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NO. Hi.
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Three Lovers.
Thero were, threo iniii'lens who lovud u Kin;;;
They nt together lie-iile (he m;
One rtieil, "I love liim, mnl I would iliu
II lint lor 11 1 toy liu uiilit love mo."
Till' MTiml wllispeieil, "All I I would iliu
I'n kIihIcUmi his lii'iiit nl' niiik" liim fcl'tiut."
'Hi" lle'il one iok) not, lint pi" l alar
Willi ilieiniiy eyes lliHl wrio ni'l ns lain.
The KinK lie Im- ' the Hint lor h iliiy ;
The second Ilia lito with Until love hl'-ascil,
A 11 I yet the woman who never hm!;i
V:'.i the one of the linen who loveil liim hest.
Tha Mysterious Hand.
Do not think for a monu nt that I
could ever have seen anything super
human in tho occurrence. 1 ilo not
bcticvo in any but normal causes. If,
however, instead of using tho word
"supernatural" f express what wo do
not understand, we should tisi simply
the word "inexplicable," it would lm
much morn exact. In tl-o alTair I am
about to relate, it wast, above all, tho
proccdingand attending circumstances
that, impressed me. I will give you
tin) fact.
I wan examining magistrate at tho
timij at Ajiceo, a lilt lo white city ly
in on tlin edge of a beautiful hay.
which in surrounded mi all sides by
high mountains. Tho casta with
which i had chielly to do were those
of vendetta. 1 had smno tierce, heroic
instances, tho most superbly dramatic
pn.sible. Among those people were
found tho most glorious causes lor re
vctigc that men could dream of secu
lar hatreds, appeased for a moment,
but never extinguished, traitorous
ruses, assassinations developed into
ma sacres, and alino.il glorious in their
horror. For two years I had heard of
nothing but the prii o of blood, that
terrible t'orsiran prejudice which
binds a man to avenge every injury on
tho person who wrought it, his de
scendants and kinsmen. I had seen
old men and children murdered, and
toy head was full of such stories.
I learned one day that an Knglish
man had just leased for -a number of
years a little villa at the foot of the
biy. I M lia 1 brought with him a
French body-servant, engaged at Mar
seilles as ho passed. Kverybody was
soon busy with this strange person
age, who lived alone, and left his dwel
ling only to hunt or fish, lie spoke to
nobody, never came to the city, and
every morning practiced shooting tor
au hour or two with his pistol or riile.
There were many btcric.s about him.
tine man held that, ho was of princely
rank, and had lied his country for po
litical reasons; another a dinned that
he was lying in concealment after hav
ing committed a fearful crime, anil
even related particulars of an especial
ly horrible nature.
i wished, in my capacity of examin
ing magistrate, to obtain some definite
information in regard to this man, but
I could learn nothing. II i gave his
name as sir John Howell. I took sat
i diction in watching him near at
li ii, d, but no one could point out to me
a tylhing really suspicious about him.
Since, however, the rumors concern
ing liim continued, increased, and be--1
lino more general, I resolved to make
tin attempt, to soo the stranger my-s-lf,
and I began to hunt regularly In
t'h' neighborhood of his estate.
- I waited long for an opportunity.
It c line anally in the stupe of a par
triigo which I shot and killed in tho
I -irishman's face. My dog brought
i to me, but taking the g inni in my
h md, 1 went to excuse my lack of
good manners and beg Sir John Unw
ell to accept the bird.
lie was a large man, with red hair
a id beard, very tall and very robust, a
:.i r: of placid and polished Hercules,
lie had nothing of the so-called llrit
i ill stillness, and he thanked mo cor
dially, speaking with a strong Fnglisli
a vent, for my scrupulousness. At
tlin eudof a month we had talked live
or six times together.
One evtning as 1 was passing his
door 1 saw him in his garden smok
ing his pipe, astrido of a chair. I sa
luted him, and he invited mo in. I
lid no wait to ba asked twice.
Ho received mo with scrupulous
Kngllsh courtesy, eulogized France
and Corsica, and declared that ho was
warmly attached to that country and
to that particular portion of the coast.
1 then, with great caution and under
tho guise of a very lively personal in
terest, venturod a few iitiestinns re
garding his life. lie replied without
embarrassment, telling mo that he ha I
travelled extensively in Africa, India,
ami America, and that he had ha I
many adventures.
1 then turned to the subject of the
cha.se, and he gave me many of the
most curious details in regard to hunt
ing tho hippopotamus, the tiger, the
eh ph iint, and even the gorilla.
I remarked that all these animals
were formidable.
He smiled.
"Oh, no; man is tha most terrible
He laughed outright, with a heart),
contented English laugh, as he fur
tber informed rue ;
"I liavo also beeu a great hunter of
' men."
Then ho turned tho conversit;oti to
the topic i f iiruis, and invited lies to
tlie house to look at gnus of different
kinds.
His drawing-room was hung with
black silk embroidered with gold.
Large yellow (lowers, rioting over tho
dark background, shone like lire. lie
explained that it was a Japanese fuli
ric. lint in tho middle of tho largest,
panel, a bt range object drew my eye.
t in a siptare of red velvet a black ob-
I ject was thrown into relief. It was it
hand -a human hand. Not a skeleton
hand, whito and clean, but a dried and
I blackened hand, with yellow nails,
! naked muscles, and traces of blood --
old, clotted blood, where the bones
were cut short off as if with the blow
of an a, about midway up tho fore
arm. An enormous iron chain, rivet
ed at the wrist, soldered to this un
sightly member, attached it to the wall
by a ring strong enough to hold an
elephant in leash.
"What is that?" 1 asked.
"That is my worst enemy," tcplied
: the I'.tigli-Oiiunii, calmly, "lie camo
! from America. It was rut off w.th a
: saber, skinned and dried in the sun
! for a week. It was a pretty good
J piece of work for me."
i I touched that human fragment,
j which must havebi.-loug..' I to a giant,
j Tin' lingers, disproportionately long,
were attached by enormous tendons,
lo which shreds of skin still clung,
j Scorched as it. was, it was a frightful
tiling to behold, suggesting irresistibly
I some savage revenge.
"Ilo must have been a very strong
man," said 1.
"(Ih, yes," said tho Knlisiiuian,
I gently. "I.ut 1 win stronger than he.
j I had that, chain put mi hold him."
1 thought he was j. - n : and said:
'The chain is wholly . -eless now;
the hand will not. run away."
Hut he gravely replied :
'The chain was necessary. It was
always trying to get away."
Willi a rapid glane t 1 ipt"Stioiird his
cnHuteiiauco, asking myself :
'Is liea luna'ieor au ugly jitst-r?"
I tut bis fact! remained impenetrable,
calm, and benevolent. I talked of other
! thingi, and admired his guns. I no-
j ticed that three loaded revolvers lay on
the tables, as if this man lived in con
stant fear of an attack.
I visited him several times and then
went there no more. 1'cnplo had be
come accustomed to his presence and
grown indifferent.
A whole year passed. Then ono
morning, toward liio end of Novem
ber, my servant awoke me with tho
announcement that. Sir John li'owell
had been assassinated in thu night.
Half an hour later, with the central
commissary and a captain of tho sol
diery, I enterel the Fnglishman's
house. His servant, bewildered and
despairing, was weeping before the
dour. I suspected li i tn iit first, but he
was innocent. Tim guilty man ivjvcr
could be found.
As I entered Sir John's sitting room
I saw at the first glance his body
stretched out on its back in the middle
of the door. His waistcoat was torn,
one torn sleeve of his coat was hang
ing; all told that a terrible struggle
had taken place.
He had die I of .strangulation! His
terrible countenance, black and swol
len, seemed to express an abominable
fear ; he held something between his
set teeih, and his neck, pierced in a
hundred spots, as if with iron points,
was covered with blood.
A physician joined us. He examined
long and closely the marks of lingers
In tho llesh of the dead man's throat,
and spoke these strange words:
"One would say that, he had been
strangled by a skeleton."
A shud er crept over my back, and
I raised my eyes to the wall, to tho
place whero I had formerly seen tho
horrible, shriveled hand. It was no
longer there. The chain hung broken.
Then I leaned over the dead man,
and found in his distorted mouth one
of tho lingers of that missing hand,
cut, or rather sawed, oil" by his teeth
close to the second joint.
They proceeded to mako investiga
tions, but discovered nothing. No
door or window had been forced, no
article of furniture moved. The two
watchdogs had not been awakened.
The testimony of the sorvant could
be summed up in a few words.
His tnastr had seemed agitated for
a month past. Ilo had received and
burned many letters. Often seizing a
horsewhip, with fury that resembled
madness, ho had lashed that dried hand
chained to tho wall, which had been
removed, no ono knew how, at the
very hour of tho crime.
It was his habit to retiro early at
night and to lock himself in with care.
He always had weapons within his
reach. He often talked very loud in
.ho night, as if ipum-lling with some
' icdy.
That night it chanced that lie had
made no sound, ii"d it was only on
coming to open the windows in tin;
morning that tho servant had found
Sir John assassinated. He suspected
nobody.
I reported to the magistrates ami
public ollicers all I knew about thu
death, and a minute itupiiry was pros
ecuted over the whole island. Noth
ing was discovered.
Oae night, about three months af
ter the crime, I had ,a f-arful night
mare. 1 seemed to see that hand,
running liko a scorpion or a spider
over my curtains and walls. Three
times 1 awoke, and throe times on go
lug to sleep again I saw tin hideous
member running about my room,
moving its lingers liko feet.
The next day it was brought to me.
It had beeu found in the cemetery on
the grave of Sir John Kowell. Tho
forefinger was gone.
This is my story, and I know noth
ing more ah ml it.
Had I an e pi in i' ion to suggest it
would but overthrow your wild imag
inings, I would not be likely to find
accept n nee with you. My belief is sim
ply that tho lawful owner of the hand
was living, and had come in search '.'
it with the one that remained to him.
lint I have not beeu ahio to picture to
my salisfact'on the manner of his re
venge. Vo;u 'rilfli.
An Oriental Hospital for Animals.
The Jains, liko other liuddhists,
have a strong respect for all animal
life, not only that which is beautiful,
but that which is weak, helpless, and
even hideous. Thu hospital is but one
e idence of this. The visitor describes
the scene ill both ludicrous and pa
thetic. "Tho monkey part of the hos
pital was the most entertaining. A
big ape supported itself on crutches;
another sick imuat) was lying stretch
ed full length on the lloor, gazing
most piteously into the keeper's face.
It seemed tube an object of deep in
terest to all the other monkeys who
clustered around it. Tho native doc
tor shook his head solemnly, and if it
had been a human being ho could not
have said more tenderly that she was
dying, in theje compartments were
collectel, as it almost seemed, every
known quadruped and biped on tho
face of the glob old elephants, di
lapidated bulfaloe', deplumed ravens,
vultures, and bu.zards hobuobbled to
gether with gray-beardel goats and
ni jst foolish-lo ikir.g rams; rats, mice,
rabbits, hens, herons, lauri ducks, for
lorn old cocks, and sparrows, jackals,
old owls, and geese, live hero in har
mony side by side. I have been shown
through palaces which interested mo
less. We waited to see this curious
medley of inmiles dine. When tho
foo I which suited each class was being
conveyed by a band of attendant boys
to their various troughs, pens, etc.,
the noise and confusion were deafen
ing. The monkeys in particular, with
the peacocks -birds the most sacred to
the Hindus and Jaina raised such a
howl and were so importunate to bis
served first that we were glad to es
cape. Such is tho extreme to which
Oriental charity is carried, iint, after
till, there is something very noble and
touching about this -infirmary' for tho
brute creation. F.very one who finds
any animal wounded, sick, aged, or
dying, is authorize I to bring it here;
and here it is really well cared for un
til death comes to relieve it from all
suffering. Who can estimate tho
power of an institution that is contin
ually caring for dumb mutes of the
animal kingdom, who bear riot only
nan's burdens, but his harshness and
neglect, with the patience of almost
sanctified beings."
A Dollar's tVeilh.
The one mltigaiing circum-danco
about haid times and low wages is the
increased purchasing power id' a dollar.
The lloslon Ctmn n inl Hulhlhi has
been figuring on the .subject, and comes
to the conclusion that $1 will buy as
much of the necessaries of life to-day
as l.oo in 1ST.'., $l.:2 in IS.Vi, HI
cents in is ."i, and $l.lii in lsj.. In
other words, the purchasing power of
a dollar is I per cent, greater than it
was in IS'JJi, and .'12 per cent, greater
than it was in 1K.V. A dollar will
buy more to-day than in most pre
vious periods in the history of the
nation.- I.nwill, Mas., CuurUr.
Signs of Affection.
As a sign of affection, kissing was
unknown to the Australians, the New
Zealanders, the Papuans, the Fxipii
niaux and othor races. Tho Polyne
sians and tho Malays always
sit down when speaking to a superior.
The inhabitants of M.illlcolo, au Island
utile Pacific Ocean, show their ad
miration by hissing; the l'.x.juimaux
pull a persons nose as a compliment;
a Chinaman put:: on his hat w here we
should take it olT, and among the same
curious people a codiu is considered
as a neat and appropriate present tor
an aged person, especially if the aged
lersou is in bad health.
CIIIMHtKVS i oi.mx.
I I v.- I. mi. i vtiiir ii.. ..u.
I'ive llllle ulnle he.t U 'i- pi-t o'il el Hi.. iihiU,
VV lull I he ill WW is .1 ! mid the lli;;ht wan
M ;
And they i iiihiI.- I theii iy '.hionh the sell
wild elide.
"iliiinih! We lire t'oie pn he inn liroiMiH!''
they i i ii.il.
I '.'ll the Mill e lineup, tout ll..- Mill .-limill down,
All'I III'' lillle white lll :i li uele Mhlilele.) llli.J
lllown;
were 1 1 1. ' i l Inei'M, tin if li le li:i. m nii--
'Jlliy wi le Hi. thin;, hut I ......, nllel all.
H'liller ...., li .Sf. . i. !...,
TriMyN Ttont.
Once Teddy Went fishing,
Teddy's father went too. and his
mother and t'nele ISutler and Aunt
liutler and Miss Wilkins.
t'nele liutler and Teddy's father
rowed along, and Teddy stood in tho
stern of the boat, and trailed liis line.
All of a sudden there came u scream
from Teddy, then a splash; iind Ted
dy was in the water.
"Teddy! I) Teddy!" screamed his
mother.
'O o-h!" screamed Ami' ISutler and
Miss Wilkins. "Save liim!"
In a t w inkling Teddy's father bad
Teddy in the boat again, all safe,
though very wet.
"l!ut there's my pole going oil,"
cried Teddy.
"( h dear! oh dear!"
"Well, there might as we'd be an
other wet one," said I 'nolo ISutler;
and he pull"'! of bis co.it and vest, and
jumped in after Tel ly's lishiug-rod.
lie caught it; and swam back to the
b.:at;aud there be pulled in a lish,
which was fas' to the honk -a nice,
very large trout.
"Its mine," cried Teddy; "I c night
it!"
I Sut Teddy's lather want to know
whether Teddy caught the lish, or the
lish caught Teddy. -Vuiith'x i 'uiiiti
inn. ... mnl tii-ati'' li'it.
Mrs. Custer, in I loots and Saddles,"
says: "As the the soldiera and citi
zens know the Oeneral's love of pets,
wo bad constant presents. Many of
them I would have gladly declined,
but, notwithstanding, a badger, porcu
pine, raccoon, prairie-dog, and wild
turkey all served their brief time as
members of our family. They were
comparatively harmless, and I had
only the inconvenience to encounter.
When a ferocious wild-cat was
brought in, with it triumphant air, by
the donor, and presented with a great
flourish, I was inclined to mutiny. My
husband made allowance for my dread
of tho untamed creature, and decided
to send him into the States as a present
to one of the zoological gardens, for in
its way it was a treasure. While it
remained with us it was kept in the
cellar. Mary used to make many re
treats, tumbling up the stairs, when
the cat dew at her the length of i's
chain. She was startled so often
that at last she joined with me in re
questing its removal as soon as con
venient. The tienfral regretted giv
ing it up, but Kervan was
called to chloroform and box it for the
journey Colonel Tom printed some
facetious words on the slats of the
cover something like; 'Ho not fon
dle.' They were somewhat superflu
ous, for no one could approach tho
box, alter the effects of the chloro
form had passed away, without en
countering the lieiy-ri'd eyes, and such
scratch ings and spittings and mad
plunges as suggested the propriety of
keeping one's distance. Some deten
tion kept the freight train at a station
everSunday; tho box with the wild
cat was put in the baggage-room.
Tho violence of the animal as it leaped
and tore at the cover loosened tho
si its, and it escaped into the room.
The freight agent spout a wretched
day. Chloroform was again resorted
to, and it was deemed a good riddance
when the minimal was sent oil'. When
wo received a letter of thanks tioin
the Scientific. JSoarl for so splendid a
specimen, I was relieved to know thai
the wild cat was at last whero it
could no longer create a reign of tcrorr.
At one time the Genera, lamed a
liny field mouse, and kept it in a
large empty inkstand on his desk. It
grew very fond of him, and ran overt
his head and shoulders, and even
through his hair. Women are no
responsible for their fear of mice;
they are born so. I had, fortunately,
only to keep away from tho desk when
the little creature was free, for it was
contented to consider that its domain.
The (Jei.eral, thinking at last that it
was cruel to detain tho little thing in.
doors when it belonged by nature to
the fields, took it out and left it. on ttvi
plain. The kindness was of no earth
ly use: liko tho oft-quoted prisoner of
tho Hostile, it was back again at tho
steps in no time, and preferred captiv
ity to freedom.
K.l Mahdi has thirteen wives. He
married the first when he was 10 years
old.
HEWN OUT OF SOLID KOCK
India's Wonderful Tom pie
Cave of Karl I.
A Mavolous Structure that One would Take
for a Superb Cathedral.
Tho temple-cave of Karll, says a
letter to tho New York n1 ul ut,
is an illustration of the fearful lapse
ef the ethnic faiths of Pagan India.
The monks of Albania and other regi
ons between the Adriatic and the
.F.gean Sea, dug out many a cell in
tho early days, and hiiiiey-combeil vast
regions, where they spent their lives,
ami were laid away when the long
monotony was over.
The Kuril cave-temple is very diff'-r-,nt
in construction. It is by far the
finest In India. To reach it, you take
the train from ISouibay. and go nearly
a hundred miles eastward, on the
general line to Calcutta. From
Kbandala to the Karli cave temple we
had a ride of five miles on horseback.
It was not long before we were com
pelled to leave the carriage road, and
take a path through the fields, toward
the rango of mountains on our left,
and by the time we were getting
i accustomed to the path, wo b id to
i leave our horses, and begin climbing
I in downright earnest. Now, a climb
'in India, even to see its finest, temple
cave, is no! aliitlo thing. My white
pith-hat, with turliau of light cloth
folded about, it, and then a double
umbrella, of gray cloth, while within,
seemed to help but little in keeping off
the pressure of the heat on a late day
I id the Indian November. When wo
1 reached the cool and shaded vestibule
and threw ourselves down on the first
broken stones wo saw, and looked up
i into the face of the colossal stone god
dess who sat on au elephant of stone,
; we were glad enough to rest,
j The temple walls, and every pari of
their adorning sculpture, are hewn
! out of the stone mountain. Were
there no statuary of pagan deities, no
1 reminders of au early worship, and
t were the count ry any other than In
dia, one would taku this wonderful
structure for a superb cathedral. Not
many serious changes would need to
be made in order to convert into au
KnglMi minster. The cave is 124
feet long, forty-livo feet broad, and
forty-six feet from lloor to ceiling.
There are aisles on either side of the
temple, separate ! from the nave by
octagonal pillars. The capital of each
pillar is crowned with two kneeling
I elephants, on w hme backs are seated
two figures, representing tbedivinilies
to whom the temple is dedicated.
These are of beautiful features, as,
indeed, art! all tlin representations of
deities in Hie Karli cave-temple.
There is nothing of that repulsive
sculpture which ono sees at Puna and
in other modern Hindu pagodas. I
saw no figures which were in part
human and in part beast-like, i'.ach
was true to its class, from vestibule
back to altar. The altar, and the
place where it stands, keep up tho re
semblance to a Christian church. ISe-
hiud it there ant seven pillars, which
separate it fr.nu what, in a church,
would cmi respond with the choir.
There are a' together thirty-eight col
umns in the temple. The grandest is
the large lion pillar in front, which
has sixteen sides, and is surmounted
with four lions.
All this great recess has beeu cut
from the solid rock, which seems to be
nothing softer than porphyry itself.
The statuai y is in massive relief, and
Consists of figures als ; clot I from the
rock, like Thorwaldseu's lion, in Iai
cerne. The great pillars are chastely
proportioned columns, both base ami
capital proving that they havo m'
been introduced, but, like all oilier
portions of the temple, h ive been cut
from the solid niasi of which the
whole mountain consists. They are
part and parcel of lloor and ceiling.
There is an outward porch, or vesti
bule, lifly-two feet wide and liflceri
feet deep, and on the heavy molding
above there are figures of a man, a
woman and a dwarf. All tliH, too,
liko the whole spacious temple itself,
has been patiently cut from firm rock.
The only thing which is not of na
live rock is a wooden covering or ceil
ing. This has been the puIo of all
the toilers in Indian archa-ology, and
they seem to day to be no nearer a
solution of the ilitliculty than when
they began. The entire immediate
covering of the temple is teak, a
native wood, almost tho only ono
which resists the whito ant and every
Indian insect.
Ucttin,' ThiiiL's Mixed.
Her head was pillowed on his breast
j and looking up in a shy way she said:
'Do you know, dear (icorge, that "
"You mean dear James, I think," ho
interrupted, smiling fondly at her
mistake.
"Why, yes, to bo sure. How stupid
am! I was thinking this is Wednes
day evening." Aw York tti.
Ileiio l,ife of the Ani.inese.
The Anam cue are not shining exam
pies of thedoiiiest.ic virtue, saysa UMk.
Ii mwriiU" Correspondent: Neither
have they in their intercourse with
one another that bland and self deny,
ing politeness which characterizes the
Hocial relations of tho Japanese in
such au eminent degree. Hoth men
and women w ill discount a London fish
wife in the matter of objurgation. I
have seen t wo women leaning out of
ri spei tive doorways on opposite sides
f the narrow streeti of Hanoi, making
the welkin i im.' with vile reproaches
and Instills, while the listening neigh,
borhool smiled and applauded.
The fire mi domestic, hearthstone.-,
cannot be expected to burn brightly
under dripping roofs of thatch and
d rally wails of palm or bainboo mat
ting. It is hard to tell whether tho
husband or wife rules the most,
though doubtless, as in eivpie I conn,
ties, it is snlnel illles tlie one and
sotnelimiM the other. I have seen a
busbaud cha-tise bis erring wife with
bis list in the streets of Haiphong,
while in Hanoi, where the native pop
ulation is evpeeled to retire early, I
have seen a husband who stave I out
till haif-pa -t eight o'i lock squatted at
the door of his homo, humbly beg (ing
to be admitted, w ith every prospect of
having to spend the night in that hu
miliating altitude At S onlay 1 have
also seen au aged crone pursue In r in
doletit and sen ile lord into a crowded
thoroughfare au I lea l him back and
compel him to resu mc some hoii.-whoM
drudgery which he bad shamefully
endeavored to evade. Iletween hus
band and wife, therefore, so far as the
subjection of either is concerned, the
honors may be considered easy. Mar
riage is a sort ol social compact, man
aged on the part of the young woman
by her mother. It is more than any
thing else among the common class a
matter of bargain and sale. With
foreigners the marriage do couven
unee prevails as in China, the im tlu-r
selling the daughter to the stranger
for a stipulated sum per month. There
are no occupations in which young
girls ran be profitably employed beside
taking care of the Mipt rlliioiis chdd
ri n of the f uiiily, except sometimes to
assist at the hereditary labor or ti'.ubt
or to leurn the minstrel business,
thrum the guitar and sing in the fa-h-iou
of the country -a fashion, as in
Japan, adopted from the Chinese
many years ago.
The Tea iciuiis Turtle.
A recent letter to tint New York
:mi says: The acc unit published in
the Nwi of alight between two tur
; ties in ISig Walker Poti l, near Sholin-
. la, 1 'enu., and the relation of the sin
! gular tenacity of life shown by the
i head of one of the turtles even after
i decapitation, brings a gentleman from
Huguenot. X. V., to tin) front W illi a
! story of au even more wonderful case.
In this instance the geiitlent in and bis
I brother had been spearing lish at
night in a river near their home.
When returning they saw in the water
a large turtle ol the snapping lurirly.
In an instant the spear went down,
and between the prongs, when it came
lip, was the uer' of the turtle. The
reptile was lifted mil on tl.e hank, and
the spear pressed down in the soil.
The head was then cut oil and left
fast to the spear, which remained
sticking in the ground until m iiiniig,
the turtle being taken home. Next
morning the spear was wanted, and
one of the youngsters about the tat in
brought it in, bearing it alott with the
iiead of the turtle still rem lining
between the prongs. It was set down
! in the door-yard, and remained there
until nearly noon. About, that time
an in.piisitive chicken began picking
at the heal ol the turtle. Suddenly
the mouth opi ned and again collapsed,
and bet ween the jaws was the head ol
the iitipiiring chicken. It. w as even
ing before the strength hil Idt the
jaws of the tint It sullicieti: ly to allow
the chicken's release. The chicken's
head had I u crushed, and the poor
little fellow was tlead. This is believ
ed to be the most remarkable case on
record, where gingliac motion has
been retained for nearly twenty-four
hours.
A l.tiinl licason.
"No, gentlemen," exclaimed it middle-aged
mail, who was talking to a
crowd on Austin avenue, "nothing in
the world could induce mo to al low
one of my children to cuter a school
room for the reason that "
"You hire a teacher to come to the
house," interrupted one of the crowd."
"No, it's not that. It's because -"
"They are too sickly to go to school."
exclaimed another, excitedly.
"No, that's not tho reason, either.
No child of mine shall ever attend
school, because "
"llecauso you don't want thorn to
bo smarter than t heir daddy."
"No, gentlemon, the reason is be
cause I've not got any children."
'Y imjs.
HiinicKfek.
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III MOIMH S.
"Sound bii-iness" piano-t lining.
The teller is a man w ho soim-t imes
ilo-s imt tell - but silently steals away.
Numismatists declare that a silver
dollar having eight feathers in the
eagle's tails is worth bt cents.
, The Sultan at Constantinople is
n. lined Ismail I ley. His twenty wives
m. ilo) him sign bis name t ). I !'.
A celebrated pliysi.-iau boasting ut
dinner that he cur.'d his own hams, a
. guest observed: "Itoctor, I am glad
to hear that you have cured some
' thing."
j -M in is more apt. to be kind to ani
mals thai love biiu than t.i the woman
! who docs tho same thing," said (ieorgo
i Idiot. There is but one explanation:
' Hack talk.
Nothing bothers a modest, but
hungry old hen so much as when she
has made a hearty breakfast off an
! old shoe-lace and litids the unfortunate
shoe at the end of it.
' Kmployer to clerk "I don't object
' lo your going to a funeral once iu a
while; but I think y ei might bring
me home a lish or two." Nun blush mi
the end of the clerk's nose extends rap
idly to his i ars.
"Well. Johnny," asked Mrs. iMimp
sey, "did you and papa go to church
this uiorning?" "Yes," replied Juhn-
ny dolefully, "but somebody else was
! in our pew, and we had to go and sit
, up in the garret."
The male codfish always takes care
of the eggs arid young. The only
peace in life which male codfish enjoys
is when he get.-; salted down and
J stored away in a grocery, the i nipi i-
' iter of w hich doesn't advertise.
i The llniiie of Hie Cleieblliils.
Holland Patent is a pictures.tn;
country village of about six buinltel
inhabitants, sil naicd on the I'tica and
Ilia, k 'liver roads, twelve miles tenth
of I'tic.l. The Cleveland homeste r
: is a rambling wooden structure, t.wo-
and a half-stoi ies high, with wings at
I taelted, erected when timber was more
plentiful than at present. The grounds
surrounding are set w ith evergreens,
ornamental shrubs and beds of Mowers.
A long row of majestic elms on tho
' east side overshadow the homestead
' and grounds, and maples on the south
add to the shade. Miss Cleveland at
tends the Presbyterian Church en the
illage green. It was the pastorate ol
' this church that her father was called
to iu I ".;(, and it was from here that
his liineral was held a few months
l iter. In this church Miss Cleveland,
t her mother, brothers and sisters regit
I trly attended divine services l.tr over
twenty years. Then the family soal
I tered, I nl their p w on the south side
! of I he church, near the trout, is still
i preserved for tho cbildicn whenever
: they arc present.-f"fr. (A. f.) nl
! v ' ;.
Tired Only tine Way.
j "Mo' her. did you say I can't go b.i
I the i ink to night ';"
j "Yes, Mamie, I did."
"Why, mot her V"
llecause you have been there every
day three limes lor the la-llbreo days,
and so much exertion will ruin your
constitution."
"Why.l'in not, a bit tired, mother."
"Well, if vou are not, come and
i
help me wash these dishes.
"(i, pshaw, I'm that kind of tired,
but riot the skating-rink kind."
j She helped wash the dishes all tho
same.
' A I'aiiiniis .lewel-!lo,
l'.aroi i Adolph Rothschild has io
j ceiitly purchased at an almost fabu
i I nis price, the famous jewel-box which
was presented in l"b) by tho golil
j smiths of Nuremberg to the Iiitko
I All.rt'cht of Havana, on his marriage
I with the Princess Anna of liavarla,
, the renowned "Anna with tho golden
hair." It is of enamelled gold and
richly ornamented, and is altogether
j one of the most pelect gems of media
val art iu Kiirope. Lontluu Truth.
iew mi n i mm