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Our kliolr.
Who soars so high oil Music's winj?
When whlo she ope Iht niout'i to shift
ami giggles nt Hie slightest thlnr
Our K'prano!
Who finds the places In the hooka,
Convulses us Willi funny looks,
And ncicr imri' gets "off the hooks?"
Our Alto!
Who stands I ) danger day hy ilay
Of being eariird clea i away
Hy pretty girls? Wc'l, I've heard say
Our 'IVimr!
Who givetli forth a ponderous tone
Due wl.ii Ii can all Inn xltni'l nlona
On lirm foundation of it.s own?
Our Kasso!
Who touches lovingly the keys
And draws forth sounds which clinrin and
please
Born In a i-isllr o'er I he sc.is?
our '('onip'nist!
ft is a iiilnti t to admire,
I'litoiii'ln d by .leuhuisy's lierec lire
To he enga'-'cd ! Who want:; to hue
I Mir Choir.'
Huston Tillies.
IN A HOLE.
ISY II. ('. liiilii.K.
I bullion nwny from the, ranch
since daybreak on a solitary hunting
expedition for sin nil game, niul now,
with night c lining on, I was endeav
oring lo find my way buck.
Where ami how far I was from
enmp I knew not, but with a general
iilou of ill direction, I plodded over Iho
wilil plain, expecting every moment
to slriko the trail ami got homo with
out either trouble or danger.
Tlio ihniigh's of tho good supper and
glad greeting I woubl have frmn my
jolly "cowboy'' companions spurred
mo on wbi!e llio selling situ warncil
mo that I hail u lime to lose.
In spile of my woodcraft ami scout
iny skill nod fearlessness in (ravelling
tbc wilderness uliiiie 1 bean lo fuel
apprehensive Unit I was lost. At first
I only lunched lit myself for thinking
so, but when milo after mile in ll.c
deepening dud; brought ii i sign of
tlio anxiously looked for trail I began
to realize that tlm smartest ranchman
sometimes can blunder in bis reckon
ing. S ill I wouldn't admit yet I wus
wrong and, lighting back tlio dismal
feeling of loiiesonieiioss and peril that
o.'pie'sod iiic, I continued to push on
ns fas! as my tired legs would let me.
Oi I went through the prairie gra's,
(training my eyes in the duky gloom
striving to lind the trail suddenly
down, down I tumbled straight to the
b iltom of what .seem -d to j n deep
well.
Stunned by my fall, luckily broken
by the heap of soft rnlli-.h 1 lauded
on, I must have lain for it while un
conscious. When I recovered my senses all was
pi eh blackness about me and looking
Upwards 1 could sec a few si. us faint
ly glimmering from the sky.
After pinching and examining my
body and thankfully finding that all
my hones were intact, 1 struggled to
my feet and groped nro and lo disc iver
if possible what sort of a place 1 l.n 1
gotten into.
Tlio hole seemed circular and ap
parently live or six leet in diameter.
The sides foil like hard clay, and the
bottom was dry find thickly covered
with ii long nccumuiatiou of leaves
nnd grasses.
II w deep 1 was down in the earlli
I could not It'll, but I rightly git' s-ed
tlio distance was some twenty feet.
How (ho U'lo ever got there 1
couldn't imagine. Maybe years ago it
was dug in t ho hope ol shiking water
for the ciiltle which belonged to the
linci ded ranch.
At any rate Iho hole was there and
I was in it. The thing lhat puzzled
mo the west was how to get out.
As nothing could bo done in lhat
lino till daylight, and perhaps not
then, 1 laid mo down and went to
Bleep.
When I awoke after a refreshing
Elumbcr I lie round spot of bright, blue
skv above inc seemed higher than 1
ever knew it bcfoie.
As ii needful preparation to cca; e
from my more than likifly ;ravc
made a little lire with some of Iho
dry stiiU'and managed lo c ok one of
tho thro" birds I hid shot iho day
before. Oi that with a few drops
from my water ll.i-k 1 break fa-ted.
'J'h 'ii 1 started my wits to work out
a plan of deliverance.
Iliad willi nin my gnu and plenty of
Cartridges, pipe and lob ceo, ,i small
linichel, matches limning knife,
levo'v. r, two bills and a pint of
water; also a few yauls of ropn.
In i he almost vain hope of being
heord 1 detei in'in'd lo frequently Ii: e
my gun and shout, liiouh i knew the
sounds would he do ideiicd.
After shooting and halooing several
limes Willi no answer of cjurse, I ex
amined the lexturo of tho sidos of my
tomb. It was a red clay and firm
enough to cut without crumbling. If
I had some strong slicks which 1
hadn't, though I searched through tho
heap of rubbish for them I might
drive pegs in Iho side of my prison
and maybo climb tip on them. Perhaps
I could chop spaces there to answer
the same purr oca.
Taking iho hatchet I commenced to
do it, and for a while it appeared I
might succeed, but aflcr rising u fow
feet in that way I gave it up.
Had tho well been narrow so I
eou'd braeo myscif by using my gun
against tho oppisito s'd I think I
should have accomplished Iho feat.
Then I it I tempted shooting with a
light charge of powder a bullet from
my pistol to which I tit t ached my
watch chain fastened to an end of iho
rope, thinking it might somehow
catch on a hush outside mid hear my
weight while I climbed on stepping
places 1 should dig.
Hut ih it plan proved a failure, Ion.
Hy this lime it was high noon, nnd
tho hot sun wns shining for a fow mo
ment straight to tho bottom of my
iiwful tomb.
Liko a eaged beasl I was becoming
furious in my vain ( ti n ts to gain
liberty and tho linrdo I tried tho
moro dillieult grew my task.
I kept firing my gun and calling for
help, for now it soctned that that was
my only chance for life.
Tho afternoon passed slowly away
and night appeared ag-iin, and dis
puting, but not giving up hope, I ate
my last bird, drank nearly my last
drop of water, und managed to fall
asleep.
It cunio morning at last. I had my
gnu raised tiro to a signal when 1 dc-tec-cd
a sotnelhing alivo peering from
the ground above me into the hole.
Could it bo a bu ttau being? I' veil
un Indian in his war paint and certain
lo scalp me I sh mi Id have hailed with
joy.
Tho obj-'ct showed ilself again
plainly. It was the head i f a wolf.
Taking a quick aim I lire I and hit
it squally. With a howl of pain the
wounded hrule plunged forward and
into the bole, lauding on my
sh' uMers.
In a moment it recovered from its
surprise and bjforo 1 could draw my
pistol it was crouched to leap upon
me. Hud h-t in hand I met its on
slaught. As it jumped with bleeding',
open tin hi h 1 ducked my head and be
fore it e mid turn a lucky blow buried
the blade in its. skull and finished it.
Now with its ll-sh lo eat and its
blood lo drink I could exist for a
week, at least, and if help came in Iho
meantime I wouldn't peri-h.
For three, long, weary days and
nights I lived on my provideii'ial Mip-
I ly of wolf meat, thing my git'i
houily and yelling ti l my voice gave
on', but all for naught.
On the fourth day I completely de
spaired of :isiislnucu from outside
and resolved (o make a last struggle
to oet out of my horrible living tuinb.
W! ile I franctically chopped with
my hatchet at the sides of the hole
trying to heap up dirt enough to rise
o i, i veil though I uuih'i iuincd and
brought the earth to bury me, I re
metuhcreJ a picture of tho tower of
I'l.hel that I had seen in the big,
family Ilihle at home.
It had a spiral road running around
its outside on which the workers us.
cended as the lower was growing.
Why couldn't I cut out a similar
path on (lie inside of my under
ground, lurned-over tower?
With a glad shout of joy and won
dering why the idea hadn't come be.
fore, I commenced at once the cork,
screw road. S-arling as high as I
could conveniently work I cut into
tho hard, clay wall of lhc well until I
had dug out a space big enough to
hold me. Ity shelving the roof of Iho
excavation and curving it to tho back
part of its eighteen inch wide llior I
prevented tho earth from caving.
I laid out Ibis open, half tunnel to
ascend on a raihcr s eep grade so its
winding road-bed would bo sufficiently
supported, and after some h lies' hard
and careful work, I finished tho first
circle and found lhat inv engineering
ealctila'ions promised to bo success
fulproviding Iho earth as it neared
iho surface would keep from crumb
ling. Not daring- to continue, digging as
evening and darkness cam.!, 1 lightly
crawled back to tho bottom of my
prison, ale some more wolf meat nnd
went to sleep with li po ronewod no 1
comparatively bnppy.
Height and early in the welcomed
morning I began my toil for deliver
auiM. Tho higher I duif my way tho
mot'.! htt.aid'Mis it became. 1 almost
feared to go aluuid for I knew t'lat a
brfitik now would bo fatal lo my only
chauco of escape from a horrible
death. When night once moro caused
mo to stop, I was within about six feci,
of the end of my agony or alas I
might bo only at its beginning. ,
The awful uncertainty of being so
I
near und yet so far from life and tho
glorious, beautiful world kept moj
wakeful. Hy tho following noon 1
should know my fate.
At daylight I tremblingly crawled
up my circular stairway nnd recom
menced operations. Tho earth that
had been removed lay in a big pile on
tho bottom, but of course not high
enough to help mo in case a cavc-in
occurred.
Carefully I started on Iho Inst cir
cuit, and, us I expected, found that
the dry earlli there was much less linn
than below.
Still I could make headway, al
though once once or twice I thought I
was doomed to failuro when
the ground broke over and under mo.
Now 1 reached Iho plaeo to dig
straight up, and, holding my breath,
i attempted it. Slowly I scraped my
shaft's ceiling, little by lillle, then os
tho sods nbovo mo loosened I tore
them away and after a week of liv
ing deiUh I onco more stood on tho
earth's solid surface
I soon fo mil lhc camp, and my
friends, who, after searching in vain,
wore mourning my supposed death.
t.'iiicago Sim.
Trees.
What a strange underground life is
that which is led by tho organisms wo
call trees! Thcso great fluttering
masses uf leaves, 6!euis, boughs,
trunks, are not the real trees. They
live underground, and what wc see
tiro nothing more nor less than their
tails. Yes; a tree is an underground
creature, with its tail in tho air. All
its Intelligence is in its roots. All the
souses it has aro in its roots. Think
what sigaeiiy it shows in its search
after food and drink. Somehow or
other, the rootMs, which ate its ten
tacles, lind out that there is a brook ut
a moderate distauco from (he trunk of
tho tree, and they tntiko for it with all
their might. They find every crnck
in the rocks where there tire a few
grains of the nourishing substance
they care for, iin-1 insinuate tlietn -elvcs
into its deepest ri c -sscs. When spring
mid summer come, they let their tails
grow, and delight in whisking them i
about in the wind, or letting them be
whisked about by it ; for thcso tails j
are poor passive things, with very lit- j
tie will of their own, and bend in j
whatever direction Iho wind chooses j
to uitiki' them. The leaves inako ti j
deal of noise whispering. 1 have
sometimes thought 1 could understand j
I belli, as they talk with each other, j
and that they seem lo think they mado '
lliij wind as they wagged forward and j
back. I'li'iuciuliei- w hut I say. Tho !
next lime you see a tree waving in the j
wind, recollect thai it is lhc tail of a
great underground, maiiy-armcd, 1
polypus-like creature, which is us !
proud of it t caudal appendage, cs- 1
peciiilly in summer time, as a peacock !
of his gorgeous expanse of plumage. ;
I hi you think there is anything so
very odd about this idea? Once get ''
it well into your heads, and you will
find that it renders the land-capo won
derfully interesting. There tiro ns
many kinds of tiee tails as there are
of tails to dogs and oilier quadrupeds, j
Study Ihein as Middy (Jilpiu studied 1
them in his "Forest Scenery," but
don't forget that they are only the ap. ,
pendage of tho underground vegeta- !
hie polypus, the true organism to ,
which - they belong. Or. O. Y. j
Holmes. I
A (necr Old Texan.
An eccentric character named I! lit
liailcy came from Tennessee to Texas
in is:i0. While en route in company
with tcveral others he requested each
man to tell what l.e was coming to
Texas for. When all were through it
caiuo lo his turn, and ho said: "I am
going to Texas to establish a charac
ter. 1 have not got any at home, and
I am going to try and establish ono iu
Texas."
He settled at Hailey's I'rairio, and
soon after trouble commenced Willi
the Mexicans, and participated in tho
battle of Velasca, He (tarried homo
will) him a cannon ball as a relic of
this light. When he came to die he
requested to bo buried standing up six
feet under Iho earth, which would re
quire a grave of moro than 1'.' feet iu
depth, as ho was li feci 2 inches iu
height.
Ho also requested Unit there should
br buried with him bis lille, 100
rounds of ammunition, his butcher
knife, two plugs of tobacco, ouo bot
tle of whisky, his dog, and Ihe cannon
hall from Yclnseo. All this was done
with the exception of tho dog. Ho
died at home in 18:18 on Hailey's
I'rairio, l!i;i.oria County, and was
buried on Oyster Creek, Ho was
liked and respected by all who kuow
him. lO.dla.s (Texas News.
CUILDHEN'S (OLOIX.
A It A I N Y DAY.
inin, rain, go away;
'hiehc's in despair,
'nine ni-nln another day
'A lien the trees arc hare;
When the skies are gloomy,
Wheu the birds have flown,
When there's not a blossom
The lice can call his own j
When the leaves are flying
All admit the lawn,
When the wind is sighing
For the summer none.
That's the time for raining,
No matter how it pours.
And rinrbe then is unite content
To play all dny indoors.
(K. b. Sylvester, in St. Nicholas.
A LITTLE CIIINF.M-: lillil..
Men, tho daughter of the Chinese
minister in Washington, is a porsou
of much interest, at the national capi
tal. Sho is only a year old and can
scarcely toddlo. Chinese elbpiette
forbids the attaches of the legation to
recognizo the minister's wife and sister-in-law,
even though they pas-s
thoso ladies on tlio stairs. I'.ut they
exchange salutations with the infant.
Mca's name means Hcanliful Ameri
ca." As yet her tiny feet are uiitrotn
melled, but when she re iehcs tho age
of thrco years, the buidaging which
js to restrict thoir si.o will begin.
Hostou Transcript.
A VlT.r.lt n;T.
Ned is just six, and is an authority
on pets. Ho has had any number of
dogs, cats, u pet pony, and a family
of turtles have helped to destroy the
doincslio pcac- at Ned's home, hut
now ho is very indiU'crent to all his
peta but one and such a one! lb: is
a companion und confidant for his
small master, and such a very digni
fied companion so dillVrent from
romping Carlo or frisk) Fido. This
new pot is a (all and .stately rooster,
with the most "boo'ful red chin."
Did you ever hear of the pride ol
the barnyard as a pet? Well, that i
exactly what Xod's rooster is. He
walks stillly down tho street with his
young master to the door of ihe
Fehoolhouso; then, when the door is
shut o:i Inin, turns with a troubled
lillle chuckle and walks home. New
York Advertiser.
M'A Knows.
Two kinds of native sparrow nro
to bo met with every lay in tho gar
denthe song-sparrow and tho chippy.
The former is nearly as large as tho
laigli-h sparrow, ami wears the
spotted brown dress of his race; his
distinguishing mark being a splash of
black on the centre of his hrea-t. UN
cheery, distinct and ufi. repealed song
is easily learned and one is qui in like
ly to iwiiii upon his net in M iv.lilh-d
with grceni-li spoiled c and sunk
into a tuft of grass in the orchard.
The chippy, however, is fur moro
sociabl:. It comes long before iho
buds have fairly opened, and wails
about the doory nrd until ihe leaves aro
out sufficiently to conceal its small,
hair-lined nest and spoitid green
treasures hidden in the lilac or rose
bush. Tho chippy is smaller I ban a
ciliary, has u brown back, an ashen,
unspotted breast, and a cap of eheit
liut red. Ills only song is a line, flut
tering thrill. Detroit Free IVe-s.
STItAXiii: Cl!i;ll ; s.
(hie of tho most unfortunate ani
mals in the world is Iho babakoto, or,
as grown-up people with lots of limo
to spare like to call him, Indcis
hrcvicandalus. 1 call him unfortunate,
because he labors under tho disadvan
tage of resembling a monkey without
tho chief joy of tho monkey's life
the ouo that compensates the motikny
for his lack of beamy which is, in
brief, tho ability to swing about on
trees with his tail. The reason why
the babakoto cinnot swing by his tail
is that he has no tail worth incuiiouiug,
and it is no doubt due to this fact that
all tho babakoto can do is lo sit on a tree
and whimper and wail. If you wish lo
see tho babakoto in tho full luxury of
bis woe, you must go to Madagascar,
whither ho has gone to live, to he rid,
no d jubt, of tlio saucy apes of Central
Africa, who aro said to have made
cutting and uncomplimentary remarks
about his caudal shortcomings.
A letter from ono of my correspond
ents tells mo of a kitten up in Maine
that chews Miilk. It is a very singular
thing for a kitten to do, but, aflcr all,
how does it exceflil iu quccrnoss tho
habit of some little girls I know who
maslicato their Ico cream before swal
lowing it, instead of prolonging the
delight by letting it melt iu their
mouths, and trickle slowly and softly
down into their throats' Harper's
Young People.
Tho preat cathedral in Iho City of
Mexico is the large! in America mid
cost nearly St'.'.oiio.iiot).
BAMBOO CULTURE,
A Useful Plant that Can be
Raised in the United States.
Succossful Bamboo Planta
tions in Southern California.
The Department of Agriculture rce-
' oiniuends the cultivation of the bam.
I boo for economical purpose's iu Ihe
j 1'nilcd Slates. A suggestion to the
I same idled is conveyed in a recent let-
ter from Mr. Charles Heath, consul to
i Sicily. He says that tho plant collld
j be grown iu ibis country as far noilh
j its New York, and would douhthss
j provo hardy throughout California
: and Ihe Southern stales. Sicilian far.
mors consider it their best pining
crop, and grow it abundantly on oth
i crwi-e Worthless wet land, utilizing
! for tlio purpose borders of fields,
: brooks, swamp holes, etc.
t The bamboo is a perennial plant,
I dying to tho ground each year and
i producing a fresh growth iu the
1 spring. It is propagated from eut
tings of the roots. Marketable canes
. are produced in one year, and a plan
; lation yields fur a dozen years, ivipiir
i ing no cultivation. A single plant
; gives live or six canes thirty feet long,
' the stock bee lining stouter each year.
The dried canes, being very light,
fctill and durable, furnish material for
! fencing, rooting, fish pole, grape and
. bean poles. Split, Ihey are utilized
for laths and iu the manufacture of
! woven hampers and baskets,
Iu the Fuited Stales the bamboo is
cultivated to a sin ill extent, but only
for ornamental puroscs. There are
, tit least ten species natives of China,
.Japan and Ihe Himalayas which may
reasonably bo expee ed lo thrive in ihe
milder latitudes of ibis rountry. Two
of these have been found to he hardy
even iu New Fngland. A number of
: successful bamboo plantations have ul
i ready been established iu southern
California. O le of th in, beh ng ng
to ben. I!. W. Kirkhim of Oikland,
is twenty. fulir Vitus old. The cincs
grown on it, originally obtained fiom
; Chinese stock, made a growth of as
I much as thirty-live feet in one teason.
; In other parts of the state the Indian
bamboo, which attains a height of
fifty feet, is successfully grown ami
has been found capable of enduring n
tempt -rat tiro of zero. At the M'lii'
tropical exhibition at O.n'a, Fla., a
collection of bamboo stems big enough
for fence rails was shown by bee
count)- iu that s(;,t-.
The bamboos bcl ng to the tine
grasses ami comprise about twenty
genera, with neatly 'J'"i sp.eii.'s. In
sie bamboos range from o lo I
feci in height ami Iron one inch lo
two feet iu diameter. Of ihe sixty
species indigenous to tho Chinese eiu
piro only six or sevi u arc cuitiv.itcd
for economic purposes.
Bamboos are udiized lor Ihe mak
ing of inulks, rafts, water pipe, ship
rigging, carls, b.ixes, mat, cordage
and paper. Furniture maaufaiiured
from Iho stems is very much iu fash
ion just at present.
The plants also furnish valuable
supplies of food. A few species have
a berry-like fiutt. and the seeds ol
oilier kinds resemble rice, especially
when cooked, having ab oil ihe same
market value. The young ami lender I
shoots tire cut for fodib r, and such
dciicnte portions of one or iw.i Japan- I
esc species aro cooked a id eaten like j
asparagus.
Tho.-c pl iuls are gregarious iu habit,
their numerous steins rising iu dense
and impenetrable m is-os. As the
shoots mature canes aro cut down
from year to yeae, new ones con
stantly springing up. The rale a I which
sonic kinds grow is astouisliiu. An
Indian species, called the "Deiidro.
calamus giganteu" meaning "giant
pen tree" sometime- attains :i heigh'
of forty feet iu as many days. A
record is given for even I wo and a
half feet in a day, and lien. Kiikham
has a record of eight inches of growth
per (1 ii in on his California plantation.
The myriad uses found for bamboo in
China, Japan and other regions re
quire a greater supply than can lie de
rived from iialuial propagation.
Supplies of bamboo seeds for planting
are dillieult to obtain, a the plant,
seeds rarely, sometimes not of toner
than every twenty-live or even sixiy
years, und a few of Iho most useful
kinds grow in Japan arc' said never to
seed. The seeds, inoroever, arc ex
ceedingly dillieult to germinate, and
hcuco the plants are propagated al
most exclusively from loot cuttings,
eyes and offsets. Washington Star.
No Water on tlio Moon. :
Every kind of life, whether animal !
or vegetable, i equi res both tho pre- !
euro of air and Iho presence of water; '
0 do not of cotirs.' siy that iu other I
parts of Iho universe there may not bo
types of life for which neither air nor
water is rshcuiial; nothing is, how
ever, more clear than the evidence
whii-h wo aro able to produco with
refei cin e to Iho presence or absence
of tlio substances we have mimed.
First, with regard to water. Thcro
are, no doubt, sonic reasons for think
ing (hat there may have been once
water on tho moon, but it is now cer
tain that there is no liquid on its sur
face, nor indeed can 1 lind much tea.
son lo believe that there is even frozen
water there, as lias been sometimes
supposed. It is erlainiy a singular
fad that two constituents which arc
so abundant here should seem to bo
entirely wanting iu the moon, and it
is an interesting subject fur specula
tion, as to what has happened lo tho
water on the moon if it once existed
there. It is generally believed thai as
our satellite cooled down the water
penetrated into the interior, and was
there seized upon by the minerals
which required water iu order that
they might assume their appropriate
crystalline forms. The water on Iho
moon has therefore, neeording to this
view, become transformed into u solid
form, incorporated with the bodily
textuie of the globe. It has even been
BUilniscd that a similar destiny awaits
the oceans on our own globe; broad
and deep though they seen, tin y )et
may be inadequate to quench tho
thirst for water possessed by so vast a
mass of crystallizing minerals as must
cxi-t in tho inleiior ot the globe. H it
whether this be the explanation of tin;
abseuea of liquid water from the moon
or not, (he fact of that absence cannot
be questioned.
'The inoon lias been subjected t
careful scrutiny for centuries, yet no
ouo has ever seen any genuine ocean
or sea, no one has ever seen any indi
cation of the present existence of
water, and we me entitled to tie-erl
that water, iu a liquid form, is absent
from the surface of our s- lellite.
ood Words.
Able In he Around.
lie was a smart jouug man. There
was no question on that score. If
necessary ho wou'd have udmiited the
soft iinpc.ichui -nt him-clf, iu strict
conlideuc", of coii--e. He and his
running mute took seals iu .1 crowded
down-town cafe, and oh, dear! such
a time as they had. Whenever a
hungry giiesl passed their table the
bright young ui-iu would suddenly
glance up und exclaim loudly, "Hon
do you do?' as if m-cosiing the
stranger Then insi, inily turning to
his c 'Hip lui'Mi he would complete the
si'u'ciiio by adding, "when ymi aro iu
N"iv York and want lo go over to
I'h ook l n."
ll was great fun Hut no one
set uieil lo enjoy it except the two
dudes who look an active part in it.
Indeed, liiosc in (In: iinniedia'e vicin
ity s lined lo be gieailv bored. An
old faimi'i" who was quietly sipping a
cup of codec at a neighboring table
wai' hc 1 Ibis liule play with consid
ci ubio interest. Finishing his lunch
be arose, picked up the w aiter's check,
and started forward to the cashier's
desk.
lie had almost reached the table
of the two hiilliuut young jokers when
suddenly one of ihein exclaimed,
"II iv do you do?"' I'mt Ihe speaker
never finished the sentence. Heforo
be coul. I inter another word a brawny
baud caught him by the collar, lifted
him bodily lo li s f,oq, shook him un
til his teeth rattled like castuucls, and
then slaniui -d him down upon the
floor with all tho force of a pile
tl river.
"Fin very well, thank ye," said tho
fanner softly, as he p issed on to the
cashier's desk, paid his check, and
went out. Clii. aL'o Mail.
Ileesw a.
Many tons of beeswax me imp u led
to ibis city from tropical ami sub
tropical parts of this continent and '
from Spain. Much of this comes
from Cuba, where a tropical vegeta
tion supports and employs an enor
mous number of bees. Much of llio
Cuban wax comes iu great masses
shape 1 like the frnsn uui of a pyramid,
and weighing from Co to 70 pounds
e..eh. In spile of Iho fact that various
substitutes for wax have been dis- i
covered, it is sl'il used iu groat
quantities in the u.aiiufacluri' of
candles, especially for ecclesiastical
use. Much of it. loo, is used in iho
in ;i 1 1 ii f il l i ( 1 1' of wtix lav figures, not
only for inu-t'iiins and the like, hut 1
for milliners and tinutua makers. i
III Fur Keeps.
' -1 low is that lillle ini.iing schcino
of yours gelling along? Any money .
in it?" ' i
"Any money iu it? Well, I should I
say so! All of mine, nil of my wife's, j
and about !?:lnoil (hat I got from
mv friends." lYankoo Hltule.
The Great Mystery.
I know not hence or 1 or wbv I cam
I walk and talk 1 laugh und cry
I breathe to liw 1 live to ilii
And dying, h ave a name to fame, or sliainr.
I know not where or hmv or wlnm I'll go.
The end will colne some day, nnd then
A sigh a tear a prayer -a no u 1
1 Know not now. hut when 1 go I'll know.
II. T. Hollands, in I let roil Free Press.
HU.MOKOIS.
A littlo learning in a fool, like
scanty powder in a large gun, will
sometimes make considerable noise.
"Pa," stiid n livc-year-old son, "can
a rope walk?" "I think not my son,"
answered tho father' "but it might if
it were taut."
"This mummy fell to pieces as wo
weic unpacking it," said the director
of the niiieuiii to (Jazini. "Ah,"
replied bazz-im, "dead broke, evi
dently." Although you grh vc when
"ii are r,
It's nl (i) s well t" Ii arn
..a neMT really know lor sure
Which way nil aits nmy turn.
"W hy do you always employ wo
men as typewriter.!' " asked Mrs. Cur
tain Lecture. "So that I have some
thing to dictate to,'' replied the
unhappy man.
"His attentions to you bavo been
marked, hive they not !' " said tho
young woman's experienced friend.
"Oh, yei. lie has never taken tho
pi ice. lag i II any of hi.- presents."
Maiden ( isieuing lo Mendelssohn's
Wedding March") 1 don't see why
they have 'be clashing of the cymbals.
S'oiing Mrs. Benedict Why, as a
s;. mbol of the .va-diings which are to
follow , of course.
"This business of (racing one of
my lost manuscripts makes mo think
of ti dog I once owned," said Scrib
bler. "Iu what respeci?" queried
Mawson. "He had a habit of chasing
his own tail," replied S:ribbler.
The Mississippi l.evccs.
Louisiana has 7mi iiiilei of river
front, and to protect this from tho
ovcillow of the river over 7o,oi)o,0kI
cubic yards of earthworks have broil
c ui-trueti d. The complete system of
levees now erected has been at tho
enormous oust of nearly 10,i)bo,000,
while annual rep ih s in ordinary sea
sons me estimated at .'J.W0,Oi').
The new levees, which were con
structed iu 17 t, aie 'J- feet high nnd
11.' lel at tbc base, with a cross sec
lion of K'T'J square feet. They arc
enormous dikes, probably, with but
lew exceptions, the largest in (lie
word. Hut even llie.e have been im
proved upon, and la-g. r ones nnole at
ei rlain bends in lie- river w In re tho
danger is great.
In m:;:! die w aler l "-,. lo such a
tremendous height lhat il bp Ke down
the gieal ieve. s widi apparent ease,
and inundated the i untiy for miles
a win, ll inding poilioiisot si. Louis,
New t i lean-, liaion I! uige and other
cine. 1 ' j v ( years later another tre
mendous oiulucak was elleelcd, and
million of dollar' worth of damage
was cau-ed.
When a break i made in a portion
of the levee it. is almost impi sdble to
stop the ll owing waters, and the coun
try is so level back of the embank
ment that tin inexhaustible quantity
can Ibiw around. Iu the present caso
it is iuhing liow ii through the couu
liV, destroying i ro s and houses, un
til its volume can be increased by
another stream from a second break
in the lex ee.
The only places that aie saved from
the lloo.ls a! such outbreaks arc thoso
vt hich are siiu ited upon high eleva
tion, and it is nol an iu frequent oc.
ciiricnci' to lind one-half of a city
along the river's bunk flooded whilo
Ihe oilier half is above Iho water.
New York Tine's.
Mexican Funerals.
"The most cm ion- sight lo the
American eye in the City of Mexico
is ihe funeral procession," said C. T.
Lambert of Hostou at Iho Southern.
"There is not a Iiear.-e, as wo know
that vehicle in the capi'nl. Instead,
the Mexicans use a strange-looking
street ear to haul their dead to tho
cemetery. The car is more like an or
dinary ll. itoar of this country than
anything else 1 can compare it to. In
the comer of this car is a raised (lias
in the shape of a o.'llin, on which tho
ras'iet rests, and is bound to the body
of the car by ropes and poles, around
which are wrapped (lowers. Tho
mules drawing the cur are whipped
into a fast gallop, and go through the
(jrowded, sliilly streets at a break
neck speed, followed by a long pro
cession of other closed curs filled with
mourners. L'ich and poor nro all
treated idiko when they arc carried to
the cemetery for burial." SI. Louis
(ilobc-Domoorni,