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An Wo too Through Ihe Lan.
fclng, and tbe cares that vei you
Take wing ami fly amy;
f mile, unit the shadows vanish
That often mar the ii y.
Lniie'l, ami forget the trouble
You've brooded over long.
O, there's magic in a smlls, dear
Thin 's power in a son;!.
Life has lis urn n .v side, ibar.
As those who look inny lied.
Tf lit those who brood o'er trouble
Are often et rang-ly blind.
They Hill not see life's sunshine.
They snule not when they uny.
Ami thii- they miff the joys, dear,
find scatters 1 li roi i rh each day.
Look always for life's bright sid
IJnjov as best yon enn
The sunshine of the present;
Keep fuiih in "io. h d inun.
To those who've mel of help, dear,
lii iii'h out a wiliin; bnnd,
And ll):.ke m n happier, belter.
As we ,r i tiuoii.'ti the land.
U"l-e:i 11 Id xford. in Yankee Illade.
At the Grove Cottage Barn.
I V 1 MM A. ori'f'H
It wa really qiiio im ordinary
sight. Clara Morgan in'ul lo herself,
Willi il ill t"rminod little sm lo and a
riii-li (if aiiijor at the iluli u u Imp iines
which 1 t ianircly t ikon possession
of her.
Sho hummed ami filliped llio leave
with lift- pn.asol when she was sate
beyond sight ami hearing, and all but
persi.aile.l hersc-if that she was lliink
iuy sjk-ly of the daiieo in tlio Grove
Collate barn tliat night, ninl lliat
West Peak was llio liveliest ami most
sociable mountain report she had ever
visited, aiul what she would wear to
the burn dam: .
Put a c..i tain j idure Iinnsi till her
sharply that of tlio slender gill,
whoso faco she, had not seen, nml llio
young man in iho wliitc-iiiieii mil
with a line rod stripe, and ihc mil
cup, whose iii-ii) had been closely
aion lit tlio waist of the slender girl,
bnck anions the shrubbery into which
fhe had unsuspiciously stepped, nml
from which she had hastily and noisr
lessly withdrawn.
The pic: urn v.u disagreeably be
fore her still, ns she moiiiiied Ilia
steps of h'-r own pleasant hoarding
place "The Vi-ta" and faced Ihe
roups of idle people on the roomy
vcr.imla.
A bevy of In nulling girl seized
Upon her.
Oil, Clnr.ii (Mi, you lucky girl!
Jlow did you manage it, you wre'eh?
IIo wants to meet yon ho does. It's
true. Kit K.-on knows all about it I"
cunie from half n doz.-n, vociforonsly.
'It's him il's ihc o:ie we've nl
bet ii so struck on," said Kit Keou,
candidly and breathlessly. "It's Ihe
tall, hamUoiiio one at llio Mil ford
House, the one with the red-striped
suit mid red cap, that we've till been
just about dying to know. Well, ho
saw you yesterday for the first time
you know we've all kept together,
no that he ha-ti't noticed in individual
ly together end Im asked Mr. Milford
himself to briii;,' biin over some even
ing to rail on yon. Mr. Milford told
Mis. Doeriiig about It, and she told
u. Mr. Mii foul I "Kl him he'd meet
you nt the liarii-dauce tonight. All
the Milfotd House people urn goi ii jr.
Think of it Clara that ilislingnishml
looking fellow ! Not but that vou'ro
just ns distinguished-looking, dear.
And he's got a lot of money, and he's
en fill nirc! Mr. Deering said so,
mid Mr. Milford told her. And we're
nil so villous hilt we wih yon till
Kinds of good luck!" Kit Koon
wound u,-, in shameless fashion,
laughing.
Clara smiled. With nil lior graceful
beauty r.nd dignity, Clara had t ho
charming rpialily of good nature.
"Of course I'm ileligbtod at the
cninpiiiiieu. Kit," l o said, lightly,
'liut I don't care to meet him; I do
no:, indeed."
And ami 1 the girl's amazed and un
believing mid bantering protestHt ion,
she fald to her-elf, pa'sionately :
"The lianucs .f men!"
The (irove ('ottnge harii ni ren'ly
brcly iliat evening o everyb dy
said. The great-wide open d orwny
was funned in gay paper lantern, the
walls were cveigiTcn-wrealdod, llio
infiprsweic gorgrfiH with flags mid
bunting, and the liildlcrs had a fluwer.
trimmed platform.
It was a Ill-lie iiffnir, ann Vel
Teak's sinnniei h laulcr neled accor.l
in -ly.
At ."line o'clock the luiin n m fisll,
dancing nml r w av, and fnu an jol
lity rie at li'i;li piich.
(i.'iia h:nl ilanceil .i ipi.nli illo will
he cuiilil ii d afterward have told
wilbuh'itn She Mood finning hei
seif ami ii fa'.tfoiiiu Iiit great bunch
of dairies, when Mr. Milford, porlly
iiiul beaiiiiiiii. ciinc hearing down up-
on her uriu in arm with a man inli- j
iiitely ta'b'r, wiinger, s'endurei ,
liii'iiNiiini'r :h in hiuiielf.
" luis is Miss Mj.gai?" he de-
manded, in bnsines-!iko tours.
" Then let me present to you Wr.
Ware. B i ei qna'm'ed."
Mr. Milford wiihdrew with a
chuck le.
'lam most happy," said ihc joung
man.
Ho did not sinilo nor bow with loo
great cft'ii'inti. lie looked down upon
her Willi a pleiiiautlv calm air, ami
Ihc light nbovo iliein liroiilit on
golden tints in hit light hair, mid
niado Ida eyes look deep mid dark and
rather serious.
All West Peak soeins to ho hore.'i
Clara stammered, hardly knowing
what she said.
"Oh, ihc entire place," he assented.
"I don't think I ever Ml tick a more
sociable little sctilciiii'tit."
'I havo though! it so," said Clara
She was talking Willi him she wa
smiling a lit le.
Was she out of her senses? hc had
meant lo show him nothing btr cold
displeasure. If w conid she bo so
weak'
Let us walk till the fiddlers bein
again," said Mr. Ware, and olfurcd
his urm. "D.i you know, Miss Mor
gan. I think I have Ujstou relatives
who know your family in New York?
Is your father Horace Margin?
"And is il Maurice Ware?'' C'ara
cried. "Oil, yes, thoy'ro the cloo&t
old business friends !"
"He's my nne'e : the (oiliest fellow
in tlio woi Id is Maurice Ware. How
it your father?'
"Very well."
After nil, his intere.-t in her bad
been on that HiTOiint alo.i S'io fell
oddly displeased nt lh; dicorerv.
And all i lie while she said to herself:
"For limine I for sli nnot"
Which wu4 llio girl wiih whom she
had 6Uipi ied him tliat morning? She
glanced vaguely about in scatcii of n
liko slender figure.
Why did lie keep his serene, com
pelling gaze upon hei? Wero it not for
ill it, she felt that her stern good judg
ment might return to her.
Ho wb by no means ovcr.solieitous;
he kept siiciicu when he cho-e, and
merely looked lit her, smiling.
"They have trimmed ih'i l.-nrn very
prettily," Clara found herself saving,
almost timorously.
"It is jolly!" ho replied. "Thai
arrangement of beech IioiiIh with
ihe nuts on is simply artistic."
"Yes; and the red-berried juni
pers," she answered. "You notice
such things? So do I."
"I draw nml paint in a imill way
when my buincss lots mo," ho 10
spoiided. "And I work in watei-coloi ,"
Clam intirinurcd.
It seemed to (rciiglhcn tho bond
which, in dellancii of lior inward ro
bcllion, was fast forming between
them.
They were waltzing now. Hi bad
not formally asked her, but they weie
waltzing, and ft sretned sit urangi ly
natural and dosirab'.c and ploa'nnt
that they should be!
She had heard of scntimeiitni peo
ple who, newly acquainted, had felt
as though they had known 'arli oilier
long, and laughed at it. Hut she
knew the feeling now.
Snnetimes their eyes m;t, hut she
snfTeicd no cinbarras'iiieiit No bold
ness was in his look; only brighlns
and a frank contentment.
Was she charmed by piiotid i she
wondered, dispaiiiugly. She could
feel respect for him and interest and
liking, but nought else.
Sho caught the mischievous glances
of "The Vistn" girl, Kit Keou and
tl e rest, on all hands.
"You didn't care to meet him oh!"
Kit Keou breathed i.i her ear, gaily
and mockingly, as sho whirled puM.
H seemed to Clara that tli.i whole
lively assemblage, was eyeing them
that they al! knew how subtly an rl ir
responsible she was drawn lo hiin--yes
mid how lior troubled heart was rebel
ling. Hut she did not wile, somohow, if
even body knew everything. She vvn
floaling ilre uni'y about, conscious thai
she hid never b'fore been (juitc so un
reasonably liiippy, conscious that her
cheeks were red and her eyes bright)
and Icr prudence di efully fl iwn.
'Why can'i you give me the next?'
said Mr. Ware, in the in iMcrfui man
ner which she could no! resist.
Hut he paused with her, instead., in i
the great open door, ami fount! her n
seat w licit! tho fresh niht air cooled
her warm faco, upon which, standing
i.wr her, his eyes rested.
"Tln ie's Simmons. ' he Mini, siml
in;; :il sight of nmn budy ri cling pnst
Ibein, his nriu raihrr ;oiy about,
ninl his head ralher low above, bi
pnilner ek S uin.oiis. lie's nt ihc
Milford, too, yon know eauii up he-
aiie I'm here. We ure j;ood fi ii-mU
In say '.lack S Minions' anybody al j
lii'iui' l to speak volumes, lie's e:illi' l I
Ruckettv Silflujous frcoueutlv. and I i
fur he shin iho name. We wcj
rather rcpertabln ov r al tho Milford
before Jack nrrivod ; now wo kaven't
any iliguiiy iciiiaining. He tloes what-
ver hlrikcs his reckless lancy. He
weakened Ihe hammock ropu tha othc.i
day, s i thai Mr. llaiaes, who is pur
ial to il, and weighs 180, would como
down ; and he did."
Clara ianglvd into hur loosened
bunch of daihios
He took one and carelessly
fastened it on his lapel.
"And ihis morning," ho went on
"this morning capi ed the climax. IIo
has profe-sed an extremo admiration
for the tog I trump around in for
my red cap especially. Well, ihis
morning 1 had on something else or
other I was playing billiards-and
in v hi her suit came walking In, cap
and nil. Jack was in it. IIo had
gone to my room and taken it, and ho
has been nil over the hotel and ground
in it, taking off my walk and ex
pressions aiul my way of speaking,
to admiring audiences. And before
I could stop him h'j had gouo off
walking with Miss Pay ton, a pretty girl
he's very much struck on, and whom
1 think ha is serious about. I trust, if
it does mako a match, that she'll
sober him dow n. Well, that's Jack,'
said Mr. Ware, laughing, as lie mot
her eyes turned steadily up to him.
Thero was a soft light in them. Tho
cool air -tirrod the curls on her fore
head, and th'j light from a pink paper
lantern undo her face i jbj. She was
laugh'iig gently. To herself she was
i-aving, in proud triumph:
I knew ii ! I knew it could uot bo
lino! I fell ill"
lint aloud she rt'd,with her demure,
upward look :
It was n good joke ! And I think
I am fpiite sure, Mr. Ware that Mr.
imiiioiis is serious as to Miss Dayton.
I feel sure of il."
Mr. Simmons thought It "deuced
rpieei" that ho and his friend Wore
-hotild have met their falm at tho
amosiol the same summer.
Clara, who lived in a strange new
world of happiness, saw nothing re
markable about it; nor did her
lover.
It was long befo-o she told him all
the disagreeable lil'le story of the day
of the dance nt the Grove Collage
barn.
I!nt she told it with her hand in his
mid her soft hair brushing bis arm,
and ho only laughed as he stroked Iho
near curie, nml called her by his fa
Vori'c liotiscnsicul pH naino.
"And," she went on, shyly, "I
want I'd like there are p'tnty of
ills I ouht to ask, may bo, for brides
in lids, you know; but it all happened
there at Vista, ami sins knew nil about
it, and I mean to ask Kit Keon to bo
maid of honor."
tinegnr Fumes for (ionp.
Vinrgiir is leganlrd by an Ameriean
physician, lr. S. J linniitead, ns a
valuable therapeulic iig-iit in culai rhal
and in inhraiious croup. 1'iiiployed
in the form of inhalation, it is, ho
consider, of firt importance in the
in inageineiit of the disease, (hough he
nlso employs internal medication. His
method of procedure in eaos of inha
lation is to pour the vinegar into a pan
and then put in Hie pan bricks or Ibit
irons healed in the stove. The room
thus soon become- filled with a cloud
of acetic vapor. A t'erimiu doctor
report the use of etherization with
good result in ihe case of a child
aged 13 moiiihs who was apparently
dead when he was called in. Chica
go Time?
A Mammoth Tomato.
Hei o's a contribution from one of
oar most esteemed coast ouiempora- ;
l ies; Mrs. C. F. Wolfe of Fiikoi street
has shown in the largest red tomato,
raised by her, that we eve" saw. It
incisures fifteen iuchei around the '
long way. and weighs one pound and .
a half. Hut the beauty of Ihe fruit :
is that it aonsists of solid meat, with j
only n small rcceptaclj for seeds in 1
l ie centre the sio of a cherry, where 1
are a hilf dozen seed''. Practically I
it is solid food and is rich and deli- !
rious when sliced, it was inised from
seeds recently imported, each seed
costing about live cents. Sau Fran- ;
Cisco Chronicle. !
A Vest of Two Centuries Ago.
f; Rowley Ford has in his posses,
sicn ii vest which belonged to his
ancestor in Knglnnd in h'ing George's
ti.ie, some two hundred years ago.
It has twenty bullous on It, rnado of
pearl, inlaid with gold; il has ten
pockets, richly embroidered wilh sil
ver lac". While on a Vicaiion to tho 1
old liniiteMca 1 in th suburb-, of Hy
liil'l he discovert' I this ancient vest in
an n nu -ed aiiic. It is changeable in .
lis oil'.-, having at night the appear- :
iii"' i f a night blooming cert1 us.-- '
('e bin vpoi t Staudard- I
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
a nsi.rea.
"Osar me!" wailed a'l lbs honst nii.
A Monday morning ehorus,
"How can we ever finish
The work that is l efors us T"
But midway In tbe wailing
nr groans to Isiighb r shifted.
I'or Bsbe was In the corner.
Ills hands devoutly lifted.
"Why, "Bibc! this isn't biiltlmtl"
Vt erv when we discover.
"I fought I'd thay my pwsyers.
And del just that much over.'
' - Housewife.
ST,MrTlltTIC MU.I.IF.
j Among ihe many birthday present
that iitlle Nellie leceived was a protty
embroidered handkerchief, which was
carefully put away lo he brought out
' only on iuipoi'iant occasions. Shortly
after, while calling w ith her mother
nt a neighbor's, miiiiu bad news was
; brought to the lu'ter which caused
' several of the fai.iily to woep.
"Oh! dear,'' said Nellie, "it's d'ed-
, fill unhappy, and if I had my 'broid.
: cred hau'kehief here l'U cry, loo."
1 I'etroil Free l'resj.
A WIIAt.r. OV AN" AVCIIOT).
The crew of llse whaler Jinbou are
in great glue owr mi unexpee ed catch
i rcccn'ly in .lin y 1 1 : 1 1 in u I n - icu,o,
savs Harper's Yming People. Their
vessel was ri ling al anchor when the
sioini came tip and s terrific "as the
wind llie.t the Hvlmr d'ajfu'ed. A
whale, seeing it. tiippu'rd il to Le a
great nih-inarine monster an I pro-
ceeded lo light HL'-iinst its fiippse.l
j enemy. At. the fust attack the tvha'n's
I tail was severely Injured, nil 1 the
great fish, whirling about, opem-d its
' jaws mid snapped at the trciuendoii t
bit of iron jus! as a trout snap nt a
biitnl hook and with the same result.
The sharp fluked arm of the anchor
caught Iho whale (Irmly and held him
! fust. The next morning when tins
anchor was hauled ia Iho whale was
found still struggling to gel a wiy,
I but without avail. Tito great creature
was quickly killed, lowed lo the ddo
of Ihc vessel, the capstan, run by
steam, really assisting in tho opeia
lion, tut up and the, oil si cured. Al
together, this is said t have tieen the
most murvel!ou rnlch f recent vein s.
STCIiV DC A nt.ACKMlitli.
Once upon a lime there, was u very
clever hkiokhird. Il lived in a wood
and was a great favorite with ail the
other birds, because it could sing, not
only its own lovely little songs, but it
had also leirni'd another, which a
goldtiiieh had composed, an 1 wh'n h
hilhertoo had only been Ming by mem
bers tif the goldfinch fnmiii . Every
body admire I the clever blackbird
and prai-e 1 it for milking the wood so
glad with the goldlincli's hrau'.i I'ul
warbling. Then came May anil
brought Ihe niiiugales who sung all
night in the moonlight such marvelous
songs a no one hud ever heard. All
tin birds sut in thoir nests t " 1 1 the red
dawn drove the mars and the moon
away, and listened to the heavenly
music, and in iho inoruin,' everybody
that i lo sav, every bird--talked
about the nightingale and said its
songs nil' more beautiful than any
thing they hud ever hciml, only the.
blackbird said nothing, but it looked
cross and foil angry becuuse niivboily
Could sing hctler than it.
At last it thought, "Well, sinee I'm
such a cicver bird I had belter learn tn
ing ihc nightingale' snug, loo, ami
then they'll praisn ino again." 15 it
somehow it couldn't do il. Il squealed ,
like pigs and mewed like kittens and
croaked like rnveuH and made such a
fearful noise that nil the other birds 1
flew awav as soon ns It opened its
beak, and instead of being the favor,
ile of nil the rest nobody could bear ii
uuy more, iu-t because it was jcuiour
ami selfish. Brooklyn Citizen.
Hobbles of Hojalty.
The F.tnperor William is a book
binder by trade.
King Humbert went his hair a Ii !
ponipidonr.
Pelgiuiu's queen is a clover sleigh
of hand performer.
The Piince Keguiit of Pavaria has I
large colleclioii of hemic.
King O-car of Sweden is a collcctoi 1
of bocks and poems, with auto
graph. !
Tho ex-Hmpre-s of Hrnzll possesses
remaikably complete collection ol
bultci flic. ;
A New Ki d or Alchemist.
Gilbooley I say. Gus, what i9 ai 1
alcbemisl '
Cus ! Smith He i a man whr
changes an inferior metal into a inori
precious metal.
Gilbooly 'i'heu I'm an alchemist
Vc.lerd iv I changed my nir kel-plalcd
willed into two silver dollars at ih
piviilirokr's establishment. - Texu
Siflings. j
QUEER BIRDS.
The Funny Frathererl Creatures
Peculiar to New Zealand.
Bloodthirsty Parrots with a
Fondness for Mutton.
"New Zealand h a country of qifrr
birds" said Mr. J A Lucas of the
Smithsonian lii-iitniion. For age
thn islands havo been so coinplciu y
isolalod from the rest of the world
that their fauna has become peculiar.
The latter did not include any mam
mals whatever savo two sinull species
of bats until the advent of the Dutch.
(If the feathered crealuros no less
than ten families are incapablo of
fl ght. I'rcMiiuahly the reaso'i for
this is tint, in Iho absence of pred i.
tory four-fooied fc, thev had no oc
casion lo make use. of their wings fur
the purpose of escaping, and so those
organs became atrophied.
"I'cilnps ihe most pecn i ir of
these birds which cannot De is tin- n -feryx,
a relative of ilin uimi giant
J'ois weighing lOii l pounds apicre
wl'.eu full giown, which became ex
tinct in New '. 'aiaiid not much m ire
th in u century ago, ihVfif owing lo a
season of iiini-ua! e i'd. Tha npteryx
itself is do lined, hunted not mi'y n
It is by mm, but al-o by h' eamlc i'
ous atteuilaiiis h . bring. wmIi h'm
dogs nml eai. This biid l.ve- ia a
burrow, and, owing In lis lll-lis'e
Hess, is an easv prny tn ilia h, inter
'Til-' only known bird who-o biil is
bent sideways bcio"gs in N-w 'aland
It i the crooked. bHIeil plover, and
allhoiigh such a Mian line secnis a;
first sight In Im a m ilfiiriiliit'on, yt I
the owner of ihn bj.ak tin-Is il verv
useful. Tlie cm ved bi I enab'es it to
readily turn over pebbles and lo poke
around tinon in seur-h of food. ! is
lil-o belicvi.' l to have something lo do
With a cm 'responding peculiarity of
plumage. In feeding, the birds linn
naturally to the right, thus exposing
tho left side, wlrch is marked less
eonspicuuu-ly mid i not so likely to
ittiriiet tho ntteiiiion of enemies.
In New Zealand nlso i- found a hiy
specie of rail failed tho utka. It
palinot fly, not for lack of wing-, but
because the fcnihrr are too soft and
yielding. However, it is an excellent
runner mid trusts lo its leg- for getting
nway. Like the jackdaw, the weka i
a bird of thievish propensities, Steal
ing everything It can lay beak on,
even to such unifies a- pipes and
watch s. Appaicntly it steals for the
mere love of the ihlng, neither hiding
its booty, like ihe jackdaw, nor u-ing
the objects stolen, iil-.c the bower bird,
to decorate its nest.
A peculiar group of birds belonging
to Now Zealand nro Ihe honey eaters,
ami ihc most striking of them 1 the
parson,' so called from its black coin
and white tail of curly feaibois. J:
has surprising powers of mi nicry ami
is most amusing when kept in a cn'.'e.
From time iiniiieinoi lul a cou-in of
the parson's, known ns the bell bird,
has been snared by the. natives, cer
tain of Ps favorite resorts being locked
upon as the exclusive propeily of the
tribe residing near by. Ib'cently, in
investigating the validity of the title
of the aborigines lo hind claimed by
(hem. tho Miming of ihe bell bird" by
their aucesor- hit- been brought for
ward in their ill-halt' as evidence.
" M any curious -arm's are found in
New Zealand. One of ihein, called
the kea, is a verv bloodthirsty bird.
Having acquired a lasio for million
during a cold and hungry season, it
hns taken to killing slurp for ihc im pose
of devouring their kidneys. Ii is
only in winter, however, that il fol.
lows this carnivnn us habit; during
the warm months of !h- year it sub.
sists on fruits and flowers. I 'nder
the cireuniMances the farmers bave
considered theiilchis uarr. .ited in
doing their be-l to dMroy the kens,
and the species has been pretty nearly
wiped out.
"There are plenty more queer hud
in New Zealand, tine of the spar
row kind is the only known species in
which the ipxi'h are illMinuisbed by
bills of entirely different shapes j .
beak of the main is sto it, like a wood
pecker's while thai of the female p.
slender and curved. I ni d'.fr.M onre
in the shape of the bills leads to a
difference in their Use Tbe male en -ploys
bis beak like a Woodpecker,
while the female carefully probes all
holes where the surrounding wood j
o hard as to defy the rfforls of In r
mate.
"M-in and the animals bi lias intro
duced art rapidly dciirnying the avian ;
fauna peculiar to New Zealand l b
flightless birds nil! naturally he t,
first lo vanish, bee nine th ' aie i'
most easily caught. I'ogs, i ats, n
rat Imported frou. I. nope in, doi .
heir bsi lo wipe out these curyusj
feathered creatures, and il will not be
long before tiie islunds loo foicver
tlio i.ii iracieiisiic forms which render
ihe iriiiilii.log) of that regi'-n so in
teresting." Wellington Star.
IhsII ig Ten fur u LIti-HIiooiI.
Toi-re is u class of iiniii who find
con-t am and remunerative employ
ment among ihe large wholesale
de tiers in teas and codec of ihis city
that l l.o average reader has never
known lo exist. These gentlemen ure
kn ivn lo Ihe narrow confines of their
pr d' s-iion as luster-. They sample all
of ihe liner brir Ij and qualities of tea
and eollee. Too iiioinut a bean or
leaf i placed upon their tongues they
can almost g ve a complete history of
ils ua ily, age and even the culiiilry
f i o m which il had In un shipped.
Tlie least defect in proper prepara
tion, the fanilest lainl of adulteration
is palpable to tii' in in u degree aston
ishing lo a human.
uf tbe-e genticinoii there are about,
live hundred in New York ami
vicluiiy, ami all of them earn ruaiiis
ranging from -?-", "if to liflO.'.iu'i year.
Tli'i iarg- si iii!,n'riiug toa leni-es havo
one aiul -im times two of these c-pi.-l'is
coiistauily uiuphiycd testing and
piu.iiig upon tin; quality of th.'ir coll-s-igiiliieiii
prior 1 1 final payment-.
"I know lii'il ti!v profe ion is a
p cili ar one." all tcie of the p olill
ii ii: ep.-ri the other di , "and that
to. : il . i -rily of lea diiakeis bulievo
Unit lb" I . 1 1 1 i I v of their favorite
hei, ra;;e is a-d-rt -iii'-d by a chemical
pri'i'i'--. in tii.ii, how-.:ver, they arc
lllis::;kcu.
"Tnei in iv al-o be led lo believe.
Ih.tt this pi'olc-i-iii is easy to acq -ire.
and that no tac ilii. s are made to It
bv those who fodow il for a liveli
hood. That is uiioihor mistake, even
greater than the lo ino. It takes
years to acquire ih.it delicacy of tasle
so iiece-siirv to determine Hie d flVrent
qualiiic-, and once acquired llio sneri
li e- one has to make lo reteiu it are
even greater than tho demand made
upon tho followers of the in dicnl
profession.
"If you smoke ihn palate iinnn di
ately limes l he delicacy, and even a
H'..i-s of lii'ii t would do nn injury
which would require months of rare
to i'Vitco ne.
"We cannot partake of rich food or
spiced desert of any kind for the smie
reason, and nre compelled to take
e.x'ia care in all our food.
'The ino'f prominent opera singers
do not take better care of their throats
.ban th" ten and coflee experts,''
.New York Herald.
lian a ( liinainau l'o( (if Hiseliarire.
Servant troubles extend, it seems,
even lo I'nclo Sam's navy, and the in
gratltildo of the class, loudly alleged
on shore, and usually with cause,
penetrates aboard ship. Tlio servant!
of the cabin on n mm-of-war aro en-listo-1
for three years, subject, how
over, to discharge oil certain condi
tions. A Chinainnn, anxious to leave
his place on a certain vessel, vainly
Importuned the steward for bis rc-lca-e.
Tin-y wero in a forlorn port
and the steward did not want to give
him up. Finally Ah Won came to
him and said to him resolutely: "Mr.
Caterer, after -t o'clock I no under
stand Hughs.' "
Four o'clock came and went, nml
with it Ah Wou's comprehension.
Deaf, stolid, uot to be moved, be was
transfoi mcd from it bright, capable
servant into n useless plce of bag
gig e. He was threatened and sworn
at: was put in tin) brig, and li inily in
irons; luit all to no purpo.e After
a week of heroic ireatmint the i ary
sure imbed and let him go, and il is
related that Ihe smile wiih which Ah
Won d-'parled was eminently "child
like and bhind." 'New Yoik Times.
The ( I ii in and (he Wieanl.
A ( 'lam who bail become very much
disgusted wiih his station in life paid
a visit to a well-known Wizard who
dwelt near ihe senshme and said:
". Wizard, I am crone to aik a
great favoi of von. As -, ( iain I am
mi oliji-i t ol ridicule, and ihe funny
man Is always ci in k nig jokes on me.
I want to be trail' posed into a biid ''
The WiZHi d who bad disposed of nis
:i'ila Fe stock before the slump, and
: lieia t'oi e fell in good humor, waved
hi- bam) mi l the ( lam flew nway.
returned in about an bosir, i.uwt ver'
lo loiidlv complain :
'l. Wizard, as a 1 lion I had to put
up with only lidnuie, but as a buz
zard I am tbe obn-ct of evei y body's
contempt
"Well, then," replied tlie Wizard,
"beine as yon are. neither satisfied to
be ii clam nor h bird, I'll tuuke a
ii ul of you. and he forthwith gave
. tin a shell ami curled him up in a
-id bill.
Mora: -In trying to Im somebody
w in av eome lo rniiung. "New
Xork World.
Winter Trees.
Who finds the trers of winter bleaV
Has not the poet's sight.
Thsy bear gold sunrise fruit st drwn.
And sliver slirs at night.
All dj they prop the lowering clouds.
No respite do they ak,
And they sing In voices deep and wild.
Like giants si stank.
Mrs. M. F. Bulls, In St. Nichols.
niMORors.
, Over herd Tho shepherd.
The clock tolls the time by its own
dialect.
A man's declining years begin at
Cfty; a woman's begin from fifteen lo
eighteen.
Nothing Is so certain as that lying
does not pay, bul I he ro is n great deal
of it done, all tho same.
At the Cutler's Will lheo razors
cut? Tho Dealer (strip, -ing down his
shirt collar mid exhibiting a splundid
gash) There, see for yourself!
When a man is looking for a wife
' he want-, uu angel, but when he goes
to housekeeping he sometimes say
ugly things becan-o he diilii'l get a
cook.
' Ho (bilti-rly) Pshaw ! All ti'"niti
nro alike. Sin 'I hen why in the
woi Id do you spend so much lime
trying to bud ihe one inn want to
marry ?
I cossiping W inula ( i
d.i;-(i.e I..', f li'.e
know h w tbe oilrr
Ill o.l -,1-tn-
..M iloi.u't
half lives
ihf isn't
I am p'en-rd
I Sister c
.'.iliiiir I
, Neighbor ('-i: th ) - MM:
your fault.
Visitor A'i. JohniK ! I
(o see that you gave i mil
large share ' f the npp!
had Icr. If I hadn't she'd
told en
! me f-r hooking t lie apple.
She Ilniry, tell me why do you
think you I'.ve me to ili-traci ion?
i llo Oh, I know I do. because 1 fl
toward you just as I alw ays do v-hen
I get acquainted wiih a ntnv girl
1 tell ymi, things in i!iij country
cost morn than they do in ilnglanil."
i "That's all rot. It costs live hun
dred d ill'irs to be presented at court
; in England. Here even vagrants gel
a show.
"Define i he word antidote," said
tho learned professor, addressing Ihe
class in harinacy. "If you doal on n,
gii i and she d cos on some other fel
low her dote is an antidote to your
dole," nii-nored one. of the young
men, solemnly.
Most Terrible Spiders.
West Africa pos-es-es the most ter
rible of spiders, a being so ful and
lii'i'igtianl that Hi leplib- compares
with it for bul roi s. It dwells in Iho
wood-, but l.y one chance or uuotber
il too often ,1'nids iis way in:o dwell
ings. This is called the tarantula;
with legs spread, il covers u dinner
pine, clothed in pretty fur very like
n tabby cat s. Its beak is the shape of
a parrot's, and the size of a sparrow's;
the venom of it faiul to women -and
clrhlieii ofien to strong men, as Iho
natives say. Its paws end in suckers
clinging so tight that they must bo
picked oil' when tho legs have been
cut away. 'J'liey say that thebl'."J
springs it great distance, and alights
wiih iis sin kers together in a bunch;
the. frightful beak is inserted quick a
thought, and no human strength can
move that hideous excresrenco.
It scmi unlikely that a creature
which has no claws, but holds on bv
expelling 'he ulr under its loet, could
jump: bul, after studying tlm laraii.
tll'll "lie incline- to lielicV'1 llliv (lend,
ish h ibil ntirihiucil t t I:. A magiii.
flccnt but compariitively harmless
spider of the West Coast, almost n
big, spins a web twelve feet or mora
in diameter, so strong ns to incon.
vience il.o- tiavelor who walks into it.
"Saturday II view.
Curious Plant.
Mr. L. Gilleu has n genuine curi
osity in the fonn of a banana tree
ten I eel lull, bearing one bunch of
bniiniia-. It is (he first ond only
banana lie'1 we ever heard of, either
In this city or county, hearing fruit.
He has a number of other bii'inna
tries, bul none bi-nrii g fruit save this
one. The leaves are long and slender,
and the motion of the winds cause
the leaf lo cut In two like ribbons.
I'ntil the sun's rsy cause the bud to
open it in m-ti resembles a red water
lily bud tightly closed. This covering
drops "fl' ih lime, leaving ih fruit
( lying side by side lo ripon.
Mr. Gillen has many fine callndiuins,
one n magnificent spicimen, the leaves
of which were measured by Messrs.
riobert Davis and James Weill woi th,
. who found them to he. .toxl.'i inches.
Mr. Gillen has wonderful aiicces
in cultivating new and rare plants.
1 Any one desiring to see these plants
can havo that ploasure by culling at
Mr. Gillrn's residence on Third street.
LeJipj-tou (M.) ewi.