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f'lllllM IID'llion.
The hope that illumine- Hie way uf llro
Id a u III n' -tin -u that alar
Lfiiilclli tlir.Mi.'li nines nf toil nr 1 strife,
A Kh"st In tin- cnUr f n star.
Tlit'H why aim iM I rtivi't a share, pwi ot
heart.
Of (lie laurels with wlii'li they are
rrnwiii l.
TV n lanipii-li, If mi nni will ran-, synil
lir.irt,
Whrii I am 1 1 ) I. t thi' "niuml?
Traii-lcnt ami Ihclinj: t In- Unlit nf t"io
That Indilleieiiie slia.h.ivcth .vmn,
I'airi'-l Hill-ion will oil. n pinic
A blight w here m Impi'd fur a Ihhiii.
Thu- mi iiiniy cpi-lns mv hoiiI, mm i Hit-irt.
With tin- liainln.i' in whb li I am humid
TIM ilcsliiiy deal i ml my i.il, siii i'thi art,
Ami I am iin.l. r I In- s4 r 1 1 h . 1 ?
Fruit ii n ill. anni. 1.1 nf youth', briiihl day,
Willi hie in it hiauly aii.l I . I. . ri i - ;
Happy lln rriipi r- whii hi'ir nu ay
IN' fruit-, at llif li ariesf lime, Inline.
Hut hill, r tin' Mirrnwliil thxiiuhl, swirt
lioart, Tlnm-h my namr may hi' widely re
imwnoil ;
Iluw Inn ivii Hie iva-le where 1 yvroudil.
sweetheart,
When I am under tin around?
mi- I In- l;iy with its mil- ami tear,
Ami tioiihl, .1 the visitor ..f ni"hi,
I'lcary tin -!. .. -in l the passim: years.
In llieir li'iiilv, nniiiiitiiiinii- li;ht.
' l i- hut in r nn itibrriiu: t In e, - n Iheart.
Tint im hie - cum pensnt inn i- l.iuiiil ;
Tbou'li , h, i i-h my in, m'r t ami me, yvtct
heart. When I : in umler the ground?
- M. M. l-.'l-.iiii, in Atlanta m.-l it lit lull.
THE STRANGER.
II V
-. im it i; vu;i;i
'Taint die way mi liotic-l man 'uld
in t, nohow," said iil "I hnl" Tanli'.
with ii deoi-ive -hake of his unkepl
head. "There in dial nlil shanty he's
livnl fi'i' three week- now , iiinl. Iiai rin'
W hell In'' l"leit jjl llh hen ill (he
Mole, limy ivoi.lhrz hi- said to mo
since tin' nielli In1 riniii:.''
Nor tin'."
"Nor tui'."
Then tl -pee illative eilfin o fell on the
Hlloke OllU'lopcd fll'lUlp aiVIIIIll the
Hove.
'I.iki' cz iini," continued tin'- oM
man between hi pull-, "we're it tin r
horiu' a runaway crim'tial from ihe
Fast, or a hod-thief."
"He don't loo'; Vaclly like a
criin'nnl." p"ko out a l oiniiielil
lilien, known n- li.'leloji. "We
iliiln'l s'ii ion noiliiu' w lien he ill o e
1 1 1 in 1 1 1 : i ( I i i niiLjon u' hi-'n anil
ll-keil il lln l'i' Win a eahill he rn'iM
rent."
'Thai' ie-' il." intciriipleil Mail
with ('iiipha-i. 'I'eirniiii" i ile
reivin'. W'oiilil a man i-hnl hi--ell'
up iiIiiiii- in-ilooi all il ay if he wn-n'l
a sharp or u in ' i ti' 1' Wmiltl a man
liw tliree in i k- in th' lownuithout
n i i ti 1 1 1 1' wilh the hoi it i n j t i ii
em up to his plaie, if he knew lie f
wal'nl tiothin' a-in him r"
The-e iinaii-weraliie in 'Hiiients hail
llltt tl I heell IllililirileUt'il. W In II there
i nine a penile kno. k at the 1 ' I . ami.
a inoinenl l.iier, tlie -iilierl of the i on
vei-a ion -loo.l wiihin lln room.
I Ie w a a man of perhap- :!.i, (nil
lltlii -liht, uilh skill of lilelillliale
whilem-s, ami (lee) .-,t ce- which re-
(Iccletl the ipiiet i-ii ne-t i of an tm-
iisinilli thoiihlfiii niiil scii-ilivc tiiinil.
An inlcn-ely hlaek, tlroopin inn
laclie (lermeil nil her In assist in the
prevailing tone ol -aili.es- in I ho face.
W illi mi cii-y sell'-po-se.(i,i, the
lit'Wconii f rciiiiixeil hi- hal, an net ci
ileiitly of nuliiial ami unom-i ioii
couiies , ainl, with ft slight iucliua
tion of the In ail, which sceined In in
clude all in the in in. ho greeted the
loiliiri. wilh a low--poketi good
t'venin." There was a Umr. nwkward pause.
A liricht -pi I Ihi-hed into cm h of his
pule cheek a Ids eieelini; pa cd mi
aiiswivcd, hut he slid retained hi
Ihoronh self po-Kt's-ion. I.'cplacinj,'
hia hut w ilh u tii ni uioliou and keep
iliT his eves iiullilicliinlv on the
crowd, he proceeded to explain cnliuly J
w hat he u allied. I lis horse had died
the day licfoic in iheshi'd at the cahiu.
If some one could he e.i.tt. n to remuve
the body he would he wed paid for (he
tumble.
It rcipiiied a stiouu piejiidico to
out-bii!anci' an olh r of lln- kind, but
popular feeling -ecmed to be di'i iilcdl
lljnins the Stranger, mid. in Saddle
toivn. popular feeling wa- vety likely
to prevail.
Finally one of the men removed a
rorn coh p:pe for n MiHicient lenjjtli of
lime to drawl out, with mock uravily:
" Kockon you'll have ter pit rid o'
the boss meat er-elf, minler. None
o" the hoy seem to colton to the j "b.
This speech wa- hailed w ith a round
(if jfiill'aw s from the Saddletow n cit i
ens, n in I before llic-e had died mi in ,
the Stranger Willi a slight liow. had
di-iippeared a iiiietlv as lie had come.
Perhaps it iva- the lau'h that had
inolli fi iliji an t-tl. ct on the as-etubhie.
I'erhiips it wa the ci er-in. reusing to
bacco fumes that -ootheil it into better
mood. in. that u it may, there eei-
tH i uly wa- a reaction in favor of the
Slr.inp'i- after hi- dcpaliiire.
The we-lern miiiei of a doen lear
fi was a curious mixture of e,i,n
.Hid evil, Mvnvcd l.v the sliudilest of
iinpul-e-. and, perhaps, only 1 1 1 i can
account for (' e Hood of ynod feeling
which rolled iutii i. I Tan-lc's linle
shop as the eieniiif.' pi ot e--ei.
I'Vlelop dei laicd, wi:h more pnnl
humor tl
cut lespecl, that l'lhe fib t
biiliedi;. .-cctneil painei ," and eleii
had hini-elf allowed llcil he inilil
n't be so bad al ter nil." This was (In
state allair-. had readied when one of
the hoy stiy.rcsleil. with a laiiyh. that
they should go over and carl the ol I
ho-s away before niorniti."
The id. -a had been olb'ied a a joke,
and el, lil'leeii iiiinitles laler the
crowd was -t r. oyliiiLT through Ihe
tnoonlielit towaid the irauei '
cabin, Il w a-decided lb it l'ili lop's team
should be It-cd.as his -h ini was near
est that of the Slr.-mer'. and I he bovs
had almost reached the old -bed. when
suddenly there w a-a ipi'nk eclaiua
litii from l'ileiop, a clalter of
horse's hoofs, ihe sharp era. U.. rack of
a dorriuevr, and in another moment
some of the parly were chasiiiir a
riderle- horse, while the oilier belli
over a in-t ii'iili'-s limine in the road.
The limine wa- Unit of Ihe Stranrl '.
The horse was Fizzle op's.
The change I'min ood humor to in.
dipiialion wa eMieiui'. I'.vcu before
the iiiicoiisi iou- man w as pronoun I
-till alive several were making toward
the shed in -earch of a rope. The re
port of l'iz. l"l. p' pi-l.d had .iiii kly
attracted a tiuiiili.'r of spectators, and
I 'ad l anele w a epoiindilc on the
kci'iiiie- if hi pci ci-pi ion of character,
and liia abilili in pal I iciilar to dele.)
a hor-e thief at lir-t s.iiini.''
Mrailye to -in , Fizzlelop seemed
l ike the nll'tir more almly than Hi.
olhers. ( die the man a clcili. e," he
-aid, as the tope iv.l- bloiielll lip,
ready noo-eil. He can't -. ipe. Fel's
larri I ii in our to hi-cabin and u
him a ti ial."
After , coi.il deal .if c,uiiil,;in al
putlin' the tiling oil,'" this wa- lina'U
agreed to, hut I lad ill-i-led on laki m
the rope alou -n that il would be on
hand W lieu w allied.
It wa- only a few lepj to Ihe
Ml'.iuuer's cabin, and w hen I'izz.li !oj''s i
hois,; had been retiirin d to the shi d,
I here Ihe st un. on-ion- man wa-
borne. j
A I'ler for.iiii; open the .o r and e-
xi-i t i iiir the limp limine in the aire: dy '
lijjhled loom, the hi. 11 proceeded to
cxaiiiine i art fully the interior, i n. i
mam were the expre.-ion-of sill . i-e
al ihe ln lve of hook-, the peal j
lamp. an. I llie ten. ial air ol in-atn
liul tin' supremo sense i.f a.l.i!ei. wn
jll-lice wa- not I i he shaken hi Here
-I'lilimeulaliti .
I 'ad l aiile had ju-t ibdii rro.l him
self of the opiui.ni thai :i- the trati.yer
had been seen makinu "tl w; h ihe
Im. -e no trial w a- nec.le.l w hen one of
ihe nieii suddenly iiiieri upted him
w ith :
-Hello! what' thi-:-"
Ilia moment the iiowd was i Wis.
len d s.. Ilhouud aroimd the -p. aker.
On a pe hum; a lilt I. frock, while
beneath rested a pair of tiny -hues.
The rout:;., haul f i.es were -ludic-iu
llieir i.ii'ied expn ions.
Il II. i- I' zzletop who bloke the
-pell. W llhollt a W ol d he stepped
.iii.kl to ihe bed-iil.' iin.l pu-hc.l
a-ide the ciirlaiu. t hi the piilow la
a llii-hed little face, amid a l iiinle of
.oh leu curls.
One or two of tin- miners turned
away wilh head- bent forward
on their breasts. I izzl. tnp's hand
tremble! -trai'.ely a- he held a-ide
Ihe i ill lain, and old Pad Taiiclc c---ac.l
to -peak, mid c,,t f;,r
Well, I'll be I. lowed." when soiuc
lliiny seeme.l lo choke him. and al'lcr
swallow ino -uspi, i.ni-ly two or three
times, he made hi- way uncertain!!
out of door-.
The li'bt on the tiny f ee awakened
ihe little sleeper, and Ihe blue eye
opened Woiidcriiici .
Win re i- p ipa:"
Seveial luoie of the urotip, wilh
silent mid im t ady -top-, pa--ci mil
tint -no li Ihe open doorway.
He'-a a asleep now." l i.vlctop
answered, huskily: and lln cititain
dropped t" conceal Ihe motionless 1
liyui e on l he iloor.
He said he was (.'nine i,i brine a
doctor for me." said the childi-h 1
mice.
doctor here in toivi.:" be a-ked
w ilh tpii. k earnestness. '
'Oh. no." nil wi led tin- pule one j
-imply. The pie in low n w oiildn l j
help il-." j
I lilt hue i ..ii ii" iii'imini. dean r"
Maunii i i- dead." said the child. '
(.-raich.
W itlnnit iiii.-lher word I'izh top '
(ill in d H'i'h one b un. I he pla. !
his ear to the cV:ure on the Iloor
"I (lb w ith his coal, bio a," he whis
pered hoai sely, as he il,i-hed throujih
the doorwav. and a moment later there
w a a clatter of Ih in;: bo I'-.
So the little llii-hed lace had n
dm tot- a Per all. mid the dm lor had
I w o pal icnls instead of one.
They'll I. Mil he all ri;(lit in a few
days." he said I i the circle of anxious
faces a,-1,., rode awa. "I knew I In
man our in 'Frisco. He's heart
broken ami despondent over the ns
of I is wife, bill he's a l'ut-rale fel
low." I' would be untrue to say that in
after day- the tall, slight licurewn
the most popular one in tow n ; for the
most popular wa- iml a man al all:
bill then, next to lint illlle gulden
hailed n'trl cam.' the lranp'r.-- I e
loit Free Cress.
The I'riillls nf Aiillinr-liii.
A New York letter iii Ihe Philadel
phia Cress mi h: I caii'j hi one of our
best-know n authors in a confidential
mood i . oc in 1 , and his comment-on
the revenue of aiiliior-hip. which he
L'aiv me pcrmi-ion nflerw ai d to
print, carry in!eie wilh them. I
may add thai ihe name of thi- miihor
i- on.- of the most which known in
American literal lire to-day. "Seien
ears ;n I cho-e between law mid
literature. I had every opportunity to
succeed al Ihe bar, for, ilirouyh hard
study and iu connection-, a lucrative
praclice seemed open lo Hi', lint I
liirned to :u 1 1 1 1. i -1 1 i I . To-dav I am
! what the world calls a successful au
I linn'. My la-l iimcl wa- hid for by
three publidier.s, and my rmallies,
j am told by my publisher-, me hioher
llia:i those of Ihe majority of their
writer-.
"I have the pleasure of heaiinu my
- mid name hawked on the train
. I am tiavellini:. the uew-papeta
i;ie me from a 1 1 1 1 il l . r of it coluinn lo
a .-"luiim and a half review, 'bit
what has liieialuio I !' hil: lit me in
money ! I el me open my ve-t pocket
to ou. Here i my nciual leietuie
for l!'. and includes, a- )oit see,
royalties on -ix of my novels, maga
zine arlicic-. etc, and eieri lliiu i
collect. Here i-the total I V. lo.
I'oiupare the-.! ncliial liure, to Ihe
paragraph rcceiiilv circulated in which
am reputed to earn Alo.ooo from
my pen. I il any w onder thai the
unsophisticated enter lilcialuiv with
'al-e hope-? Yo, piinl llie-c fact if
mu ui-h; null , of c nir-e, willihol.l
my name mid ideuiili " I reproduce
here Ihe l.l' l- and limine- a- Ihey Wcle
cj i , m, I onli wi-h it were
o--ible. f.. the sake of Iho-e who
thini. lb..! lit raliire i a be.l of ro-i ,
to l:ivc tin- auilior name
What a (Imir Minrer May Cunt.
A soprano, in an ave,iie ciiy. will
be paid, a- a b. . ; i 1 1 1 1 r. an w here from
s.'.'H In s.,"i. - .iiiimiii. s.he be-
t nu. s belter Know n, and is in more
j thoroiii-h c .inniand ot her mice, she
will aielai;'' flolll ' o. i n i-t in. Cis
; Ion pai- about - .'on per anniiiu hclOT
; in choir -itijct - than mil oilier city in
my know It .I.e. everal -opt aims I h.ie
receiie learll -alaiie- of ijlooo and
I S'J',0, ;,, j, f, u .-.l. i'o.
I A woman with a io.od , onuallo
i mi. t- will he.;;u Willi an annual -alary
I ui S'joo, w hi'li, if she i- II. ees. ful.
may rise io an ai ci ace of s.i"n. Thorp
are Iw.i chine c- in Philadelphia, I
b.'dcie. which piv their contralto
I on; but this, in oiiies 0111-14,. ,,f
I'.oslnii, w Ilh Il : s w ilh -..piano- .ller
ai'i's about "n higher, i- uiiii-ual.
And cicii a cctiuine alio, thai laif-l of
thini;- ill the-o tin , W il! coininaiid but
l i'oiii . oo to oo ,,.f annul':. The
Hub. of course, does belter n (hi, by
.'oo. but e eu wilh thi- addition none
of these ..da ie appear proei-cli ex
tra i aeaut, or lo admit of much luxury
in Iii in-', and sahuie are rarely in
creased, should a rival .Ihiic'i make
an oiler for a voice, if the fnsi church
i- de-iron- ol relainiiiL; il, the liial's
price i-oici bid and ihe mice n lained.
A I m I line in -paraL'ii.
t 'n a -pin of I ake roia.i k:ilii:a,"
kii the h lando , 1 la. eiilinel, --six
miles by wan -r and about nine by land
soii'h of l is-i in ii ui-. is the already
famous :ispaia"iis plaiii.nion of Mr.
F. t.oblet, who went there about a
ear at; o from t harlcs..n. S. ( '..w he e
in ti n icais pnccdii.e hi, departure
he am I--I .1 a ioi lui'c in the . u livalion
and sale of e-parae n.. which was
ehielly sliipped to Noiiherii markets,
ainl it is iii- main purpose to onw it
here on ail iiunien- scale, the desieu
bi iiie to plain lift! a. it - of it. It is
aene. that it cm he placed on the
market at a -ea-oii when there i no
competition, as the tunc of pi. inline
in "south t ai oliua and (.eoieia i- in
March, while hcie il is in January,
"ii iie.: n cr .p I w o month earlier. I he
cn'..,--il txiMiui.ii! will he watched
w ith illicit- int. re-:, by the ii"i it ijU
tuii-l of rk'tidt."
i iiii.inti: s in i i.
ri III I 1 1 e 'I o M;. II.
A Utile kinc.l. in I
Whi le HioiijIiI- an. I I.-. linjs .p.irp,
Ami i cry hard I li el Hi. .-
I if cm i -r 1 1 i 1 1 e il v. el! .
I'..- p.l 1.. It llll'ls lill I l.illies inc.
A w av ward w ill UM-;cal-.
And -t'lli-hin s- il- -h.nl . ia-1-
'li all my wi'l'i I- ami .ht-l-.
lb iw can I learn lo rill, no -fit.
To he Ihe child I -I hi. i
Ibme-I and brae. n..t i. r nr.- j
I f in iiej in l,e " I I
Ib.w can I l,.-e. a sum -eul j
To -lull, aluim hie' iii
II.." i all I 1 .11). no li ' ie I., ui I
'I n .,, Hy -dm all ' .j '- j
li ar I' liht r. In l. ). . Mh lln bee j
That i-i-l. Ih eel no . u .
Te.i.'li me tn lean on lie . . and " ' j
Thai then ail v. rv m- u .
That no I. nipi t f i u i un-e n. '
No . hildl-h '.lli f Ie,, niiall.
.'in. .-lln.il. w ilh p iiicin . il . i i . i . I ,
In.ih -....ihe and . ..nilcri nM. ;
I do m. I a-U for am cum il
bnl licit w hi. h il m e. v in.
Ncr ni'l, I nine i tut vt..:M
lixc.'i.l III! I'll.' uliin.
I'.c then nit l id. Ill I iiml.
I.i d In a 1. ml. r han I.
I l.v ha.. kin ; eni in no -.-'I.
Ami .laic I., lai.c ceuiiu m.l.
l oiio i M. Ah .'.
I ....
I I I 1 1 I. I I.I I .
I III the same c.iiir where bleu
j prow s nu dee-, but ler also pmv. ol
lice. I don't -ilppo-e 1 1 1 s "ill- all I
j hois would think it ieri e.M bullei
but it i- the I .. I (he people in ilia
coiinlrv can yet. Ii "inw- in lim o;
; six ,'ouiiil lump- mid is a -ofi. icllow
sub-tani o uiiilcr a " i ecu, leal ht i i -oi l
; of skin. 1 1 is i a '. led l he iii o. ad -1 p.-a r
- ! I 'eli-oil Free Crcs..
i
i It M W I III IJIN'i..
It leijUilcs 1 1 1 1 i k heal ill", sll'll'p 'b
serialion and a ::"o. incmmi t kn w
iilwaisa friend'- pi . uliar rinj: of lln
house bell, all hoii'Ji ihero i-, noiloiihl I
I au indii idi aiil v in th t a- in evert '
oil, cr human a. I. Nol to be able i.
I do tlii- is not a pro I t.f dullness p
, child or man : mi. I when .Ion. In ; ;
i i al isiiorih iioiiiic. hi. It in ;..(
1 stoii -Heel, in this cilj, had a . U !
which for i ear- always lelt it- i- i
. and wenl down ihe siair- lo ih. ;
; front door w hen i l - lii'stre-s t am; . It :
1 unit her if the door- of ihe room
j were open : bill it look no n . ! i . (
; w halevcr of Ihe I in:; nf ainbitl. cl-e.
I Ni w t h loan- Ci. ai inn .
i :
j Ill Xli IN I Mil 11.1 -.
j III Mexico a ".roup of lad- from
; seven to ( welve w ill lileil. and each;
; boy will decorously lift I.i- hal. mid
salutations of extreme couitcsv will,
be excliail"ed: and lie II clues (ho
t bolish .lialler. Ihe inn and tin '
j laughter, the same a- am w here.
: Hois lu re treat tin ii ildct- with
I lo-pe. I. An old man r woman i-
not the bull of the youth of Mexico:
' rather for ll Id people are reserved
I (he -hadie-t -eat under die trees in
the parks. A Mcxii an hot nrniil tm
j eiilei ino a l oom alw ai w alks m ound
! anion" die coiiipani, shaking hands
! with all, and on l-avini: il"' loom doc
1 Ihe -amo. Frbanity i taught in lb"
! public schools us arithmetic i-at home.
Tin ie is no o..o jostle I on die -treet:
; (lie bes seat ill (he li.'l e car i
; proinptli "hen up to the I nlit's, who
gracefully ackiiowtcd".' ihe favor. I
tun e iiei cr -.a n a Mcxii in gentleman
fail to "ivo his seal to a woman.
' whether -he wa richly or poorly
! .Ircs,cd. ' !
I I I II IXi, l.a.l'l .
j A number of hots w re ka!iit? and
i si,iii" in ork-!iie. I -ii"lalnl. Ml a
I . in I. leu the i. e "aie w n almost in ihe
I llli.l.l'e of ihe lake, and one pour lilt Ie
fi l'ow fell ill. Th. re w as no hoit-e
near w here tlcy o"'!. run lor help :
: no rope- which ibft could lliri w lo
! their si ni"" li Hi: companion. Tbel'.n.
' stood on I lie bank i n Ii pale, sorrow ful .
I face-, afiaid to li t to rca. b lln ir
I fiieud, for fear tla' ice should "jt,.
way mid swallow lln in all up.
j I'.iit one hoy suddenly remembered
j that, al I holt" h oil nu Hot -land a
j hoard upricht on (bin ice w itlnnit its
' polll" through. I el if lou la I the same
I board I' ll oil the I. o il will be.plile
safe. Not oiiU (hit. but be knew thai
j he could run aloii" die board without
I fear of i rackiti"; the i e.
j II took hiiu only a in uucni o i euit in
I bcr nil thai: the m l he spoke to his
' friends sonieisinj. after thi fn-hion:
1 "I will lie down ll.it on the ice m ar
: theed":e: (hell one o'' loll inu-t 0 'llie
to my feet and pit-h me alony until
you, loo. can lie down. If ion all iie
1 dow ii in dial iv at mid u-h the hoi in
j front of von. wo shall make a hue
lonir elloii"h to reach poor I'ciiht ii."
Tlui. takiii": the po-t of i!aii"t r
himself, the brine ho wa. able, by
hi liviiik1 rope, to ii i h hi Iri. ud.
He pulled him out. 1 1 1. ol u 1 1 he w a- not
il moment loo soon, I or he wa -oc
hiiUstetl w ith his ell u ls ( i k, , p I,
head above water that lie would mi
won have sunk.
STANLEY'S HXD.j
IMMKNSK l(Hlr.-i OK IM)IA j
hi mn K i in i .-. i Ai' i.n .v .
The part playeil liy rit'iher as a factor '
in civiliatimi. I
The iliscoieiy by Stanley of im ;
ineii-e 'o'e.s of iiidia lubber lice- in !
the alley of Ihe upper l'.ill".i w til J
malk a new epoch iii the iiidii-iinil
history of the woi Id. I ui inir tin-
past lift t t car-. a. ml. hone, popularli
kiiowiia- imiia iiihlii r. h i been a
ino-l i ni n-1 ,t nt I'a.-lor in roiiioiiuM ;
civilization.
.Many can eiu niber when Ihe only !
n-e made of thi- siib-lani c w as as an
i
era-er lor pene I mark-. About Ihe .
icar I -.'." a C.o-ion -ea caplaiu bioii"lil
fmni oiilh 1 1 1 1 r i : i a pair of -hoes
-il.'h a were worn hi Ihe Indian in i
brazil. Thci w ei e ft inn. .1 ( rubber, '
which wa- incited and !.m.'. to col '
ol el' piece, ol i l l! , -haped . i -1 hi II" j
like :i human ..,.. The-e shoes ;tl
iricled yrc.ai .-1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . and a raiiye-j
incllls were made for nilpol I . li" Inalil
pairs of diem. I . .1 1 1 (hat I line till
die pn scut the pro. re s in limliii" i
inelh n-of dealing India nil. bcr mid
llpplvi:." il lo new ll-i - b i- been
slea.li .
Sen 'i a I i In in i-l - a in I i u ciiior ta e 1
Iheii iilleiiiion lo ii ..r jo:n -. An I
I 'no I i . h ni.-i M di-cieii d a .i' to di- ''
soheii and ii-c il l'..r ejiine :, inn
io aline to . ilk- and other kinds of
cloth, and w tiler .f cl..i.in". blanket.-and
tents noon iipptaicl on the
nnu kel .
It general ii -e lor spiiu". foi -iail-:
wavcai soon produced ii "Hal do- ;
maud for it and . all ied Up lln' pi h e.
So.., i to.udiear in Ihi- country audi
oilier expel imeulel - ill lilllope di-' "I - j
ered dial a union o,i!, be fni'iued be ;
tiveeit ciiini't linn.- and -hI.iiii . by
means ,.f which die lir-t -iib-tame be-
aine en. lowed w ith new pi .perlies. i
The new in.'ilcrial. lu i .ini.cil rubber.
bee. Illie tile tllollclll Wolldt'l' ol (he
World. Il wa- of ".leal Millie lo ',
science, as it wa io the decorative '
mid iiidiisl rial ai I-. It pio d in be i
lldilpled lo a oe:,.r uuliibel' of pill I
po-i than any inalei 'uil c, - employed ,
in i niisiru. limi. It ell'eclcd ,-i ii'iolu- :
lion in in than a bun. bed old ail-
mid i I caleil new ones. j
A I libber sioie. hi. li a- i- found in
any of our larue . itie-, i- a n u-cuiii
of curiosities. Il I'lllbl .. . allllo-t
fieri aid. Ie foinici ly iiiad" of io.!.
luelal. i lay or am n ciable or animal
sub-lance. ,
1 1 i nl iii li- u. a I K iii 1 1 1 1 1 i i : dial i- i
tl-cl I'roiu llie i ladle lo the "rae. In
il are inn-ill" hot Ie-. riie.-s u ed bi
infants in . unite: teeth, toy - for . hil
di'i ii. ball- l,.r toiiih-, instrument- for '
siii". on- and tools for :il kind -of
artisans, llnhhrr eoo.1- now iiiini-tcr ;
to the w 111! . of pie of ill' a... -. ,
Oill-i- the rubber I0.:e I. ll" ha- been
piooi"eil an I in ade . eu. it-, hil mil
eiiioy able by (he u-e ol :i -iil'-iam e
obliiiued ffoui Ihe -apof a lite found
i i a f. w tropj. a . .iiiitrie-. 1 1 -i.iiilci
ha- found an ininn n-e Ion -I ol lub
ber tiees in die iuli iior of Alii. a. he
lias di ., an ercl -olllelhili" Inn. ll mole
labliible lliau liiie: -..loin. u' line-"
U' the "I. at di; ltd Ie Id-. lie li.l-
liliidc hilli-t If die bee. ,i. I nl ihe
I'liiire human race. ' hi. a; ., lb raid, j
Kisli-I.iues Six Mile I. on.. !
Ai'ci diiej lo a i onleinpor.iry . they ;
li-hwitli li-h-liiie- -ix mile- Ion- in ;
W iiiin bae.i Lake. Wi-cn in. and u-e
.'".i on book- on i i en I in-. I f l! ci
,1 i in . I b ml up con li-h i i t i t lime
hey lill a line tin y don't think tln i
irehatine nil e,,nd link. Aiidcnri
li-h will wci"h from twenty in -eieniy
polllul-. 'lie of I li-ll li lie- Will :
reach hail'-w ay .-nr.'-. the lak". It i--trcli'hi'il
out into the lake by mean-of
boat. I.iiee I. not s b. ii," :uia. bed I i il
It i III fl V :i 1 - to keep it oil die -in face,
Th" '-'", hook-, bailed w ilh pieces j
al meat or li-h. an' low, ri d ! die I...I- ;
..ill .'I ihe kike by -in. al- nl the proper
leie'i which .ire fa Iciit-d o llie uiiiin :
inc. ll Like- Iwcliiy b... il-. wilh ,wo !
lien in each, lo look a fit I ihi - hi-; li-h-
line. Fin b boat ba- I .. I i ie si.,,l.
in its , hanje I In'-' are In . I to ihe
nam line eighteen in. lies apart, .and to
hail nl! die hook- ou.'e reiiiire not
.es than I polllul- of bait. It take-
he fort i men and lueiilv boat ton
Tom- to sti th. line for the liis time. .
After I It'll the ti-ln t nu ll nle employed j
li uoiti"; over the 1 lie. Iiriillinir ill die
-lltieooii that halt' been c:iii"lil Oil tin' .
htioks, and rcbiiiliii!; whole it i iienn- !
-HIT.
To haul in a " pound sinrveoti i
from die bottom of the hike i an ex. !
.ilill.' piece of w ol k : bill il l'eipiri's
more slienedi than skill, as the lt-.li I
ilivaisha die book scleral inchest
low n hi ihi" at. bin iii" s,cke. bait)
tinl ail dow n il il bout any ii::inl lo ,
voii.cipieiices, There is no ilmjecr of
lo-ine the li.-h un'e-s the hook break.J.
ben die li-h i- hauled to I in- surface
n "all .'is hie; a- ii :ncat h.,ol, i- llu ii-l
iul i one side ,,' jt. hea l, and (lie -Inr-
Uenll is hauled illlo llie (io.ll lllld I
kim. kediti die head wilh a heaiy J
maul. The hook tli.at . i inn d il i-
. ill mil of iN throat. tcb.iMcil. and !
llllotili bin k into Ihe I.i e. The aver- j
ii"e . iii, h o'' sturee.in is one lo cicry j
ten I k-. ;
The li-hei ineii k now the panii tilai
-l i lion- nf Ihe Hue which lin y work
In the .'irr.aUL'i iu nl of Ihe buoy -
The-e are pl.ae. d P' feel lip.)!!. illnl:
one in . f them i- p.ainle.l led. I
The -p;. e h.'lilecn llie l d bllol-
coiit.uiis I. hook-. The sections 1
arc numbered .and die hi.ai- aie mini- 1
bend. The b. ml w oi k the . e, don-.-t-
lln ir niunber-. riesjioud with lln--ei
lion number-. While die acrii"e
c a I I. i- one slurL'ioll lo ten hooks, it i- '
no nu, .mill. .n iliim; for the li-hei tn,-ii :
to tin, I but i, no or mo in i be entire
-ci lion uf , hooks. 'he It'll' lU'M ;
seed. in ilia;, contain the lull aieiiie
of l"0. and perhaps mnre. j
Ihe Lake Wililiihiipi siie,.nn j.
I ii o li 1 1 prized .'1111011"- llie lumbermen
and other- in the rc"i ui. lis flc-h i
liner and of better llaior lliiiti the river
or -alt-w atcr siur"oon nf the Fas!.
The li-h -I II-at sj cents per pound!
Ii'lail. I.iiiee.pi.anlilie- are -idled and
-inoked for n-e m llie lumber-camp-.
Ira nee Italics All II-( ilizen-.
Ii i- ihe law iii France ',,r the pov
ertiuiciil io bury "II of ii- . ilizen. In
dial mutiny liineral- ale a Lovern
ni. til uioiiopoli and die undertaker
are military olli,.r-. liinkilii; ii-ually
as I i i .io i s or captain- The liner the
funeral the higher the i.aiik of die of
ficial in cli'ii".'. who i- ihes-cd as a
i ule in h!a. k velvi t, w ith much pohl
la. o. a -word and a i ockade. The
burial bureau in I'.iri- on upie- one of
die l.ire-l buililiii".- in the world
If o die there your lilalivc-mid
f cii ud- an; not . .'li-iilicd ;il all ti to
your fiini nl. Tlit- bureau, upon re
ceii iii" lepori of your deal Ii throiieh
tl.e police, lakes its ow ll lep to lit 1. 1
out ll "al posjiion mid iiiciiu-of
I'l.Olil. . 1.1 . ..I.IIIO' Willi lis
informal ion on llieso poinl- ihe funer
al i ordered. I f die bur. an decide
thai ion oiieli! io have a lir-t i la-s
fuiicial lou aie i oinpclled In liai e il
windier or no, and if it i mt paid
for promptly Ihe family "nods will be
i oiiii-. .in d. I he soi l of funeral l
cho-cn for ymi tt ill be one of eleven
cl.is.es, a- die bureau may ilnci ', the 1
expcii-c di -I einliii". from 'i"'o for a
lil -I i ki- burial lo SI.1 for a leiilh-cl.a--
intci ni. -nl .
I'aiipe. s . .line in die elci t nlh i lii-s i
. 1 1 , I ill pill lllldel " I'ollllil I"! Iiolllill". !
Aliii yoiir .l.iui-c your l.ale re-ideiice
ii ill he draped wilh blin k inide and
out by die mil hm il ie-, :iud y our I'elii
tii es nil! I.e perm '.I i id to han- no cm- i
tri'l ol anylhiiik. - i i 1 1 1 a choice as
to u h, i .. r y inn- bodi -hall be em
biilnn d or iml. For Ihi. -en i. o S.'.oo
i. h u ". d. In thi , Hil l I :e t o-l of ,
oinhalmine. i- I'miu . lo '..". but :
.'I. I lln-re they plelelid lo nu lei -Ian I
pioet --. - iipp i. a, hiii" in i llec. ivcin -s
lliosc n ibc aucii ill I '. i dan-. No
priiale iudiiidual in rr.aiico i per- i
milled to tiie,."c in the iimlert.ikiu
I'll-ille.s. ll is dl -illlle l ay ill Italy .
whi'ie burial is iil-o a :,.u-iiiitirlil I
monopoly, and in Ku ia al. die cui
ha.'iiiii" is done by the "oierument. -
iis!iin"loii lar.
M here Ihe li.irlcy l.riiw.
1 II 11 I el' , I Upon ihe 1 ll'llil ali.ill of
bill I. y . lU piirul bi M. Tis-eiainl.
I 'in . lor of ei' uiiiin in l i in e, il
i - o : i 111 it, , I ih.it ihe uorlii's annual
pndu, ti'ii ..I ihi- l I tl 11 i- s., nnu n, i
bii-!e I-. nl iil.i, Ii Ihiec fourth, are
"low 11 in l uiope iind 1 ho remainder in
die I inted "! itc, I .111.1,1.1. Chili. India. '
u -Italia. .1 1 'ii 11 . Tuui- aud Mcri.i. I
The lol'll I lill" I- c-l illlille I ill abolil j
..so.' ,000. 1 The countries tl l:il"C-t !
production are -I.'ite.l .as follows: j
l.'n- -a I ":'. the I nil t -I Ii tie'- j
doiii '1'. '.' lo imaiiy 'j : ,1 .00,0, 1, , , i
A u si 1 i 1 1 1 u 1 1 u a 1 1 , ssioniin. -.,:,in I
7 . .01 '.i.i 00. I ram e I'i u' o .nun, w nl. 11
and Norway 1.00., bu-bil-: .mi
ol Flllope Meeria I.O.. "Ol., Key , I
'..'. ,"i'o bushels. I
tjueer I illle Hies.
The -tat,, eiiloinol ."i-l nf New Yelk
h.'i-on Iii-te-k at Albany a jelly cla
fonlailiiii" hiiinli't d of iiieer little
llie-. They hclotio to a specie which
rarely info-i- dyvolliii"; house. There
are only three liou-c- in the I niled
Slate knoll 11 I.i be ililo-led by the tl y
.iiie in Now Hampshire and two in
New York state These insects ap
pear dm ine ihe w inl. 1. are liveliest
wlienii is coldest, mid disappear in
April. If Ihey -IioiiM siuldculv
chaii"c their hablls. and conclude to
become boii-e llics, m hal au allliclion
it would be! We -hould then have
llie the leal V"i.'i'U -'t'l.iiea ll.T-al.l.
The lliirpcr.
The harper woke and smm hi- soim'
s ..ui nii'l Niilure tauiihl him.
I I, t- bll-l Wnrld pa oil lo III llir..n:.'s.
And with roiiiili old-btsoie.ht hill
To Iran: hi- craft, an idle dioii c.
I n Iho-e ..I rarer hand and yoi' e.
I In harper slept. The :ilt- f. II ..ll
I'.lin. I eyes, ami car- en -hiiip. ri
Praise rim-.' In. in lips all-u-. d I" -coll '
"A una! man ty ii-our hill i" I !"
Iml iiiinid the -leepi i-' 1 1 : 1 1 1 1 . and I. .nib
I- ureal he.) the !aur I wilh ii- hi". an.
I l.iiima . Iioiy.l. in N oinh'-' oinpiiiiinii.
IM MOIMM S.
The "toiiiid-lio": "-iiu-aeo meat.
A paw iibrol.cr is deserving "f si in
pnlhy. He i a loan creature.
How arc you 10111111"; on!'" in
ipiircd die man of hi Wei b eit
lailor- -ay dial lln- fi-l man is i li
erally prelly -Iml alnml paying up.
II" w lln- tobiii 1 0 habii i- .-prendin
-eu 11 hor-e- iii 'ke .ill. ! 11 hard .n.
W hen :t man i- e,.iii" , ,w 11 hill hi;
tin. I- Ihe iillr.i don of "i':ii iliilioti and
Ihe em 11111 ii'jciiieiit of die public il
l: 1 f:ii help to him.
1 .an y on -how in.- the ".rub that
make, the I ill 1 1 -1 III ." -he iliipliled
-Weclll . Tilli'kll 'heat's ill.' "lllb. bill.
laiu'l in se.i-ou," iinswered Ihe luui I,
iiioi.aiii "t'ocer.
A New in k ediloi i try ill": In de
cide w hich is proper. I -aw a:i
opera" or "I beaul an opeia." If he.
sal behind I he reoiilat ion sie bonnet
the latter lc In i- corn .1.
Ollicer Well, Anion, how 's your
master today:1" Orderly Coor.dcar
capti. in. lie's 110 belter n l. iililed
in-t liotv In s,y hi. bool nl mt head
bill hadn't the -II. Il'jih to do il !"
A mail in a vili.ie of Holland was
seen one day paitiiiny a heal y black
lino 011 die "iible-cinl of bis hoii-e, and
Htl.'irlii lit! lo it a dale, say November
I s, 11'. Asked what In was nboiil,
he -aid: "I mn moviu:' my 1 1 i u 1 1
wnlcr mark up to where lln boys can't
f cratch it nut again. I am sick of
their pranks."
ll llliliilll liiilijn lliuiil.
.Iliini.l. .1... .l..,-,.ii - 1...
tenth killed in an encounter with tin!
Indian police, appear- from lln- in
count of hi- life t;ivcii by die papers',
o hiiu been a kind of Indian In'bill
Hood, lie hoo.an bi- 1 nicer in the
ll.aliye al'iny, bill soon left I lie sell ice
for the more coiioeui.-il o. . upalion of
robbery. In 1VI lie u.ai capltiroil
tind sentenecil lo lillcu years' im
prisouiueiit . Alter brc-ikiui; his arm
in an atiempt In e-cape h-' n uiiiincil al
Meerut oal lill Is. and hei nine llie
lllos expert ciirpet weal or ill lln'
prison, t In his releae he cilia Oil a
band. 11 hii h soon became the terror of
Mm 1 ill and die 'id,tiniin. di-tii.i.
His usual coin- I operations wa- .
pounce upon a villa"" and rail upon
Ihe local sliroll. or banker. Io produce
hi- bond- and n ecipi -. which were
tll.'ll pllbli.ll blllllid. W hi!" llie sill oil
him-clf yy;s pliilubi.d. Thi- -lyle of
'i-occedine iiiaile Jhiiud a popular with
the iiulel'led . la- .'-. u ho I . n in :i lai'ee
proportion of die iiira! p.'piilalioii,
mid hi their aid he -in c cd ii; d.-l'i ine;
I hi! police for I he l.i-l I yt o t I ,iko
his I ino li-li ia-. loiy p. . h, i- .also M,i, 10
hale been chari tabic I" the poor.
There w a- ill 11 S some dual. I n hetlliT
he wa- a.niiiby killed: hut hi identity
is now placed bey . 'lei ,iic-lion.
tod. I Ihr, ,1.1.
The ba-e of die I ihlead" ef
coiiiiuorce i- silu-r. w hi, I, 1- brought
from die I'.ank of I n. ' ri l III i lkes
11 eirliin" al'oiil I "no oiiii.,-. (.old
hill i- oil e fully in. 01 pi aii , yiilh tin'
-ill. I by 1 rim in lilt", ai.d .'illerw :ird
lln w hole i- -ubje. lei I., a , hat. mil
lite. The bar i- now read', for , 011-lei-ion
iiilo wire. Ihi- i- aecoiu.
pli-lnd by driw'ui": il from i"o 1,, ,,,i
Itltic- ihloliL'h ci ci-diiiiitii-liine hole
ill -led plate, .and linaiiy, w hen tho
capabilities of Ihi- metal halo been cx
bii l-lcd. Ihloueli ap.iiurc- ill dia-1110111I-,
1 ubic or sapphires. The dcli
l iili' iitt'r thu- obi. nu, d loll-l How Im
pas-c! Ihrouuh die s,-c ol!. r- of nn:
of Ibli' lllll p Illlle ll.iMlll" III 11-."
This hi in" 11- to the limit process .
die -pinion" of lln' ll.'ittche.l wiro
round iik. to form the Idcti llucad
of l oiuiini' e. Tho-e t pi' nine machine-arc
worked by water, althoiieli
two -te.illl engine- mo to be fniilnl ill
the factory, lor ivaier power is en.
sidi red lo be more regular and eion
in its action. 'Commercial Adver
tiser. An Mcctrical ( hum.
The Counl (f As-aiH. i:i lialv. h:u
ronnctii d hi. dairy plant w ith an elec
tric motor of twelve hor-e-powei'. Thi
tlriu a churn w ith a capacity of soino.
loo tptart al the rale of from l.'dto.
Ii'.n rei olul ion per minute, prtnlucin,
butler of llie (inest ipiality in Monr :t,i
minuies. rti'iitnn, (N. .l.)Aniori-4
can. i