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Tlio Ron nt I fill Land of Rest.
There's a realm of rest o' r tlio suns.t lillls,
And n life oar frco. I know,
For tho 1 icntli of ieaco (bat t'te ov'nlng
brings,
Ami tlii' soothing song that the tired one
S llg,
Anil the prescn tint cnlms an I jtllls,
IVniotli nut of tin' nflor glow.
Thorn tlio sun sinks ilown on wary way,
And tin- cooling similes appear,
Ami the sky i.s tin ;od with tho mellow
light,
(if tho window glow of do liimio al
night.
Win n the wand 'ior, long ns(rv,
N-.vs th woloiinioof lov tl oii: i near.
There Hi" Honi" l.m I Ins, tho fair, liiaven
I Irs I,
Ainl I turn wher'er I ronni,
To tin- setting sun 1 lint is o'er tlm same
1 i Vi iily Father lighting t o tin Hide
II iiin,
On tho lio'irth of III" Wand-Tor's Mom",
In Hi.' H - ml iful I'.-alin of Host.
--7.il '. CuAc, in Ih-lmit k'rn 7Vf.su.
TIGER LILY.
A mhl summer moon was shining
down on lh'! iiiiovon surface of tlio wild
mountain 'i.Uiu; tlio lights of tho lit
li.' scllli'in-nt slioiio liko yellow ilols of
fliuio, lien- thcte. Tonight tlio
bur. aelv.q i ere rn-lo wooden enclosures
tlioy wore, in Aim ily cn lstrueled as a
child's enr l-hotisc were in icdloss
r. innvilioii, for tin-moil were to bioak
camp in tlio morrow.
S x months th"y hid lioon stationed
nt Oniayo. When fir it tliu straggling
s'ttlonvnt sprang iii around tho moun
tain mine, whoso hiddrn treasures had
iiMrartoil tho inhabitant, there linil
been Ir niblo with tlio wandering Indiana
who liauntrd the slo cs higher up as
much tho fault of tho wli lis as of the
le 1 men, it is lint ju t to pay.
Hut tho Cubed Slates pro octs its
own, nml a body (if me i wro clatioind
atone-ill Omayo, until tlio scttleim nt
ii.'m slrmi;' i moig'i, figuratively speak
ing, to stand on its own fot. And now
th emergency wit over, and the sol
diers hud been ci'lored t' a inililary
post a huudrc I miles ur mi to Ilia north-
llfl.
Old Jin' .liniignn sit smoking his
pipe on tli'i hoard platform in front of
h-s ' (l.sieral Supply S ore."
All the evening it had boon full of
.-toniers, I ut now, as tho hands of the
wooden dock noari il tho figure nine, he
a at liberty to come cut to li:s splint
ilia it' a in I tinoko his pipo and stale at
the union, while Captain Irvino Imay
al on the or ukrr barrel iusid : and
talked with Lily.
I. ily was Juriii:iii' niooo and book
l.i'ipor, and in addition to this tho viy
npplo of his ojc a lull, du-iky-oyo I,
iiaml -nmi! fjii I, with a poachy coinp'ex
imi, and hair full of bronu flints and
-li'llllK.
"Tiiicr I.ily,'' tho mineM railed her,
s inieliines in H foieni'i: to tlio linn: Pphil
n( her own that nho had, and a fell as
M ilion whieli hho was v-.-ry apt to show
il niiiv she siispeetod that any of them
wen-not treating her wilh du i respect
I.ily was addiiif up the b ioks for the
lay. (Old. bio was no scholar, and
I. now nothing of bookkoopin j by dim
bio entry. "Tho tf.il knows enough for
us both," ho ti.'ii wont to say, with a
certain r d i, as ho looked toward tho
woodon-raile 1 dok whoro sho wrote
down llio v.iriou i il lit t of salo and bar
tir with an nif;!i''.i rpiill pen, dippol in
ink undo of ptkoborry j ii . And
I'aplniu Ismay was bidding hor
-o mI .by.
"She'll miss him, likely, will Ily,"
taid .loo to liiinii'lf, still st u in;; s! o 1 1 -faslly
up at the moon. ''He's b-en n
ileal o' compiny for her. It niit't as if
she could bring herself to associnto with
every fell w al tho O.uao Minos, for
Lily always was particular. Hut then a
buadied miles or so don't count for
muoh out hero, and if ho asks permis
sion to come and soi her onco in a while
I shan't say no. My poor little Tior
Lily! I brought her out hole beeau c
theio didn't sou.'i no p!aoo to loavo her
in I lie Sli of Vaimount, and she's
beo i rare and moftil to mo, there's no
donyi i' that. I!ut it's a lonesome place
for a 'il to Ci in i to; yci, it is. And
the Capt iin':. a tine felbw, but ho ain't
no l.n'idsoiiu.r for a man than Lily is for
a pil. So fur's 1 can hoc, 1 nhall bo
the only man who w ill be a loser by the
bargain. KhI Ii that you, It ii'ion
Porsay? Set down a spell. No, wo
ain't shut up yet, but tho post ba's
been gone twenty mi .u'cs an I more."
' (lone, eh?" said Koubrn porsny, the
young foreman of tho force now em
ployed in establishing telenr.vphic com
muuicatioiu b;lweon O.tiayo and Center
(My. 'Well, it's no great mat lor. To
morrow will do very well. Nice night,
Joniigaii, isn't ill"
'Yes."
Tlio old inah smoke 1 on.
'The military division is getting
ready to tin vo tomorrow."
' S I'm told."
"The captaiu's inst le, is i't he.talking
t.. i,MVr
,1 rn -,'an r.ndd 'd wilhoi.t loiiioving
L:j ji Ji) fio.n his mout'a.
Po .ay l.nlf rose, then sat down
again.
"Well," sai l ho, "I guosi I won't
disturb t In. iu "
ileniiga i answcied only by a sor'. of
sly cliiicklo.
"A nice m n, that yiimg I-miy?''
ice mule old .Ion nodd 'd.
"Tiiey'll get innro civili.i 1 ipiaitois,
I've heiiid, at Morton's Past,'1 oliscivi'd
Dorsay, h'a iln; bv. k nga'nst the co Im
post that formed one of tho cnluiiiin of
the ru lo pnrtic i. "I inay's wife is to
meet him there."
' I-may's which?"
' II s w fo. From S.icranionto City
Didn't you know he wai married to
old (S 'lier.-d Purviaueo's daulitei ? A
runaway match, two years ago. (Juite
a in man lie story ! '
"No," .-aid Joe Jemiga!!, ' I never
heard il."
1) ir-ay tnlkod a little linger, but
old Joo paid no sort of attention lo
his words. Hi did not even know
when the youn foronim wont awa-
"Ismny's wife!" he kept rep-nting
to himself "l-onay's wile! What will
Lily say poor Lily ! wlu-ti she knows
it Ily gum! I've a mind to pitch the
fellow down into the g alley when In
comes tut! What business hat a mar
ried m in lurking around hero, talking
nonsoiso to the girls? Hut he'll find
it won't pay to fool with my Tiger
I.ily t No, that it won't !'
Captain Ismay went away presently,
with a careless, good humored adieu.
The old man glared at him at ho de
parted, with to I, savage co? liko those
of a Spanish bull who faces tin mata
dor. Tlio moment, ho had vanished behin 1
tho madrona thickets, Jornigan sprang
tip and made for tho solitary road by a
short-cut which would bo sure to inter
cept tho wayfarer soma ipiarlor of a mi lc
below.
In his hand ho gra' pd his open jae'e
knife; his heart licit liko a inulllid
drum.
'.My Tiger Lily !" ho kept, r-pcating
to himself; "my own little own lamb!
There's but one way to deal with the
scoundrel who comes hero to make n
football of her heart. No capta'ii in all
the I'nitcd Slates army can do that, and
hope lo escape alive !"
Mo stood there waiting, but Ism ly did
not come that way.
"I'm ballled for once," Jornigan mut
ter' d. "lie has taken (ho It ;d wood
road this time. No mat tori I'll hunt
him down yet. llo'.s to ho in tho place
twelve hours longer. Tney'il have t
detail anolhor captain for duty at Mor
ton's Pass, that's all. I shall hear him
when ho comes down pa.l. tho Kcho
li ok, and I shall bo ready for him!''
lb; letiirncd slowly still dr.i'.vin
his bieitli ipiick and fast to the
wooden platform a! I steeped in moon
light, and sat down oiiim iiioio in the
old splint chair.
Inside the storn ho could hoar I. ly's
light steps moving around, m she
lucked tho cash drawer anil put the
ledger and d.ty-biok away.
As she did so, i-ho hummed a snatch
of some tune. Tim sound went to old
Joe's heart.
Poor chil I ! how innocently happy she
was I
In a minute or so she came out into
the clear while moonshine.
"Well, I'nclo Joe!'' she said gaily.
"Wed, my la s! '
Tho words wore almost like a gronn.
She sat down let. do him, leaning her
head against his arm.
He stroke I down tho bronze, gloam
ing hair with a ilii'tt') strength of long
ing tenderness in his heart.
Her cheeks were unwontedly red; her
dark eyes sparkled beneath their long
lashes.
"How shall I ell hoi i" thought the
old m in. "My pi t 1 .it n 1 1. that 1
wouldn't hurt for a king's raasoml I
never was o in to pick and choose my
words, like a preacher or a l iw vr. Hut
she'd ought lo know yes, she'd ought
to know !''
' 1'iiclo Joe!" said Lily, after a mo
ment or two of silonri.
"Yes, my gir'. !"'
"Tlieic theie's something I wait to
tell j oil."
"Is thcte, Lily?"
His heart sank within him. Wai it
coming now?
You won't ! vexed, I'nclo Joe''
s! c said, nistliiig her hea l cloio against
his arm.
"I vexed with you, m gill? That
ain't up-nnd down bko'y, is it? Hut
I've d mo wrong, I. I v I've forgot that
a great ro igh man like mc ain't the sort
to look after a tender chxk hk-j you. 1
should 'a w niched t loser, Lily that's
what I should have done."
"What should you say, undo," wlrs
prrod Lily, ".f if lam to get manicd I
and leave you?"
"To getmarricl, Li'y?'
' Haven't y u suspected this, uncle,
of nt-. ?"
"Yes, I h.iv.'," said lie, "but, oh.
i'iy, ii yi-ur la-ait very umch in tliS"
' rude!'
lias he adcd you to nnrry bun,
L-ly?"
"Ye'-, iiio'o.''
"Tucn" tho old man flung his clay
p p down upon tho ground, w here il
broke into a scoto i f fragiin'tit', and
mil' tered a deep execration under h.3
breath -"he's a villain, that's all."
"Undo! ' cii d out the girl.
"An I a double-dyed one at Hint!"
said thu excited old in.vi. 'Li'y!
Lily! he has a w fi already at M irton'a
Pass! IIo'i going to her now."
Lily had lilted her head and lookcl
earnestly at her tin lo.
"H it iino'e, he isn't going to Mm-
I it's Pass."
'Yes, hois tomorrow. And I wish
he'd fallen dead before he ever came lo
Omayo w.th his epiitloltei and his
j ngling spit' i, and his false, handsome
fare!''
Tiic!e!" cried Lily, "whom uro you
talkie,' about 1"
'About Captain Ismay, to-be-sure."
"Hut what has Captain Ismay to do
with it?"
"Kverylhing, hain't hef
Lily knit her piotty brows in a puz
.led fashion.
"Nothing at all," said the, "except
that he's been an cxcllent friend to
liouhcti, and we're both ever so much
ol lige 1 to him. Only think, uncle
he's got the contract for lb tihon to bo
chief electrical engineer at North Mari
no in the now works theio, and when
ever you can spare iiie uncle ' '
"ltoub'.'n ! ' burst out Joo Jeinigan.
"Yes, to-bo-nro K'ttbcn Dirsay.
We've been engage 1 a long time now.
Do you mean, you dear, darling, stupid
old uicle, that you never suspected
this?''
"Never!'' said Uncle Joo, smiting his
kneo with his list. "But look hero,
Tiger Lily, do you lovo him?"
"Yes, I'lido Joe."'
"Anil ho loves you?''
'( If course he does."
"Then," sahl tin) old man, "I haven't
A wonl of objection. I shall beawfil
lonesumn without you, but as long as
you're both happy, why, it's all right."
And ns he kissed her forehead, sho
thought she felt the touch of a tear
drop on hor brow.
"Hut it can't l.e possible," said T gor
Lily, to herself, "lucauso who ever
heard of I'ncV Joo shedding a tear."
Hut Tiger Lily did not know (hat this
tear was not one of grief, but rather of
thankfulness, that there was no blood
guiltiness on his hands. .Siunny
X'-jht.
The Wild Miislan,- Pony.
Thoio are sl i II bauds of wild mustang
ponies in Southern Tex is. As ym
know, those are supposed to bo the de
scendants of lh" Spuiis'i hois's which
were allotted to run wild by the lint
Spaniards h i came to Mi xict. Il is
Ino.t probable that the mustang had
some part in otigiiiuing most of the In
dian p olios.
Tho w ild niU'tiings ahva. s ga her in
large binds, and are very suspicious at
the nppriafh of a poison. Tiioy do nut
coin i near solt emonls or ranches mi -le-s
forcotl to by lack of water. The
prine pit co'or.s tha are found in this
breed are duu and nioii-e; in lean horses
a black streak' is bum 1 a'o tg the back,
but this disappeais as the animal fattens
up. Spittid or "p liuls'1 miy bo found
occasionally; it is net unciuiiiiiutt I i find
mil -tangs with a wh to stivak dow n the
face, bul this incurs genera! ly in
"p aints." The musla ngs hate a long,
II iwing mane and tail, medium withers,
body generally nun le I, It ps shor.,
deep breast, and a generally deopueik.
The eyes are inclined to lu sunk in and
keen.
The mustangs thrive bolter on gra-s
than any other breed of hones, mil it
is on account of that tint they have
been raise I f ir cow p-mic, although
they nay be it el for goioral pui posei.
They geneial ly haven vioiiii. deposi
tion, but if piopcriy handled they may
be Hindu veiy doci'e. A very icin.iik-
ulile fact is thai marcs tarry their loals
somewhat longer than other bleeds.
This is probably dm to their running
wild, living on grass, and having to
stand winters whin til shelter. Wild
marcs on range often sell from f 15 lo
$'.'5, but they ate worth a great deal
more when broken, ave:a;ing fiom f'll)
to $-"m, although! Iiiv) known of thoui
selling at $151). Horses used for cow
ponies range from $11) to $t'i(l.
Hani to Suit
Mr. (losso (at window) II IIo! hero
come Mr. an I Mis. i iby. They're
coming hero, I suppose ?
Mrs. Oisso They me! What an
idea, to call at this time of the slay.
Why, I
Mr. (iesso They've gone by.
Mrs. (iesso- They have? Well, that's
very slraago. I sho'ibl think Mrs.
(i.il y might be Mi ndly enough to cdl
wl o'i she't jiassing right by the door.
Vu.k.
UIII.DUiSN'.S CUMMIN.
TIIK OI.lt NI.M
A lo'st limij looking o i n Ire",
With f.itlioi-bird, ii-otlii i 1,1-1, lutln bir.ls
three.
Hut the ill--t lit t'e bird tri.il its wimsaml
(1"W,
An I t if wis little nestlings were only two.
And, en' (hey knew it, tin- s com! bird
The not- of a swii't- voiced mii ;v(..r h"iird
An. 1 111" third liltle 1 -if I I -ft al-il" in the
in st,
Lo i;e I over the e I40 nu I wn.;:oin' wi'li the
rest.
Then tin father bird nml 111 th T-bi1 d sat
11 lone.
For (he IhiV! little bird- front the no t had
Hon 11.
And tin- f 1U1 -I' -bird a'i; but a feeble nolo.
And the in "th-r-l.ir I still -.l t It - n.h 111 In r
tin- 'at.
For w hat is a nH-t. 011 a l-o.-h li-. o
Without the dear little ii-.-llins three?
itniiihir Ai it's.
MIS WAV UK M'l I.I.I.MI.
One day '.ho son of it well -known
miniter .ne I for soni"t hi tig to eat. Not
pronouncing the word, sl th re should
be a disappointm .'ill, the mi'.h.'r in
Uiied caul lously, "Is Here any of tha'.
c a k-e leftf The boy was given a
pi co of cake, and went out to his play,
but i rj.sen'. ly he wanted "more," and,
trotting 11, nlood before hit mother
with a pnpli'M'l look, evidenll think
ing hard. Suddenly hi s f ice shone, and
ho a-k"d: "Main 11a, is there any more
of that A I! C left?" Yvnilis lltii 'vr.
Tin: siiKt.i' ami nil'. si:. cfi.i..
F.iriinr Ilarliy's sheep always it cd a
CO! lain palh through a thicket when
evening c im , and they left tho down
for h iiiio. There miglr, hive boon easi
er ways r shorter ways, but these sleep
had gone by thai pith ton voirt ago,
and so lli'y and their children would
(o by it for ten yeiri to com-, or long
er, probably. Tint is the way with
sheep; they like nothing so well as do
ing the same tlinig over and over again.
Another fashit n they h ive it that
when the leader of the II ! does a
thing nil the rest of the lloc! must do
the same thing after him, even if there
be no necessity for it. !f, lor example,
the leader jumps nv, : ,1 bar to get into
a field, a'.l the other sheep will jump
at the tamo pl ico, even if the bar l.as
beo i taken away.
Now it ha ppened that one morning,
while Farmer Ilarli y's sheep were ipiii t
ly grazing on lift down, a se,i-;ud,
searching for 11 plae ; lo make a nest,
cum-: up m tho very thicket that lay
between the down and lioni", and it
seeino'l such an evc-'eduigly nice place
that the gull decided to mm 1 dl no fur
ther. (iillls do not build in trees, at most
birds do, but on the ground and s-i this
par: ii'ul ir gull chose the ino-t suitable
sp it in the thickel and 111 ido i!s m st
tin to. It so happ 'im I lint llio mos
sui' 11 bio spot, in (he gull's opinion, was
directly in I li ; sh'.'e;i path, and there it
settled itself as eoiulorlably at it knew
how. Hy evening il was at much ut
liini ! ns if it had alwiys lived ther,'.
H it of nil this the sheep were, of
com -e, ijiiite unconscious, an 1 so they
(lotted Inward li-'tne that evening as
they had ilono eveiy ot her evening for
as long as they could roin onbc. They
entered the path at the thicket in nar
row tile, crowding cadi other as sheep
will do, an 1 I he head sheep wis a' nnst
on tho brooding gull before ho saw it.
II might, have slepp.d on it, not know
ing w hat it was, and I hen all llio oilier
fcheep would have done the s.iine thing,
and that would have been the en I of
tho gull; but the gull d id not pr.tpose,
to be put out of tho way in any such
fashion, and, therefore, at the sight of
tho great sho p, crowding haul upon
her, she half rose, spr.'.id her broad
wings with a flap, flap, and sipiawkcd
out like a slill d loc 'motive whistle.
No righ' -minded sheep would slop 011
a thing that ue! ed like that, and tho
leading sheep being of tint ami just
raised himself on hit hind legs, and
cloned the indignant gull at a bound.
That woul I havo been sullioient for I ho
sheep behind, even if the gu 1 had not
boon there; but the gull was th-re, and
wns fully as in lignaut al the last sheep
as at the first, an 1 took good can. to
show that she was.
Thu next night the same thing hap
pened, and the next ami the r.ex t. A Her
that you might supp is0 that either tho
gull or the sheep would lire of tho
game; but no. Tho thought of yield
ing seemed not to occur to cither, and
so the nightly indignation of the gull
and the nightly leap-frog, or leap-gull
rather, of the sh-op kept up for tho
threo weeks and a liltlo ever that it
took tho gull to lay hor egs and hatch
them.
And no doubt, if they gave any
thought to the matter, both gull and
sheep were satisfied w ith themse'vos, tho
former feeling that sho had held out st
long ns she wanted to nn I tho hitler
feeling that they hail t rod tho Ugjy,
sjuawkiug thin out.
TUIi KATTLHSNAKF,
Sonic Peculiarities of this Ophi
dian Terror.
When His Headless Tail Is
Pinched the Neck Strikes.
From 1111 iirliclo by Dr. S. Weir
Mitt hell, on "Tho Poison of S'l p -nts,"
in the Cti-lnr, wo ipiote (he following:
' L I ut objoive what hap;i.ns when the
rattlesnake means mi-cli'of. lie throws
himself into a spiral, and about ono
third of his length, ca ryi 'g tho head,
ri-es from the coil and stands upright.
The altitude is li ie and wurlikc, and ar
tists wTIo u'tvmpt to portray it iilays
fail. lie doort not pur ue, but waits.
Liltlo animals ho scorns unless ho is
hungry, so I hat llio mouse or load ho
leaves for days unnoticed in his cage.
Larger or noisy crei'.ures alum him.
Then his lead and neck arc thrown far
back, li 's m-'u'li is open viry wide, the
fang held firmly erect, and with an
abrupt swiftness, fjr which his oidinaiy
notions prepue one but little, ho strikes
once and is back on guir.l again, vigi
lant and bravo. The blow is a stab and
is g veil by throwing the held forward
while the ha f-eoih below it nro
slr iiglitene I out to let'g lieu tho neck
and give power to the 111 l 10:1 1 which
diivo Hie fangs into the npp iiiout'i flesh;
us thor enter, the tcmpiral muscle
do-es tin; lower jaw oil the pu t struck,
mid thus foic.'t the sharp f tig deeper
in. b is a thrust aided by a bite. Al
this momeiil ihe poii til duet is op Mini
by the idaxatio'i of the mu-clo which
surrounds it, ami llio same muscle
which shuts the jaw sijiiee.es tin gland,
and drives its ven m through the duel
and hollow fang into the bitten part.
"In so complicated a seri :s of nets
thorn is often failure. Tho tooth
strikes on tough skin and doubles hick
or fails to enter, or thu sei out mis
ju IgoH distance and falls short and may
Sipiirt the venom four or live feel in the
air, tloing no Ii.tiii. I had a cuiious
ex porienco of this kind ii wbi.-lia
snake eight feet six inches long threw a
teasp -toilful or m n e of po:son athw art
my fine;. c id. It missed my eye. by an
inch or two. I hive ha I many near
escipen, but Ihi, wis tho grimmest of
all. An inch lower would hiveeo't mc
my sight and probably my l ie.
"A snake will turn and strike fiom
liny p is I uro, bul the coil is the attitude
always assume I when pos iblo. The
Coil nets as an Anchor and enables tho
animal to shako its f.iugs loo e Iretn the
wound. A Mi-ike can ruel strike hc
iond half his length. If both fin-s
enler, the hurt is d uibly d.i'igi r Ml t, li i.
cause ill" dose of ve ioiu is doub'e I. A I
limes a Ian; is left in the ll'.h, but this
il cs not iiouble the .'-crpeiit's power a
a p iisoni r, since i:iimleiless lei:hlio
leady to b 'come firmly lix.d mils
place, and both fangs a e n -vei bid to
gether. The nervous mechanism which
controls the ae! of slr kuig seems to be
in the spinal cord, for it we cut oil a
snake's lira 1 an I (hen pindi its tail, I hi
st ill 11 t uf tho ii"ck retur.is and wuli
some accuracy hi s llio h ind of the ex
peri iienler if he has th" nerve to hold
on. Few men hive. I have 11 d. A
little liisliman who took tare of my
laborat try astotiishel me by coolly sus
tai ling this ted. II did it by closing
his eves and si shutting out f u a
III imeiit the too suggestive vi"W t f the
returning stump. Sn.ies hate always
seemed lo me averse to stiik n ;, and
they have been 011 the whole uracil
maligned.
"Any cool, ipiii I person moving
slowly and stcidily may pielc up an 1
handle gently most veno nous serpents.
fancy, however, that the vipers and
the coppi rhead 1 are uncertain pels Mr.
Thompson, the snake keeper at the
Philadelphia Zoological, handles his
set pouts with imniuily; bill one day
h iving dropped some little moccasin 1 a
few days o!d down his sleeve while he
( lined their m inima in his baud, one of
the babies lot him and made nn u-Jy
wound. At piescnt the snake staff is
used to handle snak 's,
"I saw one Oct di'i', in Tangiers,
what I had long desired to ubscive -a
snake charmer. Mo.t of his snakes
weio harmless; but ho refused, with
well-acted horror, to peine! mo to take
hold of then. lit hid also two large
brown vipers; these ho handled with
care, but 1 saw at once that they were
kept cxltiitsto l of their venom by hav
ing been daily tea.cl into biting on a
bundle of r igs tied to a stick. They
were too tired to b? dangerous. I have
ofien seen snakes in this state. Afler
three or four fiiiitless nets of instinctive
use of tlirir venom they give up, a'ld
seem to become iniltl rcnt to ap
proaches ami even to lough bsu'l-
Teacher Sammie, how many limes
sic theio in the hum in body your fa
ther's, for ins' 11:111? Simniio One;
lnj'i the oss i; I mu'.i at tho m ih'uiu.
l)esiei' .:il!iiv Who Mere Fine Shots.
There i.ever were liner pistol shotu in
the world than man of the noted dos
p"r ido-'s and killers who havo figured
in tho romantic criminal annals of tho
west. There is scarcely a story of Wild
Hill' sproticieney with n pistol thnt is not
nilo. II" was the ipi.c'vctt, surest shot
ever in the west. Il had kille I nearly
forly men in bis time, "not counting In
dians an I greaserj,'1 us tho bad men
u ed pleaia'illy to say. It was tho rar
est thing (hit he shot his victim more
than onco. His favorite, spot in which
to plant his deadly bullut was between
the eye t. He occasionally shot his
man through tlio heart by way of varia
tion. It is said that he coul 1 throw an
oyster can int.) tho nil ami put twelve
bullets into it from his own navies bo -fori)
it macho I the gnnm I. Ho could
also send six bullets through the hole
m id') by th" first b ill in a target seven
ty yards away. Wuile shooting ho
never apKared to tahe aim but sent his
leadon m -sien ,'ers flying on their inis
sioti in seemingly the nio-t car less and
off -hand way iniagi'iab'c.
All the kibeis with b.g coords and
private graveyards shot in much the
same 111 inner. Hilly the Kid, C ay Al
lison, Hit Mistursoti, Sam II iljlay, tho
Flip brol hers, "t'omm iiche" Jack
St dl well, ami oiler w ort hies of the
frontier all shot with no apparent aim.
All of them were professional killers,
and in (heir later days, when abundance
of praet to had 111 id'.' them d' x'.eroiis in
llio art of murd ir, most of them shot
their victims always h;t ween tho eyes,
in imitation o' Wii I Hill.
Watch Out.
When it it nocessary lor you to go
among machinery in 111 itioi, just as you
start in "wa'ch out." Many a man has
started to go around ttniong shafting
and bolts 111 motion lo do oiling mid
ncectsaiy work, and eomo l ack on a
bounl, mver able lo loll how he lost his 1
life a blood splash here, a purl of a I
limb (here, rcve.V tin 11' 111") and can o i
1 1
of tho accident. Tint poor fdlow did ;
not "w atoh oul, " hone the lifeless body
that lays before us.
Not many years ago this was one of
the sil seems I witui-,.cd. A 111 in be
loved by every olio of tho ftHil men
woiking in a shop was mi-sod, and the
engineer fearing some accident ha I hap
pen o I him, shut down a id tho s-arch
b"gnii. In five minutes poor Jim lay
before them dea l. The bat tore I oil
can was tinn y clutthod in his ban I and
a frightful g.idi in his heal told the sad
tale he didn't "watch out."
(J iile n few yenrs ng-i the pmpiieior
of a laru'e simp in a New Iviglaud city
wheie he imnlives were built, saw a
man trying to put on a heavy belt. This
mill was ' 'w.Hi liini; out," and failed lo
put it on as ipi 1 k as tho propiieloi
wanted lull! to, sj ho said: " it,
eomo d wn and let tno put il on." Tlio
proprietor in Ihh ha lo and aitg-r, did
not "watch out." In ten minutes he
was on his way loon on a stretcher,
di a I. His c!o!hes caught in the belt
and he was tariiiil over the shall
a id dropped oil thu Hour a niano.led
nii-s. Tno two III lie words would have
saved his life and spand liuu lo a lov
ing wile and happy i hildien.
Taking a Philosophical View. j
Il is t dd of a prominent b.i -iness uiiiii ,
ol t ic cily that In b nig it through a
br'k. r I1011.lt to th amount of $1 l,HII , j
and on receiving ilieni put tin 111 into -
the out si I it pocket of his nveicoat,
walked to the head uf Milk stint, j
win re ho bei.iiiiu entangled in a crow d
and had the bonds stolen. All this was ,
onlv a somewhat tx iggeratcd 1 aso of '
( iiielessne-s, but w hat followed showed 1
that the ma 1 was a philosophic
The usual steps were taken to ills, i
over a id recover the missing sei 111 i- !
ties, b it when some day hid passed I
without any clew the owner began to j
conclude that he should never hear j
of t hem. j
'Well," he riniuk 'd lo his broker j
one day, when he hud dropped in to in- j
ipiire whether anything had been heard j
of the stolon sec irilios, and his pms
tioti ha I b '-'il mis v.-re I iu th" nega
tive, "there's one thing about il ; all I '
leS! is the i ilere.t of the m m -y. "
' 'The int :rost of the 111 uiey." repeat
ed tho broker; "why, you havo lost tho
principal, too, haven't you; '
"(th, not at all," was the reply; "my
heirs lose lint." i'owur.
Ambition ol a Muscovite.
Among tho most original of tho
foreigners now in Paris must bo men
tioned a Musoovilo magnate who has
been in llio exhibition every day siuco
its opening, nml whoso special mania is
to taste every cosmopolitan dish that is
prepared on or near tho Champ tie Mars.
He has calcu everything, including tho
tins-ivory messes of the Annamites, nnd
intends to go on with his gastronomic d
experiences until ho has exhausted all
the international menus. L ndoii Te't-
The Shape of Hie Skull.
Is a man stupid, or brilliant r wise,
Kiii insiiigly nblo or (lull:
It nlld 'pemls on his er.uiial bumps,
It' p -lids 011 tho sliap.' of his skull;
And there nro s 1110 things that some men
cannot do,
I't them Mirngjlu itud try till they're
dead,
I'liless they can build a bi- L on their brain
And alter the simp" of their head.
Then do not attempt thoso imp 'ssible fouls,
And struggle until you are gray,
On tasks for which you were never d -i(;ii"d
For your skull isn't slorio I tin right way.
Shap.' the .slcis of your I fe by the shiijio of
your skull;
Hnill jour lil't to tha mould of jour
brain;
liuu youi c irs on the trai-k that was built
for your 11 ".
Fill ss you Would wreck Hi" whole train.
A e ureli is not used for a stoi- dioii., a ,-.hi"t
Is not tisi d for a home or hotel,
liy the shop' of tho hoiiso, as by sin pit of
tin h ml
Its vai ions uses we t-11.
Thou ilo.i t try to li.ht ngainst nuturo'a
design.
You'll liiid it hard work aid .small pty.
Hen t sipnm l -r your slri'ii ;th on impossiMu
feats
Vi'hon your sKult i.n't sliajvil tho riht
way,
For tho world is lillel up with irrational
111 -n
Who stru.'gle and try lo attain
The cloud bannered peiks of impos-ilil-)
h-t-tits.
Without th" right bnlg' of the brain.
For the pi istie skull of Hie man is sliiip-.d
Hv n tut that is gn liter than he,
Ami he must judge by the shape of his hoa 1
The trend of his destiny.
Then judge by the til of your cranium case,
Don t sipiandi-r your powers, I pray,
In reaching for uniittuiiiulilc things
Wh 'ii your : k til 1 isn't sinp d tlio riyht
way.
,S'. II'. 7'ns.s, in J o 11 Arc 7;it.c.
Ill M0K01S.
Calling a halt "Hi, there, you crip
,di!" The road to ruin leads through tho
wicket gale.
Herry pickers get what they can and
can what they got.
Why had a p or singer b'dler sing to
an org in than a piano aceompanim ,-nt
H' cau.o of the frequent stops.
D tin 111 in's Sin A mouse has fallen
into the milk. His Mother I) d you
tako it oul? H"y No; 1 have, (brown
I lie cat in.
The man who is in tho habit of try
ing to it to the bottom of things
should beware of fulling overboard iu
mid -ocean.
Young Lady "That arrot you sold
mo hist week doesn't talk at all. "
D a'cr---"Ye'' m; you said you wanted
one that wouldn't be a n uisance to the
neighbors."
"Whv are you so agitated'" imputed
the glass of the palm leaf fan, which
was in a great flutter. "K-causo I lave
leas.i i to believe that you are about to
get drunk."
A musician brought to de-pair by liio
poor playing of a lady in a room above
his own meets her one day in the hall
with her three-year-old child and says
in a most friendly manner: "Your
bub! one there plays ipiilo well lor her
age! 1 hear her pnn t ie ev.ry day!"
The Value of Suapslone.
One of the valuable minerals of thin
country of which the output is hugely
increasing is talc or soapitono. It i-j
u-o I for dressing skins, leather gloves
and similar pu -pose, but its groato-t
use is as an adulterant. For this it is pe
culiarly lilted on account uf its lightness,
la-big employed as a tiller chiefly in the
inanufacluro of so up paper and rubber,
II id lo a certain extent as a lubricant
with other substances. I' is aiso u-ed
for making slate pencil, crayons, stoves,
ovens, .iiii' kuii lniiii;s mil healths,
and also, being aeid pro if, for si, ing
rollers in cotton factories. In Alabama
il is used for headstones. The A uteri -tan
al origin"- u-ed it for culinary arli
chs, and the Chinese for the 1 living of
their idols. lis lightness an I its filu.iiis
i-hat ncler admit of its aim t-t entile in
coipoialioiir.il percent.) with pap.r
stock, while clay and other inaterinis
which it replaces are only available tr
(ho extent of thirty or forty per cent.
It i known toco iimero by such names
as pu'p. mineral pulp, a ;alile asbi stino
pulp and others of the sum:! character.
Itetls Were bundles uf Straw.
In the ciriy peii.ul of modern hiOoiy
bods were almost uuivertally iu F.uropo
nothing but bundles of straw. Aslulo
iu Knglind us the time of (Ju ion Flizi
both no carpets wen; use I mid ihn floors
were strewn with tushes, and tho beds
were hardly anything better than a 111 lo
bench or any riub- framework which
lifted it above the floor.
A Mumbling Itlock.
Hev. Primrose. "Your mother
doesn't seem as fond of you us sho
might bo."
Little Johnnie "No, sir. Sho says
if it hadn't been for me she'd have had
sister married years) no." llujtr'i
littzur.