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t Ml is.rtllic 1'f j for
taiwrr to hi qrjtia.-t. 'Ther art e
peUtt kerc Tbr bo holtl setrti
tba tb I'.3 l!rr fonr tail awj
Th ,vat I (Jt t .ia i at Lom tj tick
bc. as 1 I am th) tslrh cpratcr..
"C.a jm U',1 ta p!all tha to!i
Urj fktiatrt -IraI caa get
aiLl' IcJjia aa 1 ometbia- toestt
:J crleJ. "Tba EaUbaaa b wt
aia oat her Luat tufflo a a.' J
Vlow up tba Use of tbs Via tirttt
Hut jcu Lara a!i-btal tt tba nron
ttioa;jeu abcuM bar; ttcprel at
CIiILnREXS COLllHX.
Sf f kto Y r1t.
A littl Loj. with crtloi banJ, 1
JWB And m-rrily b Uajbed. 'tb! oh!
Kre-" . I'r mcT4 tt wocUitb tor small blow V
-Ibeani tba coaJuctor btw! out I n . ,,,(1um,n
oaetbla-about r.Iaa of oa sort or And ln ihf ii.xim k-ngthnmS ran.
Btbr," stiJ lb jouax Ilritoa.
Il U ix Lourt ac i lr ft tb iupfr I w at dcaJ as'eep. aad ditla't atop to
titioi. mid I am jut rccoreria from
attof milarial frer. Sox! tbr
Bait U ioci oaa aroual bsr wbi
cou'.J act aataj guU.
Tbie i bo oa bero bat mt" an J
MmV IUrlow, ioc Via; tbtcaib draw aed
JUcrimiaat- aa 1 I acramMed H. S
I're mado a mittakr, bari If Dit all
ib aim, it's awlullj ocd of you to
Her to conduct m to a place of Cbritt
aa bt!t.r.M
"AnJIbaro mado a tnutako too,"
Ktrik at tb rool worll blows cf might.
And rooT it over toward tbe riRht.
Youth' Baonr.
pref arii to ttliauitb tbt at rtfltctor I tail Kjsico with agatrv 'ia.t bofor
all
with
1 a li-lrtr 1 ac &t3 1
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Itmptbat j!ot. abor tb at
nr bfL. Hat If jou cbooa to go
home with rat I data tar rn rsotber
id irt rott aoat upfr and a bL
Cjrbou tt tbt Brunt to tbia place.
Aad toaortow whb a acmtwbat ai
atScaat pcoia "jou caa brli aatw
caircr.
To awful'j obti;et tt jou,"
tbo Cr8em,rt jura,n UP
attcritj. II-ji bow raanj cawri pr
wcrW Jo tb YrtrcM coutt upoat
Ir co "bjftio-, for raj put. to tbt
o d tr.e rosti.ur 1.
3!i J:r!ow t fr rem&laed iaeiora-
11 j rar. M coaii lercd it no pirt ol
bcrduljr to eou3tfDrci dppancj like
tbl. hht lockrd tbt aUtiia. aad hmj
Iba kcj oa i't booked nt:l c'oto witbia
th Istlirr! catcracBt utiit wbfro
will cu d not Lurl it awaj nor
trm di'urb it, brfor abe ati I,
rpieilj: "Ti.1 wJ, pl'atc. Tbt lao
tcra wi.l libt you ulTI:iatIy if you
aro a litt! Cirfu'; o:berwio you will
your trait carat ia tbra wat a m?aao
wired to V'4 I'joo atatioo a acmo
to dttaia a baok robber who waaaai J
to bo oa tbo traia. I wat all aloor, Lut
I could bare locked btm iato tba ticket
cfUco perfectly welb Vo Wcttcra cirls
ro prepared for aty eInerJ;Dcy" (with
to ma pride). 'But I wat aorry for you,
jjU looked as youi aid innocent; aod
I determined to cire ecu oao rcoro
cbar.ee'
"Kr a new career, interruptc 1 tbt
ttraarr, with a gut of lau ;btcr.
Tba key to tbt puzz'e! I eo it all
now. Doo't ycukoow, I wat I elnnin
lo tbiak you rauit bs a lunatic. And
bow diareeal!y near I csmi to Ixiag
locked up, after a'.l! And tbo btnk
fellow, whotrcr be i a:cmt to biro
got off acot frre. Ileally, now, if crcr a
rcaa ba I a grnui to gutr Ji ia anel, yu
arooaetbo aided, aa Enicolcl tbo
way ioto a pretty littla i;tin roo-n, all
ow with re J carpet and curtiint,
where a lira of lot turned oa tho opoa
ti: 1 tba wty rttbrr ttt?p ail narrow I brarth aad a coiy iu:al wit aprcal oa
down tbt l.i'X Voti are perhap una- I the tabic.
ilb i't !u!if.
-' t "olt hour of
If, cborltUy, at
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ware tbil a telegram decribit your
perioral a-petranc htt jut com 3 ia
Irora tbe WUiK-.I'cak o'!icrr
A telc-raml Hy jore tho whol?
I tir I .ft, thea T
lit p'ke tptlcklj; there waa genu
ite li:iit asd ill aatitfactiao ci
prcted ia erery feature of hit face.
Yea, repoade-l tbt t!eraph op
erator, lbt wJ.ol thias- I out. Your
ay elure i q-ute correct.'
'Ij I U:j yur ardoot but thit
t a taailer of aotse imprtaace to ma
doe a know il led let youratUP
I may dpto 1 oa you? with Ira
pliitff emphttti.
Y, youray dpend oa n."
Tbaak. tw.VljP declwed tb
tranter, w.ih fetter. You ae it
ntket tt x -ij uripletft to bare tbote
lhitt tl-I ltiL
I b 'ull imtoe.
A bikf fl rtri euel. rinlco wat
wjtderia hi ber alrn;e couiptaioo
i!d a;ak ac'oory of lb ihia'a."
Wat ht uitrr? deal to all a'tim!
i i hi lli u;!i'. lb atrano ciinpaaioa.
f ii lb n'in'imr, wa cretly roarre!-
Iii ; at tbt an 1 li-btaca with
wb cb tbit eitr.Mr lisary gill ttepjJ
out tbr ub lb ottwJftlta.
A yrrfett Amiijo,' be i 1 tv him-
a tr:ty o too. Why
talkiogf I like tbt
roice; it a a regular con
t
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k?ep
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If a!t k
It aft rat tt rr.r,- oteired tbe younj
t, alter aeotWr inlctvat of ailenc.
t i .-i f t I dint wMch tbecruacblag f their feel
Sir Kraet Tiatatlot atept ia tbt aparo
cbamU-r thtt nibt, wat ctlle I by atir
li-l.t, aod break 'at:d at G oV.ocU tbt
neit morning with tbo teleriph oper
ator aad her mother, ami afterwirl tc
eomaaitd bfr to tbo Hi Tiio k&.tion,
j'luo-ia through white mattca of mow
drill and a! id lap-, acboobboy fatbion,
acroaa the cirror-like aurfact of frozsa
brook a. Jlr. I'ettyclorj wa thcro with
htt fac j tied up ia a apottod sV.k p cket
baadkerrbitf. Thero wero n!ao crcral
telerami awaitiai- tbe b.nl of t'tt op
erator. On wi from tin cbiif of
police at White IVak, alalia rather
late, perhaps thtt tbt btak delate itr
had at the elcroith hour aad oa thi
eery step, to to apeak, of tbt tmia, sur
rendered himself to tbt local autboritit.
There wit another from CoL C'jp'ey of
the 400th Carlry, Inquiring if anything
hid bee a htarl at Ih; Tiai sUtioa of
Iho miaiag Kiliu baronet who wit
orerlut at thi bar race.
Ody tbiak' atil 31it Iltrltw.with
a littlo ahir.T. . I h 1 1 locked you up
ia the ticket oftco all ni ;bt. what w u!d
Col. Copl?y bare said!"
That, uoJer tbt circutntaac, you
had doae no moro than your c matry
eiptcte-1 of you retttrne! Sir Jroet.
iUt, laay, all thi thing wat awfully
flacky of ycu. Jlua IJarlow. Itlon't
know of an Kaglidi fcirl tbtt would
bare hvl tbe courage t gotbrcu;h
with It."
Kiaict amile l ft litlK Here ia
your train, Fir Krnett aht ai I.
flat I htwea't thanked you half
A Iralrt Ltk Bsa;.
Aa tbe fall apriig time cornea o-, the
number of abort clnnta by prairie bird,
aya a writer ia the American 3Iagazine,
la greatly !ncreacd, ,wbili their pro
longation and railatioaa are without
number, and aooa it lecoms eri dent to
tbe most camil obteitvr that the lore
firet are kiadling aid that each mu-.
ticiao it atriria? to tha utmost of hi
powera toaurjas all rirali anl win the
lady lark of hit choice. Oa oao oc
caaioo at I lay ia biding near a fcoci',
three lark? came .akimming verth.
plain. Tbey a'ightcd witbia a few
yards of me, aad two of them bunt in
to aon:, aomctim:s aiogiag toethir and
aoroetimct alternately, lut tht third
wat ailcnb When at la.t they ll.w up
I noticed that th; silent oae and one of
tbe aiacra kept together. I had been
witncs to a rcuicd tournameDt and
tho rictor had waa hit IriJs.
If K nfT K rl? T? T T T
Mongolian Betrothal and Matri
monial Ceremonies.
Tho Celestial Wooer Buys His
Wife from Her Father.
Two Lrgrad rfih Tkilr I.llr.
To whom lb-; wt.r .i r it djurtbe
little legend thit lion"t to it will
proro iitereati ig. L :ig years ago, bc
foro any o.' ut wcie living, a hj u ly star
glowed Lrijbtly ia tho 'j. II. -r lac?
w s shiaiag with a at ring-, tirilliaat
bci uly, lut in ber breast lu r benrt was
cp'.d aad desolate, with it co iftaat sigh
ing for Ioto and the com pan io &!iip of
to:uo warm heart. In the g.c it dark
forests tht duiky roJ men's childrcu
were at ploy crcry evening, and watch
ing their happy moods th? s ar would
aigh mere dccj!y and become pjinscd
of a greater yearning for lor,
so oao ni;ht sbo dropped from
the sky and rcited upi a tree to bo
more near tho littlo children. They
did not notice her, however, Lut con
tinued rowiog oa tho ntcr, littlo guns
Itg tho. misery of thy loaely watcher.
"I will go right to tlu-ra tht itar aaid,
f itcouily, aai so sbo fell to tho bat.
A ho did so tbe boat shot out into thj
ttrram aod tho star fell with a "crash
ujoa the wav.s broken into a th mand
piecoi. Every wave caught upoo its
crest a scintillatiag beam aad each be
cams a water lily. At last the star had
aH.-ctioa. for who does not love thit
perfect fl werl Atlaati Journal.
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eaoajb. II stood holding both her
ni'.r... and tbe rertittent bowing haoda, bit freh Kjglith face all e3cr-
; .1 ft ,va tit. f ti- w.rI w a I llit Iroke tne apeti, net.
?s s-.i.,r w. 4C,. "tb. I i bey put a Crrt deal of reipon.l It it quite unnecestary to aay any
There i tbe telegraph. I am waaic l
at my pott of duty now. cd by, i?ir
Kroett. I with you very p'eataat
journey'
Sir Kraett Tiaallen weal oa hi way
iatoth) Mu, glittering oil of taat
perlett wiater inorniar, with the piao
treeelo-'klig like DruilacUI ia ermiae
robe, aad tht plaiaa e'd theet-d ia leval
pearl, aai Kmifo Ihrlow never taw
biai more. N" ho dil not ccrai back
to wot aai wed h:r, as the hero of at
orthodox love tale ahoull bavj dose.
Ha could not, Uit; already eaaged to
atother yjoaj woman ia Htjlai I. Hit
be bI a aujerb hmp?r of game to
Mra. Hstlow. ia cre of th ta!graph
operator at lli: In tlation; ad at
diay aa Ka :lih dianer taWe afterward
ht toll the tcry of hit midalgbt a dvea-
tar ia th wild t
The prcttiett girl you vr tw. by
Jovef he reiterat d. ia that earnest
way of hi th P!kiet! Joaa of
Arc wit eotbiag to her. I dreamed of
for wk eiterwaro, who
tb wcr'.JL"
A goI df l of it it forre-1 tipoa
lHn, at I a pood ileal tbey aume
ttrraKtvca, n 1 Kan Ire Iltflow, ccm-
f Id:y. -I am wi'.ltj'to admit that
t-v. w , t I h t4 takea a heavy repoaibi'.ity oa
'j l t'rl I rj.:f t.ai;b I adtrstaad," a-J led
r. t h,r Vi. r..r.r. that if I lake vcu hone
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- 1 f 'c ' : t.;. -wJ i: Iksow what all tbit meaaa,-
y ; tUlfl -KVi, cttloa it entirely u.Vtcaa,-
, " V f 1 1 ,?lf ' 1 ! "i, te!y. -Va know
t .. J 4 :1r per'eetlr wed wbat I miaa. I have
V u r "", civet yja a cbasce for ffeedora; for
d lUJbj it b r it bt i. ,tiJ better, farae aai character.
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usiinpfeved.
"Sltir Buttered tb atraager to
biea:f; vtry mad! Eatirely a hope
leta I abould aav. I wonder if
tHr raa! y wat a telegram, or If that it
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'Vs."! "i-, t.w w.t.bt
rAcre!y rart of her Iraia ditorderl
woaJer if I'd better keep oa with her,
body kaowwbither, or cu. aad rua
for It, :ow aterm aad allf
"Yea have b.ly alwcoed-1 wirh
your eaploycrt" raoeey, aaid Eaiee,
with tb friiag ateraaett of Mta'iatd
jittiee; ia oi hr words, yoa ar a
baak d-falcatoc.'
,Oh, cms, bow; woa't yea fire
fellow achate! uttered Kr crapa
la. -Aa the school books eay Stria,
t ttl har rT.ab"dya Boaey bnt ray
cw a, aad bob too much of that. I
deVt kaow aaythlag about your baaka
Br their dafakater. Tve Ub oaly
two weeks ia ycareooatry aad I thiak
its lb saowiast clitat ClC 3fy
saa is lttt Ttasalloa, aai X wat tt
haw Ua anetat tbe atatiea by Cot
Cply of tht 4ta CvaJry."
r-iaiee llarlew gav a little ahriak el
-tax at. ftr Eraeat TUaallooI
her
wiagitg -taatera aad thaie gr?at gray
. i t V. nr-ltr lilt!
yet oi ncn, i .
speeches about tornitg over a ow iC-4
that aht mad t me. Ye I did; aad
pra not asha-aed to owa it. evr be
fore L Jy Tiasslloa her. h Kate I
Aad th EtjU'h Uade lau;hU goX
ta.a - a
homerodly, and obaervea ton ;i near
Sr Ersett tlk. the Ameticat cit.m
rau.t be fult fltdet heroiara
Sae wa; I caa reach for that, aai J
Sir EraesU lllap ' IUxm.
A Tflttwattalra ! la ta Teat.
In C'j.orado and some other western
states there is an sniinal called the
mouotaia lion. Notwithstanding thit
nam, ho it really tlo ft u ;ir, tome
timet cl!e t p imi or paaihcr. Thcrj
i no moro crafty or aava;e beast ia tho
Uuitcd States, aad althjuh ht rarely
ait iocs m:o, except wuen wounuea or
very hungry, be destroys mtny sheep
and other domestic aoimalt. He prowls
alout humaa dwellings, and climbi to
he roofs of cabins aad small homes ia
hit efforts to get at tbt fool inside, of
which the smell attracts him.
Two prospectors ia Colorado killed
adeerontday, aod carris t tht care as i
iato their teat, where they hang it oa
tht ridge pole. They thought tht vea-i-oo
wou'd be safe th?re. as tbey teared
no enemies larger thaa flies " aad birds.
Oj goiag to work, tbe men drew down
tht lent curtain, aad titi them cloic.
AlMut two hours later a mouotaia lioo
came along, and. amclli-g venison,
prcc.clcl to ex miio the tent. It dil
not take Ida long to discover that no
body was at home aad to crawl iota
the teat. He bit a sample cut of the
deer, aad fiadiag it good. dsciJel to
take the whole pl-cr It did not come .
down eai!y, ao M-. Lion sprang up aad
grabbed it. Hit whol a wcljbt thut
ddel to thtt of the deer meat was too
much for the ri Jg po!e. and it broke
ia two. Tht tent collapsed entirely.
aad the Hot wa ludsd in ciava. Of
course h; thought brrat.lf caught in a
trap, acd begaa layiag about him ia
every dinrtioa with both tcclh aad
nai!a Ti.it aalmated actioa aooa re
duced tb tent to tatter, end the lian
crawled cut ef th wrrck acd ran away
takiag the veniioi aIoa. That after
BOa two of thi aari-tt met you ca-i
imaia atood lookiag at the raia.d
teat, aad woa4eritg if there hal beea
aa earthquake. Their veaitoa wa
goae, their outGt acatfere! ovr tbe
;rouai, and th:ir teat ia ribbons.
Wh o ;bej killed another dar thry
I uag itia a cav. aad cl-xel -up tht
cava mouth with rockV Iltrper'a
Yoaag Peop!.
The iaitancs of marriago ia China
where the brido bringa her huibaod i
dot, are cot ao frequent as formerly
Almost always the wooer in reality buy
his wife from her fathar. Ia adJilioa
to tbia tho parent of the girl receive
from those of her itfiinced moro or lea
valuable presents of rice, wino or silk.
Children are often betrothed at a very
early age. Sometimes fiiends azrec
even before tho birth ot children that In
case thry aro of different sexes that on
reaching tho proper age they shall be
mirrieL Such agreements are relig
iously regarded.
Ia general betrothal negotiations ere
conducted by a third person, not be
longing to cither of the families con
cerned. Tho aamo custom is found
rraong the Jews in many G.-rman cities.
The mntrimoiil agent takes a ca.d to
the family of the intended bride, giv
ing tbe namo and ago of tht young
man. If willing to consider the implied
proposal the father sends back a similar
card with the name and ago of the cirl
on it. Then the negotiations begin in
earnest, and are prolonged over threj
day usually; matters are conductod
with great ceremony. If tbo afTtir is
formal y agreed upon the actual be
trothal follows. This is as binding as
marriago itself.
Tue day before the wedding the mai
de i clothes herself as a brido and ex
hibits her trosseau before hor female
frionds and relatives. Persons in mourn
in g aro thut out from this ceremony.
When the marriage day arrives tho
young man clothe himself a elegantly
as hi means will permit. Tho family
assemblot with him around tht house
hold altar. He kneels down and throwj
m m . ' - -
mmscii unoa tno earth. Spicos aro
burned lefore the ancestral tablets.
Tho marriage it formally announced to
thoso present. The master of ceremon
ies conducts tho father to a special seat
of honor and hands a gob
let of wino to the bride
groom. Tha young mai bows him
self four timet before his father, pours
out a few drops of wino on the iloor as
libatioo. acd driaks tho rcmaiader.
Then tho father says. "O?. rriv son
Mean whiL- ia o ic room o' the boiie
thefathvrf ih-yu gm cdiasnith
i fri nd, and it ullxr fhs mo'-br-
with the Urade j ne t. TI.c coa j
remain a day and a i i ht. Ihirtug the
who'c litre c ndU rs k. t bu-oiig it
tho bridal cbinib r, aid it it aa ill
omen if any cf these arc t x itni, h d.
forehadowtng thi ear v d atb f the
foil on
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biide or brilegrocm., .O . tbe
day the pair go iato hi mco 4 coutt of
h hwue, where they irc rcceiv 1 by
the parenia of thti groom. Tlie co'Jpie
rect them, thrt-wing themte"vct upoa
the ground The yfiin; mia witbdr4W,
and the wife make alt ortt of !iUc
i reseats to 'her bubaai '-par tut.
During the next few d-j tba wife cilli
upon all her hu-lands r.lative, aed he
pay the aami cmrtcsyto hers. With
this the ceremoaics arc at at end.
I Timei-Democrat.
A riiltgniatie Enlislihiart.
In one if thow.tr oa tlu continent
of Eurcp in the last century, ia which
E igtand aad Span were aUtt I, (t jorgo
Haz.ewood, an Eiglih- aolltjr, wit
taken pri oner by tha ' Dj'ch, it com
pany with twenty-three Spaniards.
Princo Maurice, who wat ia command
of the Dutch, orlcrc l that rijht of tht
prboncrs should bo put to death ia io.
t&liation for a liko sonto icj ptsJ upoa
eight Dutch soldier not Ion-; befor.
It was ord.red that it shcull bt de
cided by lot upoa which of the prison
ers tho death penalty shoul I fa'.L Wu?n
the Eagddirua.a's tura cam-, ho drew a
ot which loll him that hit lifj was
parod. He said nothing lut atood by
to aa tht reat of tho Urea 1 'u ordeal.
csently, two or thrco fatal lott hav
ing been drawn, a Spaniard atepped out
to put hit hand into tho helmet and
howed a great roluctanco to do ao
II j drew back oacoortwics and aeemed
to Lc under a great mental alrain. "Aro
you afraid?' atkud aa t flUcr.
sail tho 'Spaniard, 'butyl fear
wrong to make my owa ban 1 tht instru
ment of my own doath. I cin dit will
ingly, but I fear the guilt of a suieid-'
Ororge Ilazlewood, tho Eigliihmin,
hero stopped forward. "Hivo you any
money?' ht asked the Spaniard. Yc,"
said tho latter, ! hive twelvo crown."
'Very good," en id II.zlcwool "if you
Mill give it to m I will stand tho
chanca ia your, pluca.'' fIIc it a fool
or a madmar,' aaid the Hirer in com
mand; 'he does not descrvj the lifo ho
has so provi Jcntially obtaiao I. Lit him
take the chanco in tho othcr'a place."
IImzIcwooI rtut bit hand into tho holmct
No,"
r M it
Itoll II Dona.
Whtirer you bar to aay, ray frj-wd,
VTbrtbtr wtuy, " grave, or py
Omln as much aa vervow ran.
Ami nay la tb irdiVt way:
And bfiW ydo writ oa mral afTaJra,
Or rrtK-ulr tbiop ta town,
Jut a word of kindly ad vkv, my friend .
ItoQ It down.
Fcr if you yo aplattertng over a ps
When a evopl of liiK wouWI do,
Ytr t utter U aprid K'roueb, you t
That the bread locks plainly thresh.
So when you bate a ory to tell,
. AifluuUI bk a little rwown,
To mkfr quit sure of your wth,my friend
lvil it down.
Vlrn wrilins an artklo for tbprr.
Whether proa or verm iut try
Tw t let jtmr trnmt) ut tu fewest wordji.
An.1 Jt U be cripand dry;
And wIk-h it ia flnUbo, ti you soppo
It i ttoti op exactly brown,
Ju.t lVk it over one more, and then
Ilott it down. 5
Tor tlitra do not bfce to print
An or. id Jsaily bwg.
And tb general roader dw twt c.ir
Kor a I eoupl of yartlf aong.
gather your wiu in tb aiiMil i pc.
If ycu'd win tte author's crown.
And every time that you write, my filud
IVjil it down.
iSeottUh Frming Wortt
UUJtUUUU!i,
bring thy wife, and ia all tilings con- and agaia drew himself safe. 'After
rtllA I li V . T f wijtt1 tnt npnrl.ntlv "
Tho aoa throws himself four times upon
tho ground, says that ho will obey and
mount a stool at tho door. Friends
and acquaintance march by him with
lighted lanterns,, a relic of tho timo
when all marriigcs were celebrated at
niht. . Tbe procession then prooceds to
tho houo of thi bri le, whoro tho groom
awuts her at tho gate.
On her part tho maiJcn riies early on
a aa- . a. a
ncr weu iing morninir. batucs wnno a
band of musician outailo diccurse
alleged muic, clothes bcrclf, break
fasts on focd sent by iatended parents-
in-law. She only takes a few lite,-
i. ?. a
nowever, a n it conMicrcu a ' gooo-
omou for her to cat abstemiously. I3e
you had escaped oner' tba rflicr asked
bim, "what made you risi your Hfo
again?'' 'Ikcauc," said he, "I thouht
I had a bargain. You sec I titk my life
every day for sixpence, and hero wat a
chance to riik it for twclvtrcrowas. I
couldn't let it go by, air I
Ilemarkable History of a JUeteorite
A largo meteor i to has b.-ca recant ly
adJed to the collection of tht Draziliaa
National Muscuti which it remarkable
for it history no lest tbaa for it siz
It has been known for over a century,
and is 1781 aa attempt was made to re
move it from its location at Indcgo
creek to Ilihii. It wa, Jiowev.-r, un
successful Lut vcar a railroad wat
A hot ballThe sun.
It may aouad paradoxlca', but fog
never would be rout.
To make a long ttory abort Sead it
to the editor of a newapap:r.
The Trench arj. txcelleat judge o(
horsc-fljsh Whoi it's cooked!
" 'dt'a a perfect angel of a houte, aaid
she. "All wing, I auppoee," aaid he.
A birbjr' ichjOp-l it talk cl of la
B too. Of courts oa'y little thavors
will there. s
A amall boy, required fo write a sen
tence co itaining tho word "hominy,
'produced the following: Homtoy mar
blca have you? ' A :
31 1 Uranigao: Don't you thiak Ur.
I) novan has n very acntitira moutht
Miis' McIJjrrin (b'mhiag riolently):
How should I know? - '
Old boy says that when four wosnca
arc walking abreast ot the pavementa
they will break ranka for nothiog ex
ccpt'.a man "iwitJi a paint pot. ;
Cio a younc- man marry comfort-"1
ablo on $300 a year?' aaka a corroipoa-
denb Yis, ho can; but ho will bt
tftced uncomfortablo afterwards.
fore he lakes her place ia the acdan 1 corop'etaJ to witbia 'about ev-aty
chair it it her duty, in company with I miles of IJjndego, and at thero wat no
her mother, to weep copiously. This prospect of a nearer . approach ia the
part of tho ceremony it frequently ob- I near future, the G orapbical Society of
aerved even in more civiliz.'d lands. I Itio de Jtneiro took the matter of it re-
A loon as the women have seated I mcvd In hand, and attempted to rano
tbomtclves in tho palaaq. ia a strango J tho necessary fund to accomplish the
c;ne takes place. A member of the work. Uiron G nhy. a wca'.thy mem-
familv takea a bed coverlet acd' holds ber of tbo SocLtr. fina!ly offered to
it up with two corners folded ia
esch haad. Another throws into
the air throe hard cakes (which tht
briJegrocm has sent for the purpose)
so that they fall iato tbo coverlet; dur
ing tuis ceremony toe briJo murmurs
good withes for the futur-. Tha pro-
cescion, including both bride and Iridc-
groom aad their attendant, then movea
cH, eccompanicd by music aad fire
works. Iled capped servants carry along
the articles of furniture to b taken
from her owa box for tht use of the
bri Je.
It it an unwritten law that every oce,
px,r aad rich alike, mutt remaia ataod-
iag while a.weddiog pattea, at it. waa re
furnish tbt money. Aa ex-aaval officer
namel Carvalho, alii had, hal somt ex-
perienct ia traatportiag heavy cansoa
over mouotaia roals during tht Pra
guayac war, took charge of tht removal.
The difilcutties w.ro eaormout; the
meteorite wci heJ over sevaa tont, aad
not even the facilitie of common rotdt
were to ba hal for itt transport. Orer
eighty temporary briiges hal to Lo
conttructed, and oao' m&uatain chain
hid to be crossed, invo.viag: a riie cf
&K) feet in 250 After over air month
of hard work thn meteorite was gotten
to the railroad, takea from thrrt to
Ilahia, an! thecce by aea to Itio, whir
it was -fitaby depoitJ aafeiy ia tht
Far lie r Sake.
Wif--Jcha, your hair ii com lag ut
at a tarrltd rate.
HatUsd-! kaow It 1 ray dear.
must do semethlrg for it at aacx
Wlf I wish yoa wctvd, Jh, for
- a
my take. You .kaow Jiew pp- wlj
la k. I Epoch.
remove one a nal as a luaerai went vj.
la Coiaa evea a man. aria matt observe
this cuttom, aad if ht mett th poor
est wedding traia, evea though hs be
oa hor ae back, it it his duty to dis
mount aad show this honor to tb young
I couple.
When they arrive at tht houve of th
bridegroom tb young man alights aad
iavitet tb bri J to follow hi at aad
leada her Iato th ianer court of th
hous, where the taaqat is laid. Here
th raaidea removea her veil; the couple
greet each other and wash their haad a.
ft'ettla; Cheaper. ' I he oa the north aai aht oa the acuta
Alcmianrn. the silvery metal that j iJa of th court. h x&akr four
cently the utiversal cuttom ia Italy to N.tional Ma.um.--Seientific Ameri-
ued to catt fJDapouad thirty-fire
years acV t aow produced at tlKiu; p
cit works at E ra, G-tMxaj, tor
tw. nty-fivj cent a pound. Coramen
clay everywhere co-ttita from two to
tea poaadt f it la ew.iy buadred
pouad. aad it b likely, wlthia the at xt
decade or two, to become more coamoa
lhaa ixoa.
courtesies to Lim aad h two to her,
aad thea they ait down oa oppoaiie
aiJea cf tb taUe. Th rata at and a op
aai iavite th xsaJdea to dritk with
him aai thea sits dowa; thea ah ri,
lavits Lisa tt driak with ber aai take
br at. Thea thry drink, firtt out ef
aeparaU cap, aad aJtcrwari frco th
eaaa glaia,
can.
A Laxnriaat Scotch Grape Viae.
Tht largttt specimta of a growing
grape viae ia Great Ilritaia it the black
Harcburg tiae of Kistelf, ia Prtbirer
Scctlaa J. Tbta viae, planted aoras
years ago, bat a rcait stem twesty-two
iach ia cirrum?ereace, caroplte'y fill-
a g't bout 270 feet lon, aad it atdl
growing as rapidly aa ever. It yield
th present ytr was 2 51 luachst, of
which ely , averaiag two p&ue4
each, w.r altwd to rrature. A sub
stantial aubtoil f leaf-mold was ud
wbta tb viat wa p atted, bst tb
only extra ica'erial . tit dl cow re
ceive as it oea ioaet js isa. -taea
pi-c-t. This Etaiell vie exceeds ia
izt tbt famous black Harabtxr tt
Husptoa court, the pri-cipal bracehte
c4 which art a' out 1IO feet loa.
thm ;h iu tiutk U ibirty-ctghl isbit
cirt umfrresce. IrVrm, YUU asd
tockmxa. .
dlaw does tbe new girl atrikoyout
asked a huaband. 'She hat n't struck
me yet," answer I the wife meekly.
"Hut aho has dono almost everything
else." ;" !
Dumptiout youth "I tall you what,
grand mother. I'll never marry a girl
who i not my inferior." Grandmother
( evercly) Addison, do you want to
marry an idiot?"
' What do you publish a paper for,
I'd like to know?" sarcastically inquired
an irato rolitician, tackliag a couotry
editor. "For 2 00 a year, ia aivaoc,
responded tho editor, "and you owe ma
for four years.'
Young ladies are now filling "head al .
l ni' Each gentleman it atked for a
"shape" of his head as given ly a hat
co for mat cur in a hat store, and it i
j. as ted into at e!cgeot!yboun 1 afrap
book. It Is a new way the girls have of
getting a bead of the boys. U
31lter ifallam. .f
Theodore F. Hallam, the Covingtoa
lawyer, who wat Speaker Cariiala
toanel in the Ttoeb cootett, is tha
or It roan in tht Halted States who ban
an t lTicJal, not to aay legal right to tha
tit re of Mister. When Proctor Ijtnott
wa: elected geveraor of Kentucky! ho
wrtd4 to Hallam that he would Ilko
vry much to make bim a member of
hit military ataff, with the title of
ecloseb Hallam wrot back that ho
wat obliged to him but Ihousbt thero
were too maty col oat U la Kentucky
already; however he wculd lik very
mach to bo a Koott'i staff, aad if
Kcott ceuli appoint him at a pi a la M la
ter be would very gladly accept. By
return trail be got bit coranii loa a -
"3Iiter" on the gveracrf ttafl, a doc-
umeet whicS now hangs Io a h.adaomo
frsm oa the wall of hit cfSc. It was
JIall'tra,' who, meeting Ju Jg Hogg of
Wett Virgiah, rcaolrtd to tak bias
dowa yg or two. If bad bit cbtaco
wLca H'jg atked bim whether b had
ever read "Htllam's Cmmiatarle.
Oh, yet," aai! lUlUm, l wiofo
tbew. "TbsB you'r tb oriiaat
II i'farriP isqulre J Hogg, 'Y 44...
H.ilam; f4aad may f ak wbetber yoa '
are lb Tigiaal hegr New York
Graphic.
Tt Fa a ay.
Charli (dTeted'y Sy, Toot, Ir
lost my girb ..' .."-.;;'-;.,, .';
Tt N?I How did It happa?
C-jariie Aw, I wa altogether too
fejasy 1tf faer.
To Too futayl That do yea
raeav '.- ' '--
Charlie -WrU, you ee, ah was trttj
to have a ret do-i i I her a pug
r-d te d br I rtd that kiai bo
eanr tt -ratcbd br toie r-"rc?ly.
Beef LWuc tke a fuasy mat, ;ey
bw. WaaUa toa Cruk.
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