Ihe frequent flash
of passionate love for him. Mow
those same eyes were turned to him
with tenderness, but with a changed
tenderness that pained him keenly.
.She wns slill young. She was still
hcauliful. Hut in those few days the
quality of tho yonth and the beauty
had been transformed. Her face now
shone with the calmness and terenily
of a mother, And the sad conviction
came to tho husband that the change
Was linal.
On this morning, two months after
ward, as she sat in Ihe low chair, in
health and strength again, he studied
the ehaugo more carefully. lie had
been trying to deceive himself during
these two mouths. He felt that he
could dereivo himself no longer.
lie eared for her as before; more,
perhaps, since he giasped so clearly
the change in her. Hut she, silting
(here wit a her child, cared for hi'.n in
a new way. The child was first, tin;
central figure, in her life henceforth.
She loved the father through tho child.
In Ihe days of the'n oourlship ho had
fancied lhat the pissing of years
would not touch them. When her
hair w ould be gray and his hair would
be scant tiey Would cling together
slill, excluding everything mid every
one else. Now all this was thwarted,
brought to naught in Ihe very dawn
of their real happiness. The girl wife
was gone, with no hope of return.
This small form had pushed in be.
tweeii. Thole clinched hands, so mi-
Wilful, so helpless, had yet haltered
them apart. They must come, each to
the other anew, and through the
child.
He seemed to himself to be passed
away. He felt as though he were ill
another world, looking across a wide
gnif to the far place w here the child
lay in Ihe nnther's lap. And he
thought, with ut.ler Jack of hope, that
lie was straining his anus mid his
heart in vain.
This instinct love which showed in
her eyes as s'le looked at I he scarcely
featured face lilted him with bitterness.
"And its time passes," be thought,
ibis will not grow ir-s, but greater.
Slie may conceal it when she liiids that
il slabs me. Hut her real heart wil
he barred against me. she will care
for me, but she will plan and scheme
ami try to control me for hiR sake
for their sake, if there are more."
Then he thought of his own father
ami mother. llow intensely his
mother had loved him ! How often she
' had shielded him from his father! And
he wondered how his father had felt
at first, lie certainly eared for me,
and he and my mother lived happily,
contentedly, loving their children be
fore themselves."
And be saw lhat ho too would no
doubt grow lo care for this liitle one
in some such wav as his w ife now
' cared. And I shali be content," be
' said to himself, "as my falhrr was
c intent, and I shall target the I appt-ne-s
lhat might have been in the
p easiirc and pride that are. Hut I
shall he a loser. I'or 1 have lost her
cM'luxivc love. I shall have only the
second place in Iwr heart, and in the
heart of her child. I'or he will love
her first, lie will be lirsl hern; mine
through her only."
While the husband was searching in
vain for consolation, the wife also was
thinking of Ihe change in their rela
tions. She realized as fully as he that
there h id been a change, a transfer of
love. And in a cerlain way she fell
sorry for hiui. Hut she had no regret
for I happiness they both thought
they should regret as they talked it
iivi r be;', reliand.
Indeed she w as wondering how she
i .-il il have been o blind then. I'or
Ibis new hive was so sweet to her, so
scll'-absol bing ail I self-ilonviiig ! llow
strange, how wonderful, how satisfy
iniT wa lie' new love the love for
Ibis -mail beini whie'i Was hers
through llii' miracle of birth, ihroiigh
siilh rino lii be iciiiembi red oll' with
I id lie
She realized tho isolation of her '
husband, yet sho could not long think
of il. She was so absorbed with her
son. "My son!" she thought, and
sho bent to kiss him softly, while the
joy of maternal possession went
through her like a strong w ine. Her
thoughts leaped along the years, pic
turing him as hn would be when be
could walk and talk, when be should
be a schoolboy, a youth, a great m m,
of whom she was so proud, who loved
her so.
The look that came into her fuco
will) these thoughts cut her husband
lo the quick. He arose and slo d
looking bitterly out of the window.
'Sho is no lunger a w ife. She is a
mother!" he said. Harper's Weekly.
The l ilcairn Islanders.
I )f course, everyone has heard of the
remarkable colony on I'ilcairn island,
the liitle rock in the Pacilie Ocean,
less than three square miles in extent,
where the mutineer of Ihe. Homily
took refuge in 1 7fs'. with lha women
they had stolen from the island of
Tahiti. There many of their descen
ant live today, one of I ho happiest
and most contented cominiirilies in
the world. Piimiru island became too
small to hold this prolific people, and
in lt'i0 the entire population was re
moved lo Norfolk i-laml, far west of
their native home. A part of them,
however, yearned for I'ilcairn and re
turned to the little roi k that gave them
biinh. There are, therefore, now two
settlement of Ihe descendants of the
mutineers, one on Norfolk Island and
one on Pitrairn.
A more wonderful slory was never
lold than that of these euuny-hearled
people who, having llieir origin in
crime and bloodshed, have been shield
ed from nearly all the temptations that
beset the world, and are now a pros
perous Christian people, simple mind
ed, pure and upright. No such Ihing
as a jail ha ever existed at Piteairu
Island. The world seldom bears from
this handful el' people, living in I ho
far southern Pacili e tcean, but it is
always glad to learn ti ling of their
welfare, ami when news does come it
rarely fails lo report the continued
prosperity of I bis remarkable settle
ment. A while ago the Piteairu- Isl
anders celebrated the hundredth anni
versary of the landing of their fathers
on Pileairu rock. I 'early as they hvo
their little home, it is probable that
some of them will be compelled to
emigrate hefore many years, because
its population is again becoming
crowded. tioldlhwaile's Maga.iue.
Sand Tornadoes.
A (ierinan physician who has passed
several winters in southern Italy
claims to have discovered Iho cause of
the sick headaohes and respiratory
I roubles so often ex p"rieiieial during
the prevalence of a protr icled .sirocco.
Having noticed that those symptom
are observed even without a percepti
ble increase of temperature, he con
structed an apparatus enabling him to
demonstrate that Ihe atmosphere of
southerly gales is impregnated with
countless particles of line tand. u
lln Hurtles plains of the Sahara those
gale often acquire the I'oicc of n hur
ricane, and whirl up saml-elou Is
to a height of several, miles: from
there the upper air-current carry
them across the Mediterranean, and
even across the eastern Alps, since in
the valley of the lianubo south west
storms are often accompanied by a
curious haze, hanging for days about
tho hill-tops like the smoke of a foresl
lirc. Helford.
The kakin.
The kakapo, or owl-parrot of west
ern New Zealand, is almost as great
an anomaly as the ornithorhyuchiis.
It ha the plumage of a parrot and the
bend of a hawk: has wings furnished
with all the leal tiers found in the pin
ions of a falcon, but is unable to fly
over a four-foot wall. It is semi
nocturnal in its habits, and til sight of
a dog will rush aw ay like a frightened
chicken, but never even nltemps to
take wing. Its strange disability litis
been ascribed to tho circumstance that
New Zealand is free from huge carniv
orous animals, and that a bird timliiig
abundance of food in the underbrush,
can dispense with Ihe accomplishment
of lllght. Helford.
The urKcnt Locomotive.
The run from Haltiiuorc to l'liil.i
d jlphia of tho absurdly named Rival
Hlue Line express is made liehiul
w hat is said to he the I n gest engino
in this country. I; weighs IxT.onO
pounds, and runs on four driving
w heels, ' feel 0 inches in diameter.
Hlack, without a particle of bright
color about it, the engine is a grand hi'
of mechanism, and one easily can im
agine the engineer haiiign feeling of
allection for the huge machine, that it
o responsive to hi touch. New
York
nill.lMtEVS (Ol.lMX.
Tlir Am II "F Ft vs.
At noontide, nn n sultry day,
Two irm cllers walked shady wny,
When' elm iri fs lifle l hijli mian-h
Thai lirncsl sun ruts could not parch;
Hnid one: "liivl bless Ihe kindly hand
That set this nrehw ay rnnl ami grand!"
The other ri inl : "All. who run say
Wlml etiiiiftirt yields Ihi? leafy way!
Ilclii t sni li monument nf ftreen
Thau marble pile of King er Queen."
row ICY -Ml III s.
The American Indians, when the
r.iuopi'aMs first r.amc among them,
used a kiml of money made from the
sea shells whirh are know n as cow ry
shells, ami for many years ihe while
settlers used the tame, when other
money was not to bo hail. The Indi
ans were very ingenious in making
this shell money, or wampum,"
which consisted of small round pieces
cut from some large, thick shell tind
finely polished. Tliesti pieces were of
li ii i fur in sizes, like oilier money, and
each had a certain value in trade. A
Hiiull hole was made in each which
cimliled the Indians lo carry tlieui
about on a string, w hich is also, I
have been told, the ( hiuese method
of carrying money ihe hitler people
having a square hole in the centre of
their coins. It i said that the natives
of certain localities of India and Af
rica use a shell money very similar to
"wampum." Detroit Free Press.
sr.N n.Mi.vr on w iii:i i .
"My Darling.''
These endearing words, in bright
i golden letters, t-tood out ill bold re
lief on the dashboard of a huge four
horso truck in a Hroadway blockade ;f
vehicles. Tln-y aroused lender mem
ories. Tho driver looked as unsenti
mental as possible in hi coarse rai-
i t and wllh his rough manners, but
he was not profane or bru'iil toward
his horses. Presently he awaited tho
loosening of the jam, w hile hi neigh
bors filled Hit! air with epithet.
Finally, hi horses becoming restive,
lie climbed down from his box and
soothed them with gentle words and
raressea. Thou a bystander asked
why ho called his truck "My Dar
ling." "Why," he said, "because it keeps
green the memory of my daughter,
liitle Nellie. She's dead now, but be
fore she joined tho angels she clasped
her hand around my neck and said :
'Pupa, I'm going to die, and I want
you to promise mc one thing, because
il w ill make me so happy. Will you
promise ?'
'Yes,' I sa'ul, 'I'll ptoutiseaiiyihlng;
what i it
"Then, fixing her eyes upon mine,
she said, '(hi, papa, don't be angry,
but promise me you'll never swear
any more nor whip your horse hard,
and be kind to mamma.'
That' all there is about it. misler,
for I promised my little girl I'd grant
her last request, and, sir, I've kept
. my word."
Then ihe blockade was lifted, the
big truckman reunied his seat, dashed
a tear from his rye and was soon lost
in the muddy lido of travel. New
York Herald.
i m: rm r AM' Tin: ' i:h ht.r.
"I luce upon a lime many poet met
al a minstrels' court to sing for a
prize. Not only did cadi poet sing,
but he played on Ihe lyre while he
sang. ( toe poet sang heller ll.au the
others: indeed, so well did be sing
'hat Ihe old judges ciMii l not tind the
least fault with hiui, although .heir
ear were very sharp. So lie sang out
boldly anil he played in lime ami time.
After a while the judges said to each
other that it w as of little use to try
to lied fault with him, ami lhat this
must be the poet who ought to have
the pri". .hist thru a mischief hap
pened to Ihe poet's lyre. It had seven
slriucs. but one of Ihein snapped, ami
he feared he could not finish his song.
The pod's In ai l sank within him,
when he thought of the ill luck
in store. lie felt sure that
he could not win Ihe prie.
Hut a cricket, which hat!
been listening lo the poet's song, h ft
its home in the green bush ami f r
mere love of music flew, with its little
heart on tire, and lighted on the broken
siring. So, when the singer felt for
that siring the cricket sang out Iho
right nolo and saved the poet from
spoiling hi iiiu-ic. When the song
wns-ended Ihe judges all cried out:
Take the prize ! Who would not give
the prize lo such a sweet voice ami
such a lino lyre I' Why. we took your
lyre for a harp, so shrill was the
sweetest note.' This note was the
sound which Ihe ci irkel made.
The poet to k the prize and went
home, but be did not l'orgel Ihe cricket
w hi h had helped him. lie made a
life-size marble statue of himself hold
ing a lyre, and on the lyre he perched
a golden imago of the cricket " Chi
j cago Post.
MERINO siranp.
History of Their Introduction in
the United States.
American Merinos Far Ahead
of the Original Stock.
American Merino sheep history is
one of strange vicissitude of wild
mid uiireasiiiiiilile nidation ami slill
more unreasonable iIoli c-sion. 'Ihe
first importation nl which (here is any I
authentic record was that of a line
Merino sheep scnl a a present lo a
Mr. poster of Huston. So far from i
comprehending the value of ihe gift he
had tin; animal slaughtered ami ate
the mutton. lie pronounced it "deli
rious"; il certainly was cosily, for he
soon after paid a thousand dollars for
another sheep of the same kind. The
incidents intending the advent of the
breed to these shores aie typical of iln
career ever since. 1 Miring the lirsl
decade of the present century thou
sai.tls of line Meiinos were brought
from Sp::in, ami sold al
prices ranging from three
hundred lo one thousand dollars each.
TIm'H came the in n-inlercouie acts,
the embargo, and Ihe w ar of lM'.'-ll
between the I niled Stales and llng
laud which gave an eiioinious stimu
lus to the woolen industry. Fine wool
was sold a high as three dollars per
pound and the sheep brought corres
ponding prices. Five years after Ihe
end of the war those sheep or their
immediate descendant were a drag
in Ihe market at a dollar each. Willi
Ihe American poll re.ipeneil lo com
merce, a Hood of foreign lex tilt! fab
rics was poured into the country over
whelming the American luaiiul'aciiircs
of woolen goods. The woolen mills
were closed, Ihe operal i es thrown
out of einployin "lit were driven lo
farm work. increasing toa still greater
eMent the surplus of farm prodiKts
for which there was n . sale. Wool,
except for the limited numuul - Used in
household inihisii ics, w.s w ithout a
in.iiket, ami sheep hid only a nominal
value. Fioeks which had been the
wealth ami pride of their owners
were slaughtered oil'. Nor have the
bitter experiences of those two de
rules been wholly without parallel in
later times The last forty years have
witnessed Hud mil ions iu -lict' hus
bandry, which if imt a violent were
as needless ami as preveiilable as ihnse,
Meantime the Merino sheep, be.fi
by wild animals, worried by dogs, and
tossed in the whirlwinds of political
conte-ts, ha kept on adding millions
of thdiats to the national wealth, fur
nishing employment to thousands of
I Usy hatitla supplying both food and
clothing. The bned has not only
siuvived all vicissitudes without de
preciation, hut has improved to such
an extern lhat the Aiinrican .Merino
of today is a far ahead of the origi
nal stock a a 1,'hotle i-laml t-rci uiiig
or Northern Spy is ahead of a wild
crab-apple. This is wholly due to the
enterprise, intelligence and "pluck"
of American breeder and flock m:i.
lers. Holding on to their (locks
through evil and good report often
at serious pecuniary loss lin y have
strictly maintained the purity of the
breed, and adv ed it iu excellence,
until the American Merino is beyond
question the best liue-w io'.ed sheep
iu the world. A perfect. tpi
cat sheep i level, broad-ba. ke l, w i t It
a well-developed, si iiinu ti ical body,
standing on good strong legs, the
whole covered with a true Merino
fleece, a year's growth of which
should weigh, unwashed, as high n.
even Iweuly-live pounds from ewe ai d
forty from a ram, A well. bred
American Merino is a b. I I, tip-i Hid
ing animal. He has a t;it,'l gi.i.-e.
inherited from a long line of am i s,
tors which would seem lo have cangh;
s thing of it from the big i-born
Spanish dames who held eelu-he
possession t,f he bleed for ni.ini
centuries. The American .Merino im
prove" every ether line-w onled s!i, e.
with which it i cr.issrl. An-n.i,ia
Ihey ai e eagerly sought because ibev
add density lo the open but otherwise
admirable fleeces of llie route less
flock which graze there. Ameiicaii
Agriculturist.
IM'cauts s. Nightmare.
She-till. b Ihe wa... Ml. oie,l(
I tin alii, d of you last night
He (complimented ) I low good of
you! (fishing for mure) what cou'd
have made you tiieam of im l'
She Oh, it wa that lob-:er salad,
I'm sure; it never doc, agree with uie
al night.
She Said Ye.
Ned Well, Mis Ncvarre saitlyc
to me at last.
Ttnl (surprised) No !
Neil Ye ; she look vani.la 1 I he
Comment.
llesert Flowers,
Yes, there arc desert flowers, small
and sweet! ( Mi open patches nigh to
Ihe salty sprinsj is a delicate blue
flower like the poetical forget-me-not.
Il is fully as blue, but smaller, blos
soming on a little plant covered with
a w hite tlow n. Its lap root istw ico
as long as thai which appears above
ihe surface. The flowers fade very
rapidly. The sun has but lo touch
lliem with her ray a and they wilt be
fore her power. ( lost! lo this lilll't
wihl forget- not is a liitle while
flower growing on a stalk some six
inches in lu-iglil, w itli a tap rooi twice
ns long. It is very fragile and looks ,
ii though bred in a hothouse. As you
pluck it it dies.
Hut the pride of ihe Colorado th serl
is Ihe mesquite. lis beans nllord Ihe
Indians food, and Ihe wild bee make
honey from its long pendent yellow
blossoms. Hut a few weeks ago the
ini'sipiite tree was bare of leaf and its
sharp thorn gave the naked houghs a
most unlovely appearance. 1'irsl the
tender buds put out iheirgeutlegrecii
ery and gradually hid the thorns.
Then suddenly the leaves burst out,
uuil the old tree senl out long shools,
which attain Ihe length of a man's
arm in a day or so, and are devoid of
lien ii-.
-ui iinilciueath Ihe friendly shade
of the giant tree w itli iu l'.ir-sl retch
ing, umbrageous branches the gra-s
grows rankly by the she'tered pool
and keeps the waters cool, while er.
rnnl birds wend straight their flight
toward its leafy bowers, mid even un
grateful man respose in the pleasing
shade and thinks thai Hit; ileserl is not
completely forgot ten by the Creator.
I Sun Francisco Chronicle.
The l irsl Marl) r of the lievuliilion.
All of the school histories and
popular text-books give in to under
siaml that on April I!', !"', at Lex
ington, Mass., lite lirsl blood of the
Aimrican war of indopcnilei. was
shed. Wilhiti the la-t few -loriuns,
who have been g;. i- ie
mailer much attention, claim West
minster. Yt., as the scene of the fit t
I meed v in that memorable conliicl
and one William French as ihe victim.
Vermont at thai time was a pari of
New York. The people of the ci
uiont dis iiet were badly worked up
over tho roy alist quest ion, and bad
decided mil lo allow the regular ses
sion of the King' court to be held in
Westminster that spring. Acconngly,
when the court officers were sent ihey
were accompanied by a body of royal
troops. The people were exa-peraled,
and asse nbled ill Ihe Court House
to resist. When Iho court officials ami
Iroops ntrivod orders were iven for
the people lo vacate the room. This
Ihey refused to do. when thclio.ps
of l.etiige III. crossed the grounds
ami lired into the liitle band of patri
ot, "wounding some," the ic'ounis
ay, and instantly killing William
French, who was shot clean through
the head with a musket ball."
French was buried in llie church
yard at S esimiiisier, and a stuns
wilh the following inscription was
erected to his memory :
In memory of William French,
Who Wa Shot at Westminster, March
ye r.'ih, 177o. by the hand of the
Cruel Ministerial tool ol l.corgc ye
oil at the Court House at II o'clock at
Night, in the !N year of his Age."
St. Louis Kepublie.
A Cat Adopt a Wat.
A laborer employ ed in one of the
mills at Suiter Creek has in his homo
one of the the strangest families t.f
animal iu existence. The head of
the family is an old cat, which is (he
mother of a thrifty family of live
kitten: but, in spile of Ihe cares of
iiio-.h-i hood, she has taken il upon
her-eif lo provide for a rat that she
ha taken under her protection.
During :. sloriii about two month
ago a half-grown rat, lame and neatly
drowned, crawled into the house, cvi
dciillv in search of food and shelter,
and bv sonic chance made its way to
llie place where Ihe old cat lay snugly
on the heap of sacks w ilh lu r family.
Sirangcly, the mother seemed
touched with pitv over the condition
of the wanderer, and, instead of at
tacking hiui. she coolly made room
for him ami did everything lo relieve
hi- snll'ciing. 1 In
rat ilisplavetl
ign ol gratiiu.
le, and the
miner's family, when :hry discovered
ihe intruder, were so struck vi ich ur"
pii-e thai liny forbade any one to dis
turb 1 1 1 1 -1 1 1 .
The result was that the rat chose to
remain wilh his new-found friend,
and now ha become as docile as his
foster lnoiber. A warm attachment
seems lo have sprung up between the
two. and the rat has grown fat and
l.t.v, wandering about as it ..nils it
lam-y, and evidently pleased with ilg
new suii-undiiigs. Saw Francisco
Call.
Two Hemes.
"To make my torlnne I have a plan
I'll coii'iuer the world," said the timorous
man.
lie si tied foith. hill a lion ran
Into bis pa h; said the timorous man:
"The lion will kill me ; if I 'im,
I'll turn baek li"iv, I'm a linioiou- man."
And Inning tried il once in vain,
He never tar I, led llu- win Id again.
Hn n e.iine that way Ihe valorous man
Who I here hi- I .at He of life be-all.
He saw the linn: il roared and ran,
I ut nt In lb oiir the valorous man,
Who drew In-mm. rd tin. I said "littu
K,n (H, j(lll" m. valorous mini
f,,.,.
And inarched nil, rniiiiicrer of the worH
Mrs. M. I. Ilayne In iMr.'H I'icb l're-s.
JUMOHOrS.
There is n great future for the nut
meg. 1 1 is hard tor tho young mm who
is just learning lo ride the bicycle lo
lead an upright life.
If we all hail the gift to see our
selves as others see Us, very few of us
would be persuaded lo act us grand
marshal in a holiday parade.
"They say there's nine on a side in
a game of base hall," luullered tho
uii.ii'e, but when you come to find
out, it's eighteen to one, dial's what it
It is
human
a mournful
vanity lo si
'limine nlary on
' iho mourners
looking back, on I liming I he cornets,
to see if the procession
worthy of
the corpse.
See lhat fellow over there? He
doesn't know where he'll get his next
lueal." "Yiiii surprise inc. lie looks
well to-do." -lie is; hut he doesn't
know w briber he'll dine home or at
the rlub."
Ancient licau: lluiiiia, I think you
are charming. Con! ! I persuade you
to accept my baud and heart ? "Have
you said this to my mother?" "Why,
ye, twenty years ago, but I don't seo
how you knew il."
.lone was calcchising his newly
luarru"
t friend. "Did you kneel
down when you proposed?" he asked'
.No," replied the friend. ' Did Villi
pr nii-e lo give her all your money
every week and to he home every
night al dinner?' "N ," answered
the friend, "I married a widow."
( uteness of Hie Crow.
The crow, a we all know, is a saga
cious bird: but the following account
of its culcness, told tl by Annie Mar
tin in lloiiie Life on an Ostrich
l atin," all'ords a frc-h in-laiice of its
power of reason. The I, en ostrich
so fir from deserting In r nct and
leaving her eggs to hatch, as was once
I ho common belief on a hot morning
when she leaves her eggs as usual for
a quarter of an hour, first (daces "on
the top of each a good pinch of ssnd.
This she doc in order lhat the germ,
which, whatever side of lb- egg is up
permost, always ries to the highest
point, may he shaded and protected.
It is at this time lhat the while-nock
crow appears on the scene. I 'liable
lo break Iho shell with il hill, "he
carefu'lv watches till the parent's back
i turned and she is a good distance
from the nest : then. Ill ing up into the
air, he drops a simie from a grout
height w ilh a mo st accurate aim, and
breads an egg. Iu like manner, the
same kind of cr-w kills fur food the
tortoise , iiuiiibcis of broken shells,
some of immense size, being found
about the veldt. I1 i not clear but
that
inlo
crow may carry Ihe inrloiso
air ami let il drop ami break.'
As many have indited eiiher our
crow or li-h hawks will collect largo
w helks and sea-urchin al low lido and
carry ll t in up and drop them on the
shore, as if I" break tin in and get al
Ihe animal within
Our Sotpinia Forest.
Counting as loresls all an as of a
thousand m ies ami npwaid. Mr. Frank
S. Walker c pules lhat there Bio
n-w eT.'.'oo acres t,f e,uui:i forest in
the I nited Males, divid d as follows:
King's Kiver fore-i, 7,"'o acres;
Kaueah Kiver, I :i. ; Tule l.'iver,
M.t ; Kern liivt r, IToo a, ,, .. They
a a'l south of Kitii - lier, and
nearly a'l of Ihey in Tulare County,
al., aim exienu imci :i in n -i t-iin-
lev begin g at miver-e llisin on
the norih. and ending wilh the Indian
Heservaiion forest. The groves a ml
forests within Ibis region are more
(loin twenty in number, with an aver
age distance between them of perhaps)
three or four mile. Th- southern
limit of the Sequoia i the Deer Creek
drove, which contains less than lo0
''l . scattered over an area of ci-
haps ,VH) acres. Too many of Ihsee
noble wood have already passed into
"' ll"n'ls f s ulators. ami sro
doomed shortly to disappear.- Popu-
'ar Science Monthly.
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