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Longing.
Tiie hills slope down to the valley, the
streams run down to tln son.
And my liinrt, ray heart. Oh. fur one ' wis
nnd strains toward thee.
Hut only thf foot of the moiiiitalu nri' felt by
th rim of tin; plain.
And the source nml soul of tin; hurrying
stream reach nut tho calling main.
The dawn in si-k for thc daylight, the morn
ing yen-ns for tin' noon,
And th" twilight sighs for tho evening stnr
and the rising of tin- moon.
U:it tln dawn nul tho daylight never with
s -i-n in tho s"lf-siime skies.
And tin- gloaming dies of its own desire
wlnni th" moon nnd the stars arise,
'J'ho f-prinjitimo calls to tho summer: "(Hi,
mingle your life with mine
And summer toaiitiiinn 'plainoHi low : 'Must
th" linrvcst bo only thine?"
Hut tho nightingale goes when thi swallow
comes.erothe loaf in the blossom is flod.
And whon autumn sits on hergoldon sheave.
Thou th" rolgn of the rose is dond.
Ami hunger nud thirst, and wail and want,
an- los1 in tho empty air.
And tho heavenly spirit vainly piles for III
toindi of th" earthly fair.
And th" hills slope down to th" valley, the
streams run down to the sea,
And my heart, mv heart. Oh. far one! sets
nnd strains toward thee.
- Alfred A-sllu
WON BY A NOSE.
One autumn I made, n flying Jour
through Germany, tlint is, I got ns
rapidly ovur tho ground or wheels
could carry mo, nml, on the nftertioon
of n day muro than commonly clear
nml beautiful, I arrived at Wildbud
just ns tho sun wiih over tho Schwartz
ivald iiintiutuiu . Thoughts of good
cheer, made, the moro dosi ruble by
reason of n two fold appetite, occu
pied mo while rattling along tho
HiiliiiiliH, but, on turning into tho
street, near tho Kouig Plat., my
nouses wore completely da..lcd by ns
malehloss n piece of liuni mity us over
lioio tho naino of woman. Shj partly
rested on the stone balcony of an tin
tiipio innnsiou was about nineteen
years of ago, tall, finely rounded, with
dark unburn hair, shadowing features
lelioioti.sly chiseled, and glow ng with
love and happiness. Within the room
fdood, with his linns folded, und in a
military costume, n young man of
noblo bearing, whoso eyes wero di
rected toward her, nnd to whom
she occasionally addressed her
self. I gazed entranced upon
that divine object, until tho envious
turning of another corner shut her
abruptly from my night. I had fortu
nately two or throe more streets to be
jogged over, whieo civ-d to modify
my admiration, and to remind mo that
I had not broken my fust since tho
morning; and, therefore, on arriving
nt "initio inn," my first, and, of course,
moid rational demand, was for the bill
of faro. To cut this matter short, I
feasted somewhat voraciously, nor d.d
I forget the landl ird's Ausbntch
Tokay, or the landlord himself, who
favored me with his conipnny nt my
particular request. He was a jovial
pleasant follow, nnd as good ns nn
Arab at story-telling.
"Tho lady of whom you inquire,"
said he, "is tho wife of a colonel in
tho army of Prussin, named Eckorlin,
ami in considered tho most bjnutiful
woman of which that country can
boast ; but her husband well deserves
such n prize, for it was by no common
Btnitngcm that he obtained her."
"Indeed!" said I. "How?"
"I5y a nose!" replied mino host
"The lady's maiden menu was Julie
Aucelot ; her father was n stock brokor
in Helm, and one of the millionaires,
lie loved his daughter, but was deter
mined to have his own way iu choos
ing a husband for her. Now, among
other crotches, he was au enthusiastic
admirer of large uoses, provided they
xtad a liomnu contour, though he
freely admitted he had never beheld
one of that ultra-prominency which
htirely satisfied him. Just nt this
pcr'od ho received a letter from an
old school fellow, settled in Silesia,
who, as au army contractor, had bo
conic immensely rich. His name was
Herr Sehrattonbak.and being dcbirous
of seeing his sou settled in life, pro
posed him us o husband for tho Fruit
lein Julie. There was, however, lie
frankly observed, one circumstance
which might be deemed nn -objection ;
between his son's forehend iiud chin,
there was a protuberance far beyond
tho Roman, or, indeed, any other
(standard !" Tho effect of this commun
ication on Herr Neeker Ancclot mny
l;o imagined. He, with all tho preci
sion of a man of business, wrote, by
return of pos', to say that if Herr
vdirnttciibuk, Junior, arrived on n
day specified, exactly at twelve o'clock
M., lie should become th'- htidiiuid of
Julie, with a portion, in ready
money, of 200,01)0 florins. In
tho meantime, nlso, as a mutter of
Lusincss Herr Neeker informed his
daughter that he had found her a bus- .
baud exactly suited to her mind, and i
that, by a certain day, sho wiiot pre- '
pure to receive him. Julio knew her
fulhcr too well to complain or retnoii
strute; she relied rather on tho ex
dient of love, nnd linving (-ought her
dear Eekerlin, communicated nil to
him. On the morning fixed for the
mariiago Julio put the clock forward
half nn hour, and nt the moment of
its striking twelve, n light chaise drove
up, from which descended a person
ago in a traveling cloak, with a in ie
of tho si." mid shape of a lish-knife.
H r: Nockor welcomed him, looked
first pleased, then greatly nston shod,
at the size of his nose, paid his daugh
ter's portion of 2)0,000 florins in
b ink bills, to'd him ho had no timo to
lose, saw him nnd Julio safely packed
up in the carriage with two of her fe
male friends, beheld it start nt a
gallop for tho Hotel do Vilic (where
tho ceremony is first performed), and
was supremely happy. 'Ah!' said he,
chuckling and w.ilking to and fro,
'this is doing the bu-.ine.ss. Tieincn-dou-t
nosu t hut -rather too large.
Iu the mid-t of this self-grntulation,
ilu re drove up to tho door n lumber
ing ve hicle, from w hich totho tin -spcakublc
nstonihhmeut of Herr Neek
er, descended n personage with n nose
nearly twice tho size of that of the
first comer! Ho entered, nnd pre
sented n letter of nt induction, which
announced him as Herr Schratt onbak,
Junior !
"The stockbroker was bewildered,
but before any explanation Could be
given the bride, the bridesmaids and
Nose the First drove up. The rival
noses wore immediately confronted.
Herr Neeker gazed first noun 0110 and
then upon tho other with unfeigned
perplexity - ho was niotioiiless.specch-los-.
"At length Nose the First broke the
silence as follows: 'If then lie de
ception here I am guilty of it ; but,
nevertheless I feel con blent of par
don, sin -e it is sanctified by love. Julio
is now the wif j of a colonel in the
Prussian army. My naino is Eeker
lin ; my noso is not what it nppears.'
As tiio India rubber a; p.!iidago w.8
lifted off, Heir Neeker recovered him
self. 'This is u fraud,' sail he,
sternly, 'and aeeordim t our laws tin!
marriage is null.' 'N.it exactly,' said
colonel Eekerlin; 'tor I havo obtained
our good king's permission and 1111
t lority to espouse tho Frauleiu Julio
A ieulot hero it is.'
"Herr Sehratteiibak, Junior, looked
fi.'st at the Iiidivruhbor nose, then at
colonel Ejkerliu, theu at Julie, then
at Herr Neeker, then at him -elf in the
glass, and then observed : 'I am glad
of this; for, to toll you tho truth, I
have a secret penchant for a lady in
Silesia, who admires my physiognomy
much more, I fancy, than the Frauleiu
Julie; iu fact, tho lady I allud) to
thinks mo a hatidiomo likeness of the
emperor Traj in. '
" 'If you nre satisfied,' said Herr A ti
ed it, 'i am suro I am ; for I must
own that I wns somewhat alarmed nt
tli-f sizu of Nose the First, but yours
(no offense) would frighton a regi
m 'til ! Come, let us bo nil fiieuds,
and sit down to a dejeuner iu the
pavilion.' I need not aid (continued
mine host) that the rival noses.strnnge
ns it may sound, shook hands iu a
spirit of tho most perfect amity ; and
I am sure tint you will agree with mo
that colonel Elieilin (who is spend
ing the honeymoon l.cre) is worthy of
Julie !' "
Fashionable Dogs.
A few days ago n man walking in
one of the most fashionable streets of
Paris cime ncrusi a lost d ig. It was
i sin ii II toy terrier, und was clad iu
an elaborate c nit trimmed with costly
furs. In this coat was a tiuy pocket
containing a haudkerchief bordered
w ith exquisite l ie ', a worked mono
gram, ami a cor uet. Round the
dug's neck was n gold and jeweled
bangle, and his coat was fastened by a
brooch liln. ug with rubies nnd dia
monds. It is quite the fashion among
the pretty and smart women of Paris
to get up their pet dogs iu expensive
and elaborate costumes, lo cov r
them with j.-wcls, to engrave cards
with their namei, and to drench their
trembling little bo. lies with tho new
est and most pungen' perfumes.
The d gs in this country are scarce
ly so pumporcd. Yet there is nn
Italian greyhound in town which looks
like n piece of lresd 'ii china, nud
wears a fawn-colored euat.tuilor-niade,
trimmed with fur and buttoned down
the buck with brass buttons. Snppho,
as she is poetically name 1, wears
presdou nnd Wutteau ribbons iu deli
cate hues. Such, in brief, is her rai
ment that when sin; goes to take the
air she is the envy of all the little
dogs in her part of tho town. New
Yol k Journal.
Tho Columbia i .vero. Cinadi is
1,10:) miles in leiigih; tho stream of
tiie same name iu Oregon is 600
Miles.
The Kler!r Slicker.
In nn article in I'eber Land uudMcri
on "Electrical Phenomena iu the ui
mill World." r. Frolieh tells a boutu
sucker fust foiiud iu the Nile ami its
tributaries by modern scientific men
in 1881, but wMl known to tho Egypt
inns ns tho "sucker thunderer god,"
being worshipped as such in a sucker
god temple iu the city of the thunder
sucker, or ( royrrhyiieiios. The reason
they caliedit tho thunder-sucker, in
stead of tho "lhitndor-lish,"vus because
they knew of another II -si i known to
the Eiiglish-spenking people as the
electric cat(lish), to tho Germans as the
Zittorwols, or tho shade-that-makes-olio-tremble.
It grows to n length ol
about n foot, of which tho head and
nose taken up it quarter nnd nt tho
deepest part measures moro thau n
quarter of its length. Just why tho
modern scientific l ieu did not know
of this lish before is a question a lay
man finds it hard to answer except
that tho sucker is a bottomy fish.
The old Egyptians probably learned
of tho animal after a Nile tlood, when
some philosopher nwdituting over a
mud pitddleloft by tho receding water.
Ho saw a funny lish struggling iu the
wnter,nnd,out a desire for knowledge,
reached for th i fish nud touched it.
If (hero wero nny disciples of the
philosopher h ird by th"y probably
-saw the philosopher act surpi isiugly
as the stoic Indian did when begot
hold of n galvanic b ittery. There
after tho fish was worshiped, having
a name which associated it witii the
"Thunder-god of tho skies," although
tho ancients knew notion ; of elec
tricity according to the learned of to
day. A peculiar tlutij; about tho various
electrical tish is that should one swim,
even nt a cou ddernhlo distance from
a human batlier.the bather would know
of its proximity by an "electrical sen
sation," while m my of them have bat
teries act ti illy fit to kill a horse on
.:ontacf. Tin!s i lis'i arc f ir alio id of
tin! human b.:in ;s in tho matter of
weapons, "for they stun their prey at
agro.it distance iu tho witer." New
York Sun.
An I tiex pec led Champion.
While a freight train was lying
over nt a smsll mountain station in
Montana, tho engineer borrowed n
shotgun and started ( tit for a lui il.
He was about retiu n'ii ; to his train
when n covv in ido her appearance.
Hefore ho realized that then; was
any dinger the animal mid" a t it -Ii at
him and he ran with all bis speed,
Kut the cow was a better lac -r, and
in n few minutes caughl him by the
clothi ig, splitting his eoit from waist
to collar au I tos.iug linn into the air.
(letting to his feet ns quickly ns pos
sible, ho dodged behind 11 lie", and
then to his dismay, luiind thit tho
gnu barrel w is bent so m to In use
less, Tho next ten minutes worn very
lively on m. Tit ! cow clii.el theeii
giuoT r um I a t I r in I the tree,
and when he g t a ohauoi to hit h r
with tho gun barrel it only seemed to
enrage her th i nin e. It was only n
question of tun wli'ti hi would suc
cumb to fatigue, when a diversion oc
cured which saved his lite. An angry
snort was heard, nud a big elk ap
peared upon the scene, bend down
and prepared for n fight. The Cow
was so mud by this time that s'.io wis
ready for any thing nud iu another
moment the two animals dashed at
each other. The engineer watched
for ft few minutes until prudence sug
gested that ho should make ft retreat
while ho could. Ho regained tho
train in safety nn 1 never knew the
outcome of the battle, but tho pre
sumption is that the elk was tho victor,
--Rozeman Avunt ("oiirier.
Humidity in Dwellings.
It being granted that humidity in
dw . llings is tho cuinu of tunny dis
eases, the following simple method of
testing, which has been suggested by
the IjVoii Medical, is interesting. It
directs that doors and windows of the
room must be closed to prevent tho
entrance of exterior air nml that n
piece of frish quicklime should be
left iu tho room for twenty-four hours.
Itcluimsthat in an ordinary loom, if
three-quarters of nn ounce i f water is
absorbed by tho lime, the room may
be considered unhealthy. The uiimunt
absorbed is determined of course by
weighing the lime. (),ir authority,
unfortunately, f ills to state tho si,; of
the room.
Old l.auisiaui MoiimU.
The Unite. I Statci g v ruin vit hai
taken possession of s. vera I inouudi
recently found U !ur (':i irleston, El.,
which some seem to think were built
by He Soto. 11 'Gently a farm baud
plowing near the mounds turned up
Spanish coins b 'iiriu ; dites of HJD,
1.TJ7 and 1308. S(. LouU Cllobj-Democrat.
TUB NOIIOIIV 51 IN.
I walked one day. a Ions, long way,
Hown to Toisy-Turvy Town,
Where it's day all night, and it'.s nilit all
day -
In tho band of I'fsi 1" H nvn.
And who do you think was walking round V
Imagine it if you can :
In the land of t".sid flown I found
Th" Nobody Man !
His hen I was howH, nid h" gronu"d aloud.
With th" harden that h" hor" :
Misdeeds a-id mishaps, a wonderful crowd.
Till there seemed no romn for more,
Ami why are you s i heavily tasked,
Oa such an iuu'iiinl plan ?"'
As I sat on a wayside s a1, I u ko 1
The Nobody Man.
Hi-sat hiin iiIkIi with a doleful sili.
And h" said : "It ne-ds mu d ho ;
What 'Nobody' docs a! lioiii" so sly
Is shouldered here by III"',
The slips and mishaps licit are. soon or la'e.
Denied by tl aroless dim.
In th" l.nnd of t'psid" Mown all n-bjht
The Nobody Man."
H" pa-sod along with a d"l"fu! son:;,
This overburdened wiuht.
And. bowed with th" weight of other folk's
wrong.
He hobbled out of sight ;
And I don't understand how it nil can ho.
Or why h" should be.-irlhis ban.
Hut well, 'iwnr.a wonderful thing to h-'"
'Hie Nobody Man !
Wintlirop Packard, in SI. Nicholas.
HOW JAPS t.At NCII THEIR HHir.S.
Tho Japanese apply "no of their
pretty ways to the launching of ships.
They hang over the ship's prow n
largo pasteboard cnge full of birds,
nud the moment the ship is afloat, a
inaii pulls n string, when the eage
opens and the birds tly away, making
the air live with niiisicaud the whir of
Wings. The idea is that tho Liid.
thus welcome the ship as she begins her
career as a thing of life. --Atlanta fi u
stilutiou.
'UOI'OOII.KS AUK I'I'.l'l I.IAH.
There is little iu the niiiiiml king
dom that can bo so dead and bo so
much ii 1 iv.' as a croo lib;. Tin num
ber of unsuspecting persons who have
mistaken him for a log and have
failed to ili-eo r their inist iko until
it was too Into to bo of nny heuelit to
I In: in will ii"er bj known. In an
cient t inn's, several years prior to the
lliilcli occupation of Egypt, so mo of
the people of that count ry worshipped
the crocodile us a god, there being
nothing else like him. In other parts
of Egypt, however, the natives looked
upon him as a devil. II iviug no Ii re
arms they did not till him with lead(
but they managed to immolate him
with such weapons as were fashion
able nt tho time. Tho crocodile
is not so numerous iu the
Nile us he was in the days
of the lbiuieses family, in fact,
bo rather shuns tho river now be
low the second cataract on account of
the annoyances inseparable from tour
ist traflic. It seems impossible f ir a
tourist to see n crocodile without try
ing to plug him with a revolver, nnd
lo a reptile that is fond of n quiet life,
this sort of thing is simply iii,ud'er
kble. Ho w ill not in dost n in in un
ess ho can take him at n disadvantage,
I nd ns long ns a man does not un
thinkingly step upon him, tho croco
dile will go his own way nnd calmly
nwnit his opportunity. Ha feeds on
lish but for it course dinner wo:ild
rather have humanity, winch shows
that there is no account tug f.n tu .to,
even among reptiles. Ills methods nf
capturing largo game arc plural as
mil as singular. Sound inn-s ho will
lie on it river bunk partly covered with
sand or mud until mi n lc cut nun. led
native waudeis within reach. Haling
grabbed his prey be will waddle into
the water and t here drown tho stru
ller. Atlanta Joni n d.
IIOOS AM Wool" III I K.
A correspondent sendi to the
Youth's Companion from Paris, Me.,
an entertaining story of t;ireo dogs
ud woodchucli.
"Some years ago," he says, "I
owned it dog,Sioit, who was n famous
Xoodchuek-liuntor. Ill the course of
one season, wh in woo.lehu -ks were
unusually numerous and troublesome.
Sport cnue,!jt twetity-tiie bv actual
count.
"(but day in Juiie.wlicti I was hoe
ing com, 1 litiird it good deal of Imrk
mg iu un adjoining held, und knew
pretty well hatnnetbo going on.
On my way to the cornfield after din
ner, therefore, I went across lots to
see what Sport was about, nil 1 to help
him a bit, if neod b.-, by removing ii
stone or two from the wall iu which
the quarry hit I taken refuge.
"A chorus of excited yelps nnd
barks guided me to the spot, and ns I
drew near I saw that Sport had plenty
of help. Zip, a neighbor' dog, was
on one sid : of the wall with him, nud
on tho other side was Hover, ft large
hound.
"All throe dogs had their noses un
der the stones, and they were digging
nnd making tho dirt fly with their
paws, nud barking nnd yelping as dogs
wi 1 when game is almost wop. From
within th'! wall I heard the wood
chuck's peculiar, defiant whistle.
"Just ns I approached, Sport
jumped back and dragged forth the
woodchitek. At almost the same in
stant Zip withdrew his hind from the
wall nml fixed his teeth in the game;
and then begun a htru;gl..' for su
premacy, each dog evidently setting
up a claim for the woodchucli.
"K ivor, on th : other side, with bis
head iu the w.i'l, was so eagerly en
gaged that ho did not at once compre
hend what had oecurre I ; then it
Hashed upon him, and he sprang upon
the wu'd nud !o a moment looked
down upon the si niggling dogs.
"hike it whirlwind ho launched him
self from the stones upon the wood
chitek. tore it Iroiu the mouths of the
other dogs and bore it oil' in his
teeth.
"It happened so suddenly that
Sport ntnl Z p didn't Know what to
make of it. They S'-eineil dazed, and
looked this way nud that ns if to as
crtain what had becomn of their
prey. As for Hover, he dis appeared
over the brow of n hill, and I do not
think th two dogs left behind ever
fairly realized what became of that
woudchiiek."
HI1KAT (lltAM)MAMMl S ItKMIVISi'EWUs.
"When 1 hear you children t ilk so
much about tho woii b-rs of tin: kiue
tusi'ope, the horseli si eariiago and the
X rays," remarked u certain groat
gr.iudmanima th-; other day, "I ciu't
help but think of the many years ngo
when I w. s a little girl and news came
to us olio day that somebody had in
vented a new sort of wagon that in
stead of being drawn by horses or
mules or oxen ran all by itself. Of
c mrso it sound d likeufniry story,
just as if they had t dd mo tint the
magic carpet in tin Arabian Nights
had been suddenly discovered lolled
away in somebody's attic, but wo were
assured that it was really true. There
was i mil thing about steam connected
with tho mysterious carriage; it either
ran by it, or under it or with it, or
something, we weren't quite sine
which. When they explained it to us
children, people always added 'It's
upon the Mime principle ns tli ! ten
kettle, you know,' nml although we
didn't know iu the least what the
'principle' wau, we did know what a
teakettle was mil wo accordingly
pictured to ourselves a freakish vehicle
shaped like a tea kettle, spout, handle
and till, from which isni d u white
banner of steam, and which 'snug'
upon occasion.
In what part f this ik w wagon pro
pie were to ri le wo didn't utnic r
stand, but supposed that they were
stowed away inside somewhere, like
the ( ireek soldiers in the wooden horse
that our history book had made so
familiar to us. Just how the slrau;e
carriage upon the same principle as
the tea kittle was able to move wo
were totally unaware. Ten kettles
never moved; tiny stood still iu one
place upon the slow where they wire
put. It look a gond stretch cf the
imagination to lan.y tlicm or any
thing like tlicm galloping along much
faster Ihiii anybody could walk
fash r, indcid, i' was Mild, than a
horse could go. The growii-i;p sa'd
lint there wore n irrow rails upon
which tho strange ciirringts run, where
upon no pictured nil our country
roads ami lane, oruuiu' iite I with these
things. It all sounded very impracti
cal to us, however, us it did to many
of the grown-ups for that in liter. I
remember my bither saying with much
emphasis: 'Well, there's uno thing,
this new-fangied locomotive, or what
ever they call it, can never supersede
the stage coach. '" "Locomotive I"'
cried one ot the little listeners. "Why,
gro it -"iiiuduiaiiini i, do you me in to
sav lint you're talking about ruilw.'.y
train''" "Ye-," r.-piled gi eat-gralid-minima,
"when I was a little girl the
loci nml vi1 win just as much of a nov
elty tone as the X rays are to you to
day." New York Sun.
A'POWDKR DEPOT.
Uncle Sam's Gunpowder Stored in
New Jersey.
Five Capacious Magazines Filled
With Explosive.
In these days of wars and rumors
of wars, when the periodicals of tho
country nro fi 1 It I with docriplivo
articles nn I illustration eotiecrtiing
our fleets, fot ts and otner lightni '
equipment, it seems strange that the
one thing absifliihdy essential to their
practical u-ic, tho gunpowdir, has
been lost sight of.
1. -t it not be supposed that Uncle
Sam buys his gunpowder as occasion
requires. )u the contrary, he has
enough of it constantly in re.ervo to
blow a good sized hunk out of the
world, and It is stored within easy
distance ol New York city.
The reason for this com pm ative
nearness to our nn tropolis is lh-it.
when wnnled nt nil, gunpowder
something that is usually wanted in a
hurry, nud furthermore, N'e York is
a convenient shipping point.
It is in New Jersey, way up iu th"
northern part of .Morris county, hi the
H-.'ikshiio vail -y of J he (it ecu Pond
r.mg s of m unit dus, s i ne four or Ii vo
miles from Dover thit one niu t go t
Iiud this deadly hoard of p iw.l- r.
'J'ho natives all c ill the place by its
old Indian name of Pic itinuy, und the
government reservation the Pieatinny
powder mug izines ; but it is spoken ol
officially as tho Pnited States govern
ment powder depot. The tract ol
laud comprises some '.',0;)l nrro, " I'J
of which are sot apart for the Use ol
the navy. It was acquired in 188). A
huge sum of money has been spent
upon it, but too improvement planned
will not bo fully curried out for years
to come, if ever.
The entrance to the grounds is
through a massive iron gateway, the
posts of which were constructed from
old camion. From the gateway otn!
traverses a rounded, well-kept load
way, with rows of shade trees upon
either side for some little distune.
The buildings nre without exception
painted in a dull grayish bin", iu ord
er to prevent tho almost infinitesimal
possibility of undue warmth from the
sun. They present n most cheerless
appearance to the artistic eye.
All, with the one exception of th
superintendent's homo, nro con
st meted of iron and brick, and look
iisit destined to outlast the ages.
But it is the long, low-lying struc
tures dotted hero an I there about the
valley that appeal most strongly to
our imagination. They nro nt some
distance apart, us n precaution iipiinst
the chance of blowing one niioth 'r up
in tho event of nn explosion, and nro
built entirely of iron, steel nnd brie';,
nud are considered to be lire, watci
nnd lightning proof. They are fitted
with drowtiing-out, lightning, fire mi l
other appliances, and iu all of the til
teen years of their continuous use no
serious ac.M 1 n.t has b:iii recorded
there.
There arc five of theso inagazinof,
nud they vary from 2d0 to 2.T) feet in
length by about fifty feet iu breadth.
As they are sunk into the ground to
sotno depth their height inside is con
siderably greater than a casual ob
server would imngine.
It would be nnwiso to publish bow
much explosive material is kept con
stantly on hand within this peaceful
valley, and figures would convey but
trifling information to the lay mind,
but our citizens can rest assured that,
iu addition to the ships, men and
money ready, I'neln Sam has handy
mi all-snllieicnt supply of that very
necessary adjunct to modern warfare
gunpowder. New York I! reorder.
)e:r Itroiiks l'p A Revival.
fit asm ill and scittcrel community
near Sherman, Petin., about ten mile?
from Il iai'ii.'k, N. Y. a religious revi
val meeting was stampeded recently lj
a deer. There was a loud nois"in tin
vestibule of the school hon e where tin
services were being held. Win n tin
door was opene I a lare d ;er dashed
into tin roo ii. Several wo.n-n
swooned, and sev.'l'il in mi and boye
leaped in fright through wiudowp
into the yard.
The deer also frightened ami ex
haiisted was grasped by the itutleri
by four m mi s-!3ii-.'d wuh a r i;m an 1
then taken to a bun. It had evident,
lv been ell is j.l ovt th: III iu :i t tl n
bv d gs from th' 1) d i .hm rive;
seclio '. T. i ; mo libers of theehuic.
society etij vi d it big votiish I s tppel
t i nil) in ley to pty ti p :ro 'riuit
111 4 ev.111 ieli d. New Y 'I K Pn St.
The art of pi nitiug 1. covered by
r,8:$:i pttcnts either of ui:i'.iines or
bpecial devices employed 'a the 'veil:.
(iioen of Her Heart.
The little rag doll Is queen.
Her realm is a maiden's heart,
And there she will reign serene
And pluy her Important pari.
A bundle of rugs is she.
With collar of soraggly fur ;
r he's only a doll tome.
JJ it more than a doll to her.
A doll that I thought u prize
I gave to the little lliald. j
That opened ami shut lis eye?
And bounty of fa-o displayed ;
Put s unehow it seemed to nn
She never r Wed th- earn
1 daily and hourly see
II 'slowed on a doll loss fair,
The doll that eiin really talk,
The doll III tin" silken dross,
The doll that is made to wnlk
Lies lynely ill some r"oss ;
l-'o.-.'otton nnd pushed aside
It lies In lh" dust apart.
While Hint of the rags, in prid".
Is hold to the maiden's heart.
'I'll. doll is a doll to me.
A bundle of rags and fur.
And yet I am quick to see
It's more than a doll to her.
A i"l so it maintains its place,
l iirivalled it holds its own ;
In nig1- and a painted face
it f'andsin In-r In'iitt nlon .
Chicago ToM
IM MOKOl S.
Necessity is the mother of nil in
ventions, except the folding bod.
"Is your overcoat comfortable,
Mae?'' "1 don't know. 1 haven't
heard from it since 1 hung it up."
"Does position iill':et sleep?'" asked
a mcd cul writer. It does when the
man hold the position of night watch
man. "1'apn, (Icorgc says he is very much
worried about his income." "I should
not think he would worry about a
little thing like that."
She Darling do you love me?
He (Itissing her rapturously an I re
peatedly ) 1 o 1 ? 1 wish you were ft
two-headed girl. That's nil I call
siy.
"Talking about thej iws of death!"
exclaimed a man who is living with
his thud scolding wife, "I tell you
they are nothing with tiie 'jaws' of
lilc'r
"Please to give me something, sir?'
says an old woman. "J had it blind
child he w.is my only mentis of sub
sistence ami the poor boy bus To
covered his sight. "
1 envy I hugs w hene'er he sings.
So mii'-li d"o h" deserve :
"l is imt his M'i. g makes ti e rej ii
1 envy him his nerve.
'lleeti married seven times, lias he?
Is he a man of leisure otherwise?"
"Oh, no, he's a hard working tai
lor." "What a remarkable iiist'inee
of the survival of the littist."
"Are yon." she finally fullered,
"really a duke?" "Can you doubt
mo?" be asked intensely. She shiv
ered. "Almost everything is adulter
ated nowadays," she muttered.
"Whv do you look so gloomy,
Tompkins?" "You know my best girl
is otic of those new women? Well,
I'm puzzled to decide whether I ought
to ask her to marry i;io, or wait for
her In J ropose."
"John is a mighty man, "said Higgs.
"lie sold me a tub ot butter that wns
strong enough to go nloii ; but I got
rid of it. 1 sold il lo my brother ;
mid the best of it is 1 gut more than
I paid John for it."
Mrs. Green - Does your baby rec
ognize you when you come home?
You nre away so much, you know,
Mr. Pluck Know me? I should say
so. II" always begins to cry tho mo
ment I get inside the dour.
"I want to pay tins bill." ho said h
the hotel clerk. "Hut I think you
have made a slight error here in my
favor. I've peon tending over the c
tins, nml 1 cannot find that you have
charged me anything for telling mo
you thought it might lain."
(Tailed hy a llii.ziinl.
As the mail train on tho lYnsuooln
nud Atlantic division of the Eouistillo
A Nashville railway was bonding along
between Potiifay and Curyvillo, Fin.,
some heavy object struck the head
light, smashing the glass nnd knock
ing the burner off the lamp. The oil
caught lire, nnd in an instant tho
front of tho engine win in flames.
The engineer was nlarioed, nud re
versed the lever so sud lenly that tho
cars bumped together with great force,
injuring several passengers nud de
railing tho engine,
l!y hard work the Humes wero ex
tinguished and then the engine was
examined. It was found that a buz
zard had struck the headlight and
cnu.ed tho trouble. The bird was
found wedged iu tho headlight, with
its feathers burned offaud thoroughly
cooked. The aceid- iit cost the rail
road several hundred dollars and truf
fro was delayed for tivo bouts. Phila
delphia Times. )
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