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NO. 18.
VOL. XI.
1 ho Clillihen.
They are Mich t in v feet 1
They hnv ko: - so shot t w-ny to merit.
The yenrs xvhii ii nre r.-ipiii cl to brfs'f
Thoir steps to cvotuies-s, n-l nnika
Tliem go
Moro sure nnl slow.
They nro nidi little hand!
He kind, thinj; nro so now, nnil ;f
Stall Is
A step beyond the d"Oi way. All around
New day has (" ti n.I
f-uoh ti'inptii p thine to shine upon; Bn'l to
Tho hands are tcinnJpd oft, yon know.
They nre such f in J, clear eyes,
TliHt wi'Ii-n to sin -prise
At every turn' They nre so often he! I
To tun or sin wees; showers " "i !.
Hy looking in our fnon
Live nk, for Mich, niueh Krnre.
They ore such tmil fx ir Rift:
I'neortnin as tin' rif's
i If liht Hint lie nit r g the ky ;
They may not ! lore Ly nnd by.
tlive thrm ri' loxo. i.nt more, abnx-3
And Iihj !-. pitm.fM wPI, the love
Washington f 'ritl-.
INHERITING A WIFE,
'ioo'liy, Helen," mil the vo i ig
man, xvilh a tl nli of anger en ln hit id
some fno , ns h: turned from 1.1 undo
low. rds t!i ) p.ilu girl st Hiding hy 'ho
wind oxv.
' Hood ! y, l'tik," sho tnid, lislless
ly, pn 11 r;ng hi in sl'n ler white hind.
H i took th ' 1 :i ri I, n:i d, beudi -g over,
lightly tout !i d li .-r forolirid with his
dpt.
She r .i i -f 1 ! c. li ad t n bites? him
with folia 1 i IF rt, an I In win gone.
"Th yii:i ; (,1 think h- n!i defy
to'V S:.i I M . .! ;i i ' Illicit', Migiilv,
' lit with I .ve -ii I pity li-hg to l.ii
ki.-.d.y iy t yes .b lie bent th-in up. a
IHctl.
liiln t.v tlis mil old inni's
1 opted d mi r h i-r, nn I in h r co-nod
Cd -.tercd ail lii pi:u-3. S)i w.n
Jiii idol, i':d liu U.i p'.nuiio I to maso
her his lii-i.-ci. cr ll:n'. sho sliMiiid sli.iru
'U ho hi I r,f tliii world' sjonli itlt
Frank hn-em, his nephew. H it tlii
Utter contiijui.cy w.i to hu tint t huso
younj people. :di"U hnvi hn tor.uuo
to... tli3r o i!y ns i-iri a id n if.,
Uoh B M r'cy hnd betn nn 01 ,.liri'i
vcrsincj sh: roul 1 rr mein'-er. Slio
h id or.doared h.-r'.r to old Mr. lur.
ran hy h:r sv.-.-i;., tnseili.'.i 1 if,, and h-r
levntiou to iii.n ft h r hni'f..'tor.
nd Frnult l.u ! heen thrown
iniirh to-ctii o, i n iv i: f i r o( r iir'.',
:njQl4r. Hi .cm, ui h : lo.kcl nt
fin favottt) ni'ph w's ha -d ionip, n:ii
inate I fnco, i.nd then nt Helen's sweet
M-al piituro, framed Iy her in:ns of
i right h;.f(, wh:n t'; two wero to
v -tli r, d e nied to himi If that they
tvero made for t::e!i llier, mil tiiat it
a plfiinly ti c work of II -n van that
h y fhr.u'd I.j thr.iwa an -Mentally in
. .ith other's way.
Hut lie hi 1 pi t row
ivins h tli. r or m t
hid nnythi'i to do wrh
-er;out mit
i Ion von ever
Mich a youn
rapnirr ns l it h w.
II hud jit ii reived a tenihle shock,
'n I lu Was stirred l inner, di'np
1 oin'm rt, nn 1 i'y for his fnir II Ilm.
ilitn, too, he w s pined in so diiM
t a p.isiti ui ill t h" livrdiy knew wli it
10 r.y to her. lie In I no ns'iminco
'hit Frnnk h 1 ever spoken n wor I of
a vo to t Ins oil-,
'Hut hi (-n't defy me with im
Vu ity!' i;rowliii lho irati unrle, at
l h'nhal not replied to hi. lirst re-o-.nik
about tho younj (;cntlcmnn in
sl ion. "I will not Unvo him
ti.r hii-! I will inako a new will! i
shnil be a linear for nil he'll get lio:n
to ! ' continued .1-ha D.r.iati, stamping
). ii fo. t ti rcelv.
'tii, father!" snid Helen, npponliri ,
v. "What hui ho dono to ancr you
si. ?''
"one;" ?lieut"d tho old man, fauly
txmper.ital by thu iptcttion, lotcttin
for tho in in nt tint Helen did not
shara hit newt, and thcroloro indignant
that sho alioul l not j nn with him in
condemning the younj; man's heuimi
ciime, "Diaei" ho repeated, in ri. inn
tonot of fninhiy kindled aner. ' Wh it
hain't ho donef I'psot all my plaai!
Destroyed all my hapjihes I Toils 1110
hs's in lovo with that French jjirl,
Klnu (')iiit iii, and that hit happinots,
his very lii'o depends npin hit nnrryiif;
licit A .(1 ho has tho 1 ll.ntery to ask
my approval of such 11 ri I ir lions step 1'
Tho old una pnu'od only lit siht of
Helen, who hal sunk palo and t ro mh -ling
upon a so'a. ll-r delir.tto I'iho.tj
were interlaco.l, and thcro w is it look:
of such unutterablo pai 1 ia her faci
that even Mr. Djncau's anger flad bo
foro it.
Then with asu lden thought his an ;or
rose apnin, and ho tleni tnda I, "lias
the villain ileceiv.-d you, II ienf
Tell mo thu truth. l!y henv i:, if hi
h is, I II "
"Oil, do, no; ho has never spoken to
roo o( of "
"There, there, my dear! 1 only
wisheJ to know 1 meant it all for your
pood," Mil Mr. DuntBn, tonderly.
Helen fled to her chamber to think,
uid to recover, if possil le, from tho
sudden blow she hnd reccivo I.
There had hern no spokon words of
.i.vs betwesn them for the threj y 'nrt
1 hat Fraik hal It -en u constant vi iior
to his uurio's, ar.d yet sho hid tin u lit.
! ljd Ulivve-1 ; jus, tha had hoped
that tho first lovo of her puto young
heart hid found a safo resting place,
and that it was reciprocated-by him,
although ns) yn! not proclaimed, for
soma pood nnl MifT.cicot rcaoa oa his
part.
ll.it it was all over now. Her eye-,
wero open to the mortifying truth. She
cried for puro shame at first, then for
disappointment, Her fuco wai all
i P i:r,o nssho thought of tho possibility
0; tlio knowledgo on tho pa j t of ethers
of her initplnctd lovo. Then her cheeks
and brow l-ccuiv.o deadly col l us fh'?
rculiz-d that her young hopes wcra all
withorcd and iloa 1.
When Mr. John IVincan saw that tho
light hal (jouo c;it Irom llelon'e eyes
his anger towarl his nophow knew no
boiunl. ll-i knew that Frank had
goao from his presence with a !xcl de
termination to win the girl, F.litu C'jur
tois, if possible, in pi'.o of (ill op.
posi'ion.
And In knew what ho could not
speak of to Hilcn, that alio hn i loved
his hc:id,tro:i-, hi I uiis.ii !; 1 nephew.
I'll; old mn 1 was closeted with his
lawyer t io after this ocuirreaoo for
icvcrul hoii. s one lay, un-.l tho rniiill
nf tlio con.'orenco wat a new will.
Three joars p 1'.
Thoso three years folio vviri : It a u.;
pniluioo! 1 rank I'll ran in disruc
Irani hn ti ic'o's honu h ul 'icon to
lla'en M u Icy joyless y ear-1 of sliont m'
lerin:', liaslmre 1 Iy a sympathetic
lic.-u I, u it.oli.n to a pi ear. Slio
had .-llT :rad i i sileiue, and had trie I
to walk her nil' tted path with .nit ward
(onipoMii'. And old .1 din Dine.iti,
t IhmiIi ha li 11 1 icon tn no 'e;dei sn 1
soliiitomof her welfare l hail ever, .-itv
that ho ctn: .1 do bill iittlo t-J li -,lit-;i
her burden td sor-ow.
Hut .1 hit Dincsu hi! jarj no---.
I lure w.-.s 110 longer ivi'-i Ins b vn ;
c ire
to dnel.l He
:10m h 1 nn 11
mis-i y .
Jt ha l he 011 I tit n few weeks
tho old man hid Linked II ten with
bisdyii,' I rentli 11 id p t " I ae.ay. Mi'J
w us red: potiessi r of liu weallh.
l'rnak D.mea 1 ha I been f it'll moaed,
but w.i". souewliera nbroa I, p.ir-uing
his i '.lis f-.tiiiit in the shape td loMifio
n:id I". iso t'ourtoi..
II ; h id l..t si;ht of ll-.e Fr.-iuh pill
w Hit whom he hal become i;i!.itu:itcd
nlieut t!iu 1 101 his 11 itie Ii id dl iiosuid
him ntiyri'v iii-m his ho'ise. l'odnw-.
in uit a clew ho ovt-rtoi-k li-r finally in
I'.ui..
It was ham e me tin on 0110 of tho
t-iy !l loets o. tho I'rem h city. Til )
younj; nun w , wu l wila J y as he es
1 i.'.l h r uni 1 4 I w u I liini. II
r.i-h.-il upon her wuh :ar mr.ro of e:i
thu iasiii tli t i discrnli ta. F. no drew
bae.i in siirpii.o at hit ellu ivo oio.-t-lu::-
Hivey.m forotlen nil tho u.st,
the 1, lll-e.'' nske I F.aak, l ilteily, as
ho saw I y li r no! d.-nieami I'd at iho
hnd rim : ;cd.
" 1, no, 1 never forget," mi I I'.Use.
' l.d you not i;ct my letter .it tho
time 1 led 11 y 111 i!e'-." Mitd Fionk,
lepronclilu'ly.
"(, vos; 1 1 c - 1 v 1 I your let "or, and
one frmn y ur in r 0 id'out the same
uni , in wliit li he i iloriv.e I in you wero
uo longer Iii luir, but a -.. b.i-ar,"
Said illiyoiia,' woman, l.ill;lll:i; ill nil I.
' (ioo I Ii nve is, F..isc! tan i: leihil
yen nro mercenary, theiii 1 did not
think "
"Nu; I supposo you thought I ceuld
mairy a hci'iir ju-t as well as not, and
continue to w. r.-v nt inil i -.ery lor my
living, and for yours, too, perhaps!'
s ii 1 1 ho yi ', lightly.
"I'd e, In ur rue ! It is not too lute!
My nail", linn 11. e, has not cir me 1 ft
in his will. Will you not riturn witu
me, nnil, lor the sako ol tin: pat, let
mc call you tay oiva Kiise--my wiuf
"Hu h! ' snid tho ftirl, warr.i-.iglv, as
a m 111 approneh I. "1 could tlo nolh
i.ig of tlio ki d. Let 11:0 present you
to my hiiiimii I, M. Fonm I."
And, to his inter.HO di-ust and morti
liention, Fi ink found lnme!f tho next
1 ist.tnt in thu cmbriiro ol a ViV.ui ju
nnd vein til) Ficnrhmnn. The new
view ol tho lovaiy siren in her coarse
ness und mammon Wirdiip, torther
with this presentation of a heavy, vu!
jur man, p:.st mid llo :u;e, as her hut
bund, wns a combination of i irciim
Btaices that completely disenamored
Frank Dune in, and he lla i precipitately
ns soon ns released 1 1 out th 1 man's
c utrhen, amid poals of laughter from 1 ho
pid Iy Ficnch ;-irl nnd nasal n-lieux
from her ntnlo com j anion.
Old Mr. NuiuTs sat in his din-v littlo
law t Itiee, nratchinghis enr with his
nnd (;b.i.ci'ig titr.idena.ly nt a
letter ho hcM in his h-inl.
Tlic leltor wns from Frank Ihinein,
nnd in'ormoi tho lawyer that h ', Flunk
Duncan, would cull upon him in a day
or two on butiness relating to hit dc-cca-od
uuclo's will.
"Tho young scamp must know that
Helen is tho p so sor ot tho old man's
ft ate. lie nid lo teurtiig hor for her
money, an 1 I10 doesn't desorva such a
t a yw.iy," snid Si nier, with a
growl. "A d, worse than nil, to think
John Duncan has tixc 1 it in si.ch shape,
thill hut I II deceive hi n 11 little."
1 li . r.:ll ol I I in '-r h id i 1 n sense
iik 11 II leii.ndei his care si ne Mr
Jdi-i Iaai;4a' death, au l wuttiuJ her
wolfuro w:tli n j M.y.is eye. S , w.ien
Frank prcsento I i:iiitc!', lu -ii-1,
brti quely. "V' U are cut til Wl'h-.'.t .1
shilling., yeuug man, n-id yon deservo
it."
Frank colore I, hot felt tin ja-t.ce of
thj rahtik-; 1;:'. ho venture I, "Aid
ll-lcn- M;-i M n U-y! '
' O :, slo: 1 provile l w it'i a 1111 ler
atenuniity. Tiio re' i"J"!, f :eiee,
to torn 1 i.istitii' ion- a'ltein," s.ii 1 t!:a
lawyer, c!io';::iu' a i. '.tie at. 'ho fi!
"Thank heav-? ! .si.il F1.1 .h, impul
sively. The olil iuwy.'i sprang lo his feet i i
n passion and, icc:.:i' t lu u-'-onidio 1
young fellow, !.out'. I, "V ei think
heaven then that she is a be. .-gar, to.i,
do you!'
"1 ntn g'al thnt I ir.- y g'i ta Mr and
comfort her nn I I e to her what I o.ico
wns, with jut 11 tu p'eioi that I i-jmo
from mercenary nutivei,' aaii Frnnlc,
exit' tir.lly,
"Ahem! 'Iua''t nil i i;ht, yoj
man. Hut yo.i 11:11 I he aw ir t'.i it
your pa-t conduct doe :i't o c iniiiainl
you vety high'y. lspiak plainly, for
H.'len M rley it r.iv w.irl. "
Frank wince I uider this li-li, lilt
all tlrasame he vr.n ro olv.-I ti bear i'.
in ni.jnc', a:i-l tho scales hili'uia'l
roui hit eyes now, an I lu retr.'-in'ieio 1
trilling inci leuts i i tii.'ir . iv lleien'
n:) hit ow 1 w hieli lei hi 11 to I'e'.ievj
I'.nt h had throw 1 away a o ail.
li e would seek to r (over il ag.i'n,
nnd wai glal that th-' :r.l;v dl.11 :i t o!
money dil not bar th w .y.
Ha knew full ivell tliat his (ooii-li i.i
(iluitioii foi ill- gay - r ei Iii i t. I! i-e,
whieli ha hil iiii-t.han I r h vo. -.v.i-.i'l
prove n Ii ruii la:.! ol.stat 1 ; but wit!i
youth, np ntiio-, perseverat.c , ail
nn em n l d- V .t ton I . I.i: jiiepjiP, ioi
hope 1 1 o win 1 1 lea's e-!
altei wa.d, pcih-ip', I
' C'o:iloiiud th-. young
good point 1, liter all,"
crs.
And so ll 'lcll th'Ml ;ilt
lawyer to! i her ah-Mit it.
I.: .
nd
v i n to 1
u.i 1 mil-
iinilerttaad how duli n'.t il tv 1' 1 In t)
koip Frank loig i.'iiorut o tin pro
visions of his nude's will.
'I'lireo ino itii ' :.r e :i in i 'I rivvi-ilvo of
t im ;ii th- '.g s roll onward, a a I yet
three sho; I month; a'-a -cm et line 1 so
crowd .' I with iv-.tt beatiu dnectly
Upon oar live. I hit ye us - iv, aa a ;o
tire ns not in:: g in imp r: - "ii.
Three 1110 th o' pe.-.itci.i ', of i.-iob.
tiusive d"- dio : to Helm, ol . v. b".:t
shiiiiie l.-i Ins 1 a-t oondiict, 'in 1 mi 11:1-liiislak-ili'i;
I "tor mi 1 alia 1 to i.lo'ie for
il if po.-ible, 01 tli' put o: Fiank
Dmciii, won the ulion ill !:n)oi lo
believe i.i hit sincerity.
And, belter than a I, it beg in to tell
Upon tho hard w ill of reserve ih it had
grown up bet wean Iblen's in.ipieiii h .d
lovo and her pride till it fuirlv cm nil 1 .1
uwny.
"V oi fnr-jiv.! me at ln-1, ll'U-i.; but
lean never forgiv; my-elf I ', h lig o
stupiliy biin I mil lor havin inn' I
youyeirsof pai 1 be-i let," sai I Frank
tenderly.
' I. t tin del 1 bury Ih ir dead,
Frntik, but bd ut w'u a now- livo again
live oily ii tue present, an I hope for
compcnsi-.li ui fur oiu past sorrow s in
tha future."
"A i l I Ih ink II 'live 1 that I di I not
have t .tiy to woo you it an Ii. ;ie-. I
wiii work lor you. ami w ; will bo hip
py. "
II den colons I nn I w it silent for a
moment. Slept o e h 'ard i.i tlu hall,
nnd Mr, Seiners was announce I.
"Cut 1 IT without .1 farthing nnd yet
happy npparo.'.t.y," suid tho lawyer,
bin ipuiy, taking out a legal il ctinicnt
and reiiding : "An I if Frank Duncan
forsake hit foo idi oh j 'it mid nnrry my
a lopte I tl .it dit-er, Helen Moib-y, within
three year 1 and six inn tlis fmm tho
d do of tin i tostam-nl, 1 do bequeath
to him half my for t ti ie."
"It iter than you deserved, young
man."
Helen blush'. I a Frank caught her
in hit arm . , l ae I I n.
Situ ruling lliltlel Mies.
S veral species of buiieilh- t havo
i cen known t.i sw.ini in i.i.nien.o num
bers nt (crlaln jtr.ads, but in tho
Failed Slat s, so lar, only one speciot
has attracted piirtnu'ur nttuutiou ia
this way. It it tho Arihippu L 11: tor
fly, and i of it bright orange-red
marked with I lack nnd creamy-white.
It ran 'OS from ('inula to South
Anrrica, and is one if the most com
mon species in the Mississippi Yd ley.
lie. ore obtaining Us wines, it feeds on
tho milk-wee Is, wheie H li ny be found
as 11 lare worm or lirva, neaililully
nsrked with black, whitj mid ye. low,
and having four long, slender i.or.i',
two nt each end.
In Aujtiit. 1 lirst saw this but-
toiflyin s war ins. Two swani.s, ca:li
containing hundreds ol ml ivi.l .nils,
Were flyitiu'i only a few mi e apart, in
the valley cl the Minncsou river, both
Koiuf; oastward 111 tliu rnilr. .1 1 c, eating
through heavy timber. S .ch swarm;
nro apt to 10 ur tt alnio-t any t nn
:10m Apiil 10 1 he I -t ol O tob.r.
They never lie veiy .111 without scatter
ir. , and this irobdny i count! for the
ew 111. tires wo sco of thi-in 1 u'.si do o
io.i .molo.ica! publuatimu. -- l'ruiii
l'a. ui.r.
II I l.!Mt i; -. "! t .'.IY
I II I) i- in III - Mi bile
fit-- ti-iy plump bil.l- 'i.-1 on pi i-al.t '
'I -n..g !.,',
.i.il ! .t. ! tiicin.-i-lv. -i ir a i-.. a- on a mil, I
The iwo bu-es'. s it witn t '. : r b ; t unii !
tin way, j
Au l -ti auht as nn m r iw 1 iin e.:eh little 1
tl. I
Thcri f' if ! ilfiii mftfrily :m:j, ' Siiinm.'! i '
AmIkii lit'.-tr It-iv.ii h miv j
I "i- - ..:it;i:in!U,
Aiiil -if t-i 1 i.t- ; .Mi1i-.I1 ii-' --ii; ...v, tli'l'l'" ,
d.i-i.-.-
' llxcipl Wiie'l It r I. lis," .--Ill 111" I lie 111 th '
in::. II'.
"And Iw-ii w ;li In ros 1 I, mi, l ot- ami !
pink"-- ' !
'aii the f'lin ia n cli'-ro- f ni"!'-. ''.iiv. -
ll.iT.I! " ' 1
Will v- 11 , in" ..t.; -te i of 'vat'M-to ill ink
An I urass see I he plenty mi li 'l-l mi l or
lub.
And a h st of one kindre I I lt n n ay w i'l I (
wingini; !
I'uward.-. our lioin. nil III new., of ihe m;:ii;.i I
S nth briiKin.', j
And we'll leisttho'u on 1 . -1 11---oh. bey
diddle, dld-lev '
"Soiih- b;-i ries aie p-ti.oa," sal I th" o-ie II
Ihoioidd.r-.
Then. ''I 'an l lo. it.
ill
( nr
e.iaxuigiy, '
As tle-y 1 1 .l;e I kin by.it Ii 1, "lor e t- j
tainly, de ir,
'J l.eie is n il I he I' i-l le.ison that k 11111 you j
In. U id be
U'len the tune tliat iva'vti w i.-lo -1 fornli
ii inter is h"re.
I 'oino, hi- happy an I i"iy nil I tr-eibla i
t'ib.-,.W, j
Take p..sl e.ue of to lay Imp' t'a b t f. I
t' 10 1rn.1v !
And j 1.1 in mil- .in ,111.; - uV h"V, di l lie, !
, In lie;-
"I won't nnd tint' s tl u," sai I the u" 1:1 the j
middle.
-lWid A.tak
Ifiiu Oil I'M sy I ins, t!i' l.ibe.'
A Mai. l-i hotel keep.r In: a c .' ho j
thought consi ier ili'u of, a id the-i it, j
in reluri', seeim-d t i t!d : i coa-id ribio 1
of him. Wlo-ii M . I' went to hi t amp, J
om t x ! v mil s 1 ito ti.t woods, ho ,
took puss aiong v.i-.ii him. II - stayed
.some weeks in camp, and ysin-u he had
ti.isli'd hii jib il rienl of li s '.vi ii'l ;
to take puss to his cant), .1 di lane i of
about (i.tem mil 's, through tin w ,j If I
and ncrost the lake. II- I i ; a v -ry J
ii.tiinato fri.'i; I of M-. F'. lln latter j
Ci'iisented and let Ml. F. t k ; pu s :t; !
the I fie with him, a ol M . F 1 . Ir
hii hotel to nttetid to 1 u.i .es ilo-re,
ytheii lo nnd behold, in a few lay-, who
should walk into the c Pi of th 1 ote!
but i'ii ts and walk up to M-. F. an 1
11 nk'J hor prese.ica kno.vn a. if slu- w 1
glul to see him. Slio ru!b;l h-rsell
up against hi-n and purred iiiou'.d him
11 while, then went thro'i li I ha lio'.l f
and -pn!;o tu them nil as be t iir.l
reiill by i-i-wiig and purling an 1 ru';
I ing ngaiast tliem. Tli .t v tv after-
nooti-h' wa'k-d aeio.s tli: tint tr j
the npotloc iry shop a: I ;u:,p-'l u a nr. ,
the Counter and 111a he iie:-e.f k'.ow.'l t j
thoapoth c;ry, and alt.-- -.1 i-wi.." hi'i'
to rarest In r n few i. ii u'e- li pc I
dow n on tho 0 her aid : ol toe c u in
and helped heis.-lf to tin c tin i p i 1 r.
drawer nrnr tho lloo-, when she hal
sonieliir.es In en before We net' 1 j
knew haw sh got nt ros the like 01 I
lo w sho ra r.e bi.ck, 1 11' -1 e came bacl.i I
jil-l the- saui", nnd it w.i-Vt "Id' year- J
ago either. I, iwiiton -I u. nil.
I he Michb-b.ii lo,
lliese are v ry sum . li-ii, though
they look in the above pi. I ire n thou d)
th y might t o a hilf-a-yirl ion.'. T.iey
nro lift as pultun t il tie ir treat 1110. t o!
their mates as tlo y nr : fatherly tow rd
their young, ler when th-y get th' nest
completed they drive in th' female and
and stand as a senline! for pr t. ciiou at
tin entrance, and when :n y 1 f th egg-'
wash out they pick t lr in up in th it
mouth taic'iilly, ca-rvii; th in
bac'i like nn animal i.i"ti:r. Tii--c
htt spunky li h are v ry i,u . k in th ir
n titions and briiimtly co'.-rel. I'n
iiestt nro built in roott or cl m .. ot
scu-weo I.
The stickleback i ..iiite an in'rre t
ing li di to t i ty. e p i .liy f. r little
boys an I girls wi o lov- tog ' li lin g
and study out. th habit- of l.vi g ol
tho variout van no' uf lid'. Him
specimens of se:.w e.l look n in 'st .i.c
plants or lilt'e titvs lint cr.w on fer
tile c 11 th, hut 'o iwo'.li on'v thr v iii
water or in vciy .1:1; y inn I Tlietr
little fi ll nro well know n o the boyi
for tlu-ir spinal, pric!y backs, whiel
nro Ci vernl witli li t - pi iited tins t hil
olten prick tlio Inn-Is ii'id li 1 rs ol
niuiteur li-hernii n nnd careless li i'c
bos', so they n'wnyt remen.b 1
the litt'e in sl -bao. li-h ns
their ap-cnl i"i''iri';, ns w.-.l a- fir
tli ir wonlerfui nest - nai.i i . T'o-'sc
li-h are often in I I t b it ii n-liiag,
nnd soineli nei, when tin hnyt r- not
clTctunl in cnti lung fit li li. they
turn about an I d v to th-ms-lv s ii
catrhi.ig tliem as minnow .; and won
the boys (get tired a id po-set v-tr .t i. u
at't ti'-O', tilt V lull I a ti-e and liy th s;
little tidbits, a. til y nro seme' i '.
ca'led, ittl l thny servo an exe -...nt r I
ishtathi coll lii-irh lint ha. be n
snvc I for the oer ision. Neir.y n.ey
vaiiely of simd lit'i, whei ju I e.utht,
are v ry tw n t nnd 1 'li. i nn 1. prop, ily
cooke I.
A'-rohatic giiJdlo caket T.uuovets.
SI-A CABLES.
T!u' Iirih KiiciiTlcd by Nine
Groat biibir.ai'ino Wires.
I
How tho Work Is Dono by a
Littlo Army of Operators.
is onip .r.itiv 'ly n ry
1 . t h ! lirst s'llmi'l! ine 1
Itidpeiiol -i i; til! lirst s-.llimnlne I
I 1
:;i .pu c.i.. w i' -'.'cressiu ly nit 1 no-
ween Irel.m I n 1 1 N :wf mil 11 id, mi h
r.tst slril h ie ' b'en fn-i'le in tho per- j
fettia.i, co 1 s 1 1 act 1 o t nn I laying of doep j
'en ca!)l s th t ' li - en 111 is row iilmos' j
en'..ro'y gird c 1 iy them. Tin toast j
11 :m of t'o- A r.eriras, Il iroiie, A!a, i
A.'iica an 1 An 1 1 : re f-stoo-ed with '
countlesi in,.e. of .-uiinuine c tides I hat ;
ijop grierlu v from tl'.e '.fean bed at j
regular i.l rv s to touch nt so-nc bu-y ,
tea port or 1. 'ay 1 111. 'e. Theio me now
ii ie great su-cn irine rub e compiniet ;
in tho w r 11, witii ever sixty llioiltiind
in les of i'l '!', ex -nd. 1 i ta tha re-
moti'-t pa: ! 1 of t II li-iai!alile ;
T .e "leate-i of il 'so c iil;i 1
tho i
In t. i T .de'ti.ih I' Miip n-.y of London,
wit'n :'. I n I I in lot of ribio under its
ea.tr. I. T..:. ii' star's from I.md's
Kid, Hi; and, nil run uu lor tin
ore.ni t 1 !. . 1 in From there it loops
'.o (1,, 1.1 'a . then a, der the Meliterra
j !
IP-Hi ! 1 M i.t 1 an 1 A. ex m Iria. ovenaa
: i Su , itn.b.r til II 1 S'lt to Aden,
ii 1 1" : tin I 1 ! ol A11 l i.i to Uambny,
. (oping .no 11 1 ; . M Ira-, I o Singapore,
toSii :o, to llu Ivmg, Anuy an I
S.i inghai, in '1:11, t Xign-nki, en 1-i-ig
at Y.tDv. : o a. 111. I -ri S hena.
Af 101 is .0 in I ) . th: ."nt from Aden
b. .inr ta Cape town. O l th Wet
;.: I in.) :i:tl" o' f inie on '' t' u h it
rour 1 1 .1: -. A io'.Ii r long 1 ibio runs
iron I., im ta J'ernanil.ii' 1. Sjirh
Am-net i. le-t.j.vied on bath coasts
is l.ir south as ti.o A'-go-itina Kipuh
iv'. Th I.i tern al-i) has a lino lo
India ill 011 h I' rn, thenro llirou.di
:he I' t-. ni till!'. There nro nine
w or .
1 1 1 :
.h -til
:
Ti
i.i ; ,b ; iif .veen America and
,n I. A., ill West In 11 1 Islands,
i.-'tim A-iii ;. el t g 0 and Aintrab.
I" ra irh I e-l'des.
work tli .""a i'i t longt us of fiibma-
; me i a!.!.'i a g ' i .'..'I a-my of opera
: .a s it emp oy I. N l iiiuch h i" boon
wi :tt '.'i all nil tlntiinen, but th . d eep
sea cable 0:1 n
l A.litie.i runs nf the
finest ho lies ol skiiie I woikers
jj
wmld. A.I tli ciido lines nro maun-
fiirl.ivel and owned ill I'. 1 gland. These
rableni'ti are brnv, Icar'css nud far
above the nv.-ragi! i a tel i gene e. They:
1. ever ! 1 r.h from going whero lnty calls ,
tliem, an t th'V are m"sl i up irt.r.il fac- ;
Ini sin c 1111111 too, d ip'.oni icy and pro- t
t i.'u i.i'. t ', inieui. "lit-y nro grerd 1
traveler', an I u iuibers of thorn have ;
been in ' v ry put ol the kr.own Wtrld. :
'I he deep -e 1 ca it-men are ti-lgiit tl'o) ,
ru Inn o.t .ry el 1:1 ".ts in I. mdon. They
are t h n s nt to I' nta Ku 11 , Fane mte,
whT" th be.-. nn , I 1 in 1 . i , r with tiie
wording of th; sij li mi rcronler, the
spark ail t he t r t. n ii ti r. When pro ,
t'leieut til y are detnlie 1 to any place
inui h i be ci''ie. 'I lie-o pralor are
welt p i1, war.e short hours nn I very
bloni leave the seiv;e. Th-y nre
cal to I upon to w nk in ihe deadly fevers
o. I'. iami n-d Allien, to lace wild
beasts in I -'1:1, to wolk nm. t) ig prowl
nig bunds ol i.'i ler r.. nu ll in Am-in
nnd i'.-r i ., Ih v uni. I live in the
tholei j-.-t : . ken ei'iet if i am ui.d
Cl.i-ni, th- yellow ev r ol C.iii.i, the
Inui I r iny i'.'I 11' ii A il 'r tc 1 an I the
bleak coi-t of F. stem s.b-ri.. Hut in
Spite of 111'! fait tint Iii' cable lines nro
laid throu ;h such pe-t i.ent ml countri.s,
tlio morali'y ra'e among the cn'do op ra
tals is very I nv. This 1. no ton t lin
t 1 Hi tact that Hn C'.mpinii s ma ta 11
tinu il.y tha 1 ing their men ahou: in
sin h pi ico. An operati r is det tiled to
very uahe i't hy ph.ct" for six months or
a year. Il . it linn sonl to some very
healthy spot. M 11 nro olten trans
ferred fr. 111 I'.i-.umi to Nigasaki or
( ' ipe l ow p.
To keep t h"-o vast linos in cruer a
1 i.uil er of -t a n h'pi are fitte 1 up for
tlitt pu pon; ai l I n men spen I n few , ngr.aph ha- a!-plea-ant
month; i.n I oar I the n, t .king ii rrnl in it- 1 r
turn ubout. an o .crat r inariie. and
loen'.es in n p'.ac In is al.wul to re
main th-ie. Tin m. 11 live 11 very pc is
ant life, except xvli-a : tiny a-e detailed
to ibingcro'is cr 11 lic.nl i li v 'titioi
Tho men alxvayt le'y on tin protnlioi
of tin; ho ne tl lvernu e it an I liny f :ir-let-ly
go to st d ions i 1 tin: xvil lest s ots
of A abi ., Turk y, P'r-ia or Air tea,
con t-i.'ilt of th f u t that ii tli 'ii nivo
111 ;! si I if m n D 1'ish gu iboat xvi l soon
in ike things h .xvl 111 tint viri nty.
'Ihebugetl lorea ol opetators (no
kept a' t h ' rep atin
message Inv ; lo 1
at ois, whern all
ti anslcrrcd. At
S ii . nn I Ad ;n tin e tb'
ployn I at c n il .1 ion.
men nro cm-
tl tin A nei;-
mil si Ie Ih iarge-t b r.e is nt llentt's
(intent, N, w fo'ii.dl in I, where there
are -1 I 111 n. Tin- i- a steady colony of
cable operators. Nearly all ol tlio
o. der men are mnrrie I, a id ,
lip liilinlio--. T l v huve
loin ing
th p i,
srhoa , c iib-h u-e mid oxv 1 iln ir oxvn
houses At tin c.b'.e st t ions tin c 111
p iny t in . I . event', bill ill 1 i 11c. lid 1 i
ihnnlli- , a cub h ut; lurr.ish .1 null
a pla in. I I I I ta ii', ear I l oom, (l ol
a I c .uvei.ij..cos. Single men liva hsre.
.Murine it outoiinrjed, in 1 when
1 mnn 111 rri'3 he it :;.ven a s'linll huuse,
hit fue! an I the diet-r's F( 1 vice", nil
lice. I.de is 11 a ie as plensit t ns possi
i.I", au l the ttnti nt in? ,'urnishc, 1 with
bont hou'cs, sail anil rowhoaH nt.d firc-
arm. The men are give!, thirty .iny'
vacation with pay eniiy. Ti c leuvi
cumu'ativf, nnd if a mnn works liva
years he is tgiv-;n live n.oiitht' leava
with pay, :ri I hit passago pai l to
uti-itnv r invt of the world hi lull V llvj
. ' 1 , ,"
I-- I .in ml. r to o nrti rr- 'mile I ns a
pocies of supe: iifi'.nr il b in ; by the
ifTercnt wild tribes in cut'iundU'.i
: untrie . - New York W.-r! I.
Why the I'limroso lilo.un .it Niirht.
Car iv -ning primrote does nol ohtoni '
in tho dnrk hours lor mere sentiment j
and moonshine, bu! I" m a lnotivo that
lies 11 ueh rearer hit heart. I'.oip tho .
lir.-t moment ol her wooing welcome she !
listen for murmuring wiag', and j
nwiiitt tliat supr ni'! lullilment ant'u ipn- 1
tod from li r 1:1 hint bud. For it wiit 1
itln.o-t invariably be feui.d that tlio.e ;
blossoms which onon ii tin twilight
huve adapted themselves to the crepin- ;
culi.r inotiis and otlier necturnnl lnseel'.
This finds a striking iiiu-trnt ion in tlio j
instances of nnu'v long i ii'i i.i.r-shaped
niglit-l.lo ini-.g l! wcrs, liie tho lioney- !
suckle nnd v. 1: ions orchil-, whoo nee
tnr it beyond tho renrh of nuy in'ect
except tha night-flying hawkmotli. H :
i trui that 1:1 other list tlo-p noclurnnl 1
Honors the sweets could be reached by
Outlet flic tr bees during the d: y ;.' tlio 1
hlo.'soms remninod 1'" tho niglit 1
murmurers rceeuo tin !ir-t fresh invita- 1
lion, which, if m-t, w ill !e iva hat n
wilted, hi! f-hciuie 1 blossom to greet ',
the sipper of tho sunshin". T'i.is leau
i i fnl ex peetancy ol tiio tlowi-r deter
mines lho limit of its bloom. Tims, in
the e vent of tain or other 1 a ises prc-
1
ventivu of insect vi-.!', tin' evening (
primrose will romaif. open for I lie out- I
teillies during the following day, when j
otherwise itwoullhi.ve drooped pjr-
co pt i I ly, and extended but n istiosi
welcome. 1 ln.va StC.u tliis fact .-Irik-ingly
illu trulo I in a st:.yo! mountain
Iiurel, whoso blo soms lingered ti ex
pectancy nearly a xv 'ck in my parlor,
xvhen tlic l! ) xvers 011 tho pnicut shrub
in tho woods had fa ten sov.rd duys
before, t heir mission having hern ful
filled. In the htm e sp enn-i-.s the .
r.uii.iiln: stamens reunit e I in their
pccKCts in uu sine 0: in- i-u-ssom cup,
and seemeil to trace the roroiiiupou
Its receptacle. These stamens nro
naturally dependent upon insect agency
for their release, mid th" consentient
dischnrgo of pollen, and 1 nr tired thnt
when tins o j t-rnt 1 m w as atlitirin'.y con
summated th'.' tinner cup soon dropped
oil or wi'.ln rol. ,11 rp r s Mn , i:ii'.
Keiiiodt'liiig (liniki'i- M.iriingi' laws.
In. P"i t .1:1 1 cinr.ges ii th.' mairit.'O
n.xvscf tlio yimgir brai.cli of 'In So
ciety o. Fricti I. are noxv 11 .1 1 consid
eration and ivi;l be sulniiUtel to tin'
lies', ipiarlerly me ting. I" Ito t h an es
reeoin men I e i are "lo d iti 0111 a n.'" in--te
d ol 10 ,lli 1 011 t n .in 0" 111 i x ' I
marriages; rr tmeoatth' prohibiti u
i.giinst court: ... or epiu g torn pan "
xvith or nit' nil g the xxol lin.s ol p.o
plewlio are not tinker-. T.i" ruio
1 ecoinmen 1 111 ; "Ir aling with'' peisei
Viieatlu; th so n-gu. ti ni. :.::! "o sti'v
ng a.gai .t " tin-in in i-i-o th y nnaiti
obli.r.it" 1- 1:1 .1 ni d y ii'od.ti -1, "iv.: g
the month y ui' ting the r 1 g It t to coa
do.ie the 1 IT"- 1 : if the aceu-'l "ivo
evi ler.ee of being ap.u nn liable in ether
tespictt. Paragraph 'il ol the link of
Di-eioine, adopt' I 11 1 -1 '", lenders
parties liable to b
do I for man v-
ing out of the order, or, if both amen
abio to Fi ieli is' imv, v. ilhout the satii
; tion of the in out li y linn t nig i 1 tn 1 I :li I
1 to a'loxx the 1 tenti .11 o' the meiii . 1
wilho'.it n xinttei: ,'ii'kiioxv.c Ignn ti'
pit vide I it b f 111:1 I that ll or she 1.
desirous o' eont inning 11 iii-iiibel ot lin
society. I both partus ai i ".tine na! I. "
aul a . te 1 1 lie has bei n ex: in I !0
not p'.ep-.r I In make sat -I .cioi y tv
plnnnti n i-i 'vrilng, they are t" be ie-ba-ed
rim n.e.iilur-hip. T11-: li-t pin-
be "i riMidcr.nl more
, :o .s tor ruitii -r i.cl
n.airiagi's xvil'u p rsots 1101 meiiib.'! t of
th - Society of Frinid-. , I'.il.ade phi 1
In. purer.
Injury of H.inilagiiig Hie lies
Th" in torn priv.il.int niiiong pb.y-i-cians
as xvcil as the i.uty, ol tiihl y
bandaging t r lying up the rye a oot.
ns it bin o nes 11 tinned or Mir, 1
brnnded a bad o n' by a xv. it T in
II it th. lie say.: "It pr c ml llo;
free nciest nnd binefn la! 1 ll its ol th
coo! nir, and nt the sau.c t'lim reve;,ls
an. I (great . x retnr.ls Ilie lice egtess 1.1
; the hot Keis imd nir rbid rccretnnsof
lho ii ll.imrd con junt tiva nr 1 line ', or
j both, li tho-e tases, too, xxli'ie a
i foreign substance has pot into th t eye,
j thu band ago (which is mu 1 ly c lapp :d
! on the first t1il:ij pnsses lho ll Is n;or
, closely against tiie ball,
d thus
tiens-s the pain and discomf irt by aug
menting tho Infer lions cit'.sed by i ho
foreign body. Tins cannot fiii to be
ha. mini. In tbosa ens where no
light it pni i'n! it it my habit to n I pi t
ov t tlic er'oi i 11 neatly ti.ting ' h 1 Ie,
vdilill, whi eit 1 xt 11 1 s lb- ir;lr, ld
UWi tha Iioj etc ess ol uii."
Jus! So.
For thus it Is Willi men of brain,
fiiidin III ir ioitii, u-on Ihe wane,
ii' t hoping liit-y ni'iy la'mn ris'i
Advertis-'
TI." K"'i : s! I "h" live I" Iny
Hum- toi.n I 111 llii- th" "olv way
To il beyond the 'illil.-sHi si.-.':
Adv-iii-!
I' im'V- I yet was known to fall
To lo : -.htou tine-.- an 1 nialei n sal"
'K. bind v .iii-
iii -k w-n I
A. It
it:-.
WI .-.
l . tin
. v.h Ite'e
at ..li""
: V 11 li'iv.
uni .1 . it
i,-P. lh".
1: I .-for,- i
voiie cm
on
nrim-n
'1 1 v tins one w ay b 1 client hardline;
V. o'li till I h.-l-e'll the secret ll
A Iv.-i tivel
When t liu
And trad"
Wb it i- it
nre h::r I nud cash is low.
cone s in most nw tnl slo.'.'
that I w. old n.lvis
, dvi'ia i '
V. l en folks
And ie i. i' s
Mv lis! n k
-..
nug pa
. ti n -bo
til.-, i-
'. ben drav.-. r nnd pocket lo't'u
.x.i.d !. ...'ii ".is. .nt ,-in l n-ni.;lit.
If V. ; I W if I be I'X.-e dllig W i.-e,
Adverli-e'
nn nun.
ill 's in,
ill M!ii:')!s.
A hndsoti',-; r-u;.. Two dollars.
"Lives 01. t" nil be-r d ivs Tin lurod
gi' '
Jlv" 1 a ru
III I'.-rrnonia
Il l 1 ii.'t o
i d pcr o i may 1. ot fool
irn.'i ino !.
iii't of comic valentines urn th.8
ig stee.i o' tlio newidealor.
I a'l ;hi
Tile w ,v 11 -hip i b ti 1 I h
lion to t h : restri'".iu.i- of
Th ti. c i'.i . !"!' is ni ve .
c Iti :r' 'i-.d 1 1 'I no t in t '
11 nore.a
11 invrce.
V, Mire to
ev a y man.
T..0 dr.!
tain i.o I
Cf h.
N w i t
i-t t .1 .r-ge
makes t.'.
1:1 s..d 1 !oun
- 1 ,1 ieii.or pay
the
xx hen a man can
ii a'.- 1 ti II pcophs
111 net.
i be 11 who dyes
:ht 10 I e writing to
lying love.
1...1 faitni.'," as
slu. ve I in his , w n t
lie is i y 1 ; 11 . el'
Tho ilan I- lent .
Ins h- ir In- 1 o 1
any gu i ahtnt l.l
"it it li: i 1'. l a!
th: old lti.ii It! ,i 1
ti-d ilia pig an lu in
the w ater sho.
Iota she so'i'l
Milkman Did
your In-1 men: T
N t tod ,v, I ;
1 xx i !i la settle it.t
i n 1 H Jllsewit'o
you'll llaVJ tO
i-hai k it, as v. ii n -11 1 1 ' v
lo.
"V u ieliows , h arga a veiy high iti(.'
for pill ing t .. tii." s-il a leai eslato
deah r to a di'iiti-t. "H'l. I dun' t know
lib, nt th it," was the !. li t :. t It ply,
"xxeo.i'.y tliu a do nr ai i.clier."
j It was i.t : h
Sn.i.n oiii y .
j f.ir.e h i. 1 I all
' "Ah," n.i.i lc,
died l.illghi lg I
1 ic ikl : d tabic. Mr.
t . U i g Mrs. S. about a
I t lie night before,
in.- iio.,1, y.iu'd ll-.vo
y 11 iculd have been
then
burin
Then 1
e i.t i..i-
all .1
ti no of
I xvisll
yo . had."
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' M . liar. In:.
1) m
e : 0 f
lint I
II- 1 ' is -
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thni'.iilij
1 . ll..)
0 .-an !
XX I o 11. 't 11 V
bo
ill It's
!,!!
kill
lo e
- o. lux ti
till, i li u
1 1 i.ti
! Hon I 0 Mint pen ii I'ockel Iniife.
I A largo doio r in tiithry expresses!
! tho opinion tint i'."t mi" man in ti ly
j !', , bow tos'.i.irpen n p t-.i't ki.ilc.
'A ri.or," si, v- ii , "a.u-t I e tail ll it
I
0:1
the h.-ne, b
l:-o hollow
ci-o. I
utdT cl;.',
ll it 01 a st
ground ai l
it a pocket
1 ri'niiuni
ll 1
' kuile r-ipiircs
11, e .t y 11 lay 1
; t 11. 1: ihe poii
. I the 1110-
, SO IIS ti
h .1 si Ie. yon 1 ill 1 tint
! edg,
I nr..-1
T iie bin ie inns: ." h.-ld til all
of twenty ft twenty-live degrees
an'! I.
Ti i.i
ai.. I ..
v ! an t d
111 1 1:1 r
I. ie 1
to 11 1 lllsel.
Ihe 'eaiinel,
kciv.s by a
not leninvu
hi, 0. Ix .IV.'SJ
often I'llll-
1 sol t xx it limit
11 10.
tei h ;ii a! y t :
t in I . -. iii
h ,e w Into lino w 1... n
or 1...:. . ; I h pt'lt-h.' !
in. p: o 1 1 1 y xx l.o : e 1
ilell, in- I lis tiol b .1 i 1
1 1' s,.:'.' ,N w Y .r.
I I I
Sixth i nlui v S.ii'cnplingns.
At S'. M .a itur, i.ei.r Tou'oi,
Fin te, 11 s.-.i a . pint ; ins ha . b -en disrov
rred w 1 1 1 1 11 silver plate o", wlnili nro
lane ivi'il tini xx 1 id.; ' .(.ltti.venia
Tu, ) iii.n.ie, c.-r in. 11 11 taritate !ui.'
A cx In. iii-cn tiiii.es 1 ei.gn.v il
ii Inn:! 1 1. ui 1 reed xxnli t .v.i airoxvt,
1111 i tln-i i. a ' ith p i- ! ling ntol
holliig in 1 1 It r hand in . 11 :t"i- nil 1
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