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NO. .il.
Ma -Ml !u llitnil.
iYhn pering wii" .vnilig utI Ufo w:r. n 'w,
Love a our only fri-ml it i 1 giiale :
fcwnpt w't'rn (lie liiiwi'rs hi' l"il us through,
And sweet mir going sdle sid".
.TIipu stiiiutir imiii", a gul'len ll'inil,
Ani still vv foil. iwo.l hand in hand ;
"j.'ive wilt tin" niusi" in mir I'limd,
Anil Ihvp lln- glory nf the In I.
lilrh autumn fell, and winter drovi
TIih fruity ripeness frnm th" nir;
Jtut wrapped in wiirin soft mIhs of hue.
What recked we it tin world win hare?
fvi round ii ;iiin wi i'iiiii" tn spring.
Strong fur iinolli"r year's I'lnprlsn ,
l'h I it I - an- whist to he ir u i sing,
The sir n i .: d'l ',:',l"il hy mir eyps.
1'nr, hand in linml, w ii"o'rr no c1.
Kiirtli under foot ii!nl H".ivi'ii n'i.ivi,
J.'ivi' is (hi- only ltd' w- k lew,
Ami every hri'iiMi we Iti-hIIio is hun.
Jhi iini; 'I'iiiimi s'in.
TRUE AS STEEL,
Just as I wns i-tirintr n rest one
evening there came to my registry of
fice door a gentle, unobtrusive, knock.
When my assistant answered the
knock nml nslicroil in a poor, bedrng'
plcil erenlure, therefore, 1 wiis lint
fun-prised.
Hut 1 certainly whs astonished when
the toiii-iluw ii looking woman stand
iiifr outside iiskcil nioti) olitnin H sitiui
lioti for licr iix general servant.
"HllVl! VOII II1IV references?'' I
queried.
"No. niHiii, I inn soi ry to shv 1 lime
hot."
"Then, pray, how iln you expect
rnp fo pet Villi h si t Milt ton .'"
"Will, I wis toll thnt nivmits
Xvero winded badly nml penplc were
tint so particular iitmiit i liiiiiict is hs
formetlv."
"Where iln ymi conic
what is your nmin ? "
"I luive just conic out of
name is (iia Ciuipiun.
''Almut live years ago,"
frmn mul
j't'l. Mv
she Kiiiil.
''1 took ii situation lis general servant
in the hoiisclmlil of the nistiii ister of
. Tin' family consisted of my em
ployer, his wife, son ami two daugh
ters. "1 hail leeched h good education at
cur village (.choul, mul this put me on
terms of equality with tin: junior
members of the family. T'he daugh
ters lu l'ei me to iln the Hoik ; that is
they ilnl the lighter ioition. 'J'lie
mother whs simply a hai'iIwutkiiiK
cijiher.
"The iiostinan was very I'mnl of
eoiiii'iiiiy, nml every evening at si
o'clock he went out for n luisk walk,
which peiierally einleil tit a t-eilaiu
liotetl sulnul'iin Imtil mul meeliiif;
jilnce for the local triulesmeii. He al
viays retiiriicil in time to get i'fl" the
heavy io-.t, iiii,l then went out aaiu
to the (iolilen Hall Hotel, mljaceii', for
the lemainih r of the eveliinu.
"Tin' t iwu increie-eil with mush-loeni-like
raiiility, nml the postollice
liHil its work set to keep puce with its
tast prow inji rcquiii ineiits. S em
l.'VI'l pot IUH'tlur -civil lit to tin the
heavier 'oitioii of the work, ainl the
ilnuf.htcis were almost peiniaiieiitly
(liaftc.1 into the nflice.
"When there was a enroll I '
nlleil in tn lcl', mil, ln-inp trust
worthy, Hie money iliawels were al
ways open to inc.
"Stanley (lore, my employer's smi,
liepail to follow hits father's footsteps
Fadly too soon. His father kept him
moderately well supplied with pocket
money, hut still Stanley often used to
lmrrow a fen pounds from me on one
pretense or another.
"Ho pencrnlly paid me 1'ack npniu
with great promptitude. Whether he
meant iinvthin;: or not. he was ery
handy with his compliments, and from
thes" WO got to kisses
"Stanley one day spoke to me on
the snliject of imirriae. After some
delay I accepted him. His father,
when he heai'd of the engiigmeiit.
while lie- received the niillouneemelit
coldly, vet raised no harrier.
".lust ahont th;s tim a curious
tiling took pine ill the. poitoiliiv.
There was smm tiling wrmif; witli the
ensl). A test letter coutiiiiiiu.; marked
coins hud been sent hy a depai ti'iental
detective, and it had not arrived at its
destination. Iml'cl t hid never
passed through our otlice, although
the reception of it had lieeii tiactd to
the hnnds of Stanley time.
"I overheard the detective declare
that he hud a search warrant and that
he should forthwith proceed to put ii
into execution. I almost flew upstairs'
to his room, and in less time than it
takes to tell found convincing- proofs
of his guilt. With the intention of
destroying the telltale letter 1 was
lii-hinu down into the kitchi u with
them in my hands, when who should
meet me on his way to Siii'il y's room
but the detective.
"The oflieer recognized the test let
ter at a gluiH'e, and hy a ipiick move
ineiit on his part snatched it from me.
Before 1 could recover from my m,.
prise he had my arm pinioned in s'ich
a way that 1 was entirely in his power.
"For Stanley 'm sake 1 went quietly
with him. When outside lie culled a
call, nml in a few minutes afterward I
found myself in the cells nt the p dice
o thee.
"Next morning when the nowspn
cr, whose reporters had picked up
the information at the police olhce
gave full particulars of the rolihery
and arrest, puldic opinion was very
much divided on the milijcet. Some
people liclicved 1 was guilty and otU
er. inclined to a contrary opinion.
"All ilnulits were, however, set nt
lest wle n I pleaded guilty to Mealing
the letter and its contents. The other
charges were then dropped.
"The ( lores took Iln notice of me,
luiiy lielieving I was ttie Imse woman
I had pleinled guilty to li"ing. The
day I was sseiitcnced, however, just as
the warder in charge was asking me
to sti p down from the dock, I looki.d
around and saw among; the crowd in
the court the white, agonized lace of
Stanley (iole.
"Soon n'terward Stanley disap
peared, iificr giving formal notice of
his intention and making all arrmige
nieiits to gn aliro id. He has not lieeii
In aid of since,
" II is family w ill hive nothing to
do with me, although I t-dd his father
privately th" real history of the loli
lu iy. He simply said I was lying,
mid Unit Stanley had left hone through
heing disappoint "I in not olitainin i
the hand of a ei r lin miiiiilfaehirer's
daughter who hid, in fact, married a
d 'ii r fiii n I of his.
"Xow, then, lifter Iteming nn
stoiy. v. ill you try to ulitain a situation
for mc ;''
"Yes, I will : for soni- hnv or other,
th-' onv iction force itself on no- that
vi mi are telling me the truth."
Oil;1 day a retired fanner who
wanted a housekeeper, owing to the
death of his wife, agreed to take Cam
yioli at a simrl wage. Mv common
cense told me that a woman who could
sicrilice so lunch on the altar of love
must he a good nml trustworthy sort
of person. 1 was tint iIcim ived.
I'hi ie was a great snrpii.se in store
niie day when, iilmtit two years after
Campion hud liecoiiio hoiisi keeper,
she invited Hi" tn her marriage with
her employer. The iiiipi were very
happy together, and many a day 1
spent in the country' since at their
joint invitation.
Some t hue afterward 1 had n letter
from (ir.ice saving that she h id re
ceived a communication from a si
licitor in Canada, who had obtained
her inline mid address from the post
ni'isler, to say that SUinley time had
willed the sum ot ",MI to her, for
h'T sole use, and that he had made a
lull confession of his crime, which
w is duly attested.
Campion sought my advic' in the
matter. When I went over to see her
sV was in a terrible state ol agitation.
"I would not like my hnshaiid know
for worlds that I had been in prison. '
"Still." I answered, "I think it
would be wise to let him know. Sure
ly if he is n man he will respect yon
the more for it. Till him all."
"I really cannot dn so."
"Leave it to me then. I will tell
him. "
The farmer was called in and tJrace
retired .i iiiiotlnr room. The man
w as much sni pi i-ed when I told him
the sor of his w ife ami her suffer
ings. Like the true man I thought he
wii-. lie admired her the more for it,
and when I culled (iraee intothe room
again. In' !"" t" her, lit't-d her up in
his great braw ny aruis and smothered
her Wl'.h kisses.
A Ki whit ion.
He At last we are alone, and I have
an opportunity tospntk. I have been
seeking this moment for days and days'
to'- I have something: to say to you.
Sot' t io on, Mr. Iliirkitis.
He I will. Mis .limes, yon per
haps have not noticed that Ht times I
h ive been constrained, uneasy, even
awkward, in your presence, that 1 have
hul something on my mind that I felt
1 must say to yon.
She I soft M Yes.
He That constraint, that awkward
ness. Miss .Jones, was due to due
to -
She- io on, Mr. Ilarkins.
He Was due to the tact that I feared
von were not aware that I am engaged
to your mot her.
A Costly Yulii in1.
tVu elt KlizHhcth used to carry about
with In r, suspended to a chain of pure
gold, a bo 'k filled "The ttolden
Manual of I'layi r," a dainty volume
of liiHi pages, hound in "hammered
v irgin gold." One sid" of this volume
gave n represeitt itimi of "The udg
ineitt of Solomon," the otter the
' BiM.cli Serpent ou the Cross in the
1'v'selt," New Yvl' TilU'.s.
'Take Cniv Vi rsell."
Tn "Mountaineering in the Siena
Nevada," Clarence King relates that
he cinne one night to a camp-fire un
der n group of pines. A little way
from this lay a c.iifuseil mass of old
and half bald bntl'ilo robes and com
forters, ami outstretched on this was
a family with tin ir feet to the tire.
The family coie.isted of mother and
father, two small children and a huge
girl.
"You seem to han a l ii.-nut cainp
spnt here," iviit my salnt'it ion.
The old woiiiiin ini-iM ri ll sharply,
"ThcyV w us, nnd tie li, auiiin, tley's
bitter."
"hooft well br our hogs," just i ted
the old man. "We've a bind of pork
that make out tn ti nt leeil."
"! Ibov many have you'" I
asked.
"Nigh 4 lit', i thousand."
"I'i ospectin'y" inquired madam.
"I say huntiir." suugi led the man.
"Maybe le-'.s u f t 1 1 ft h r," inter
rupt d one of the Inhlr "II.
"( ioiu' sniiiew hi re, ainl i it?" wii..
Sudan's, guess.
I gave a brief nivmiui of myself, sat-i-fyingall
hut the old woman, who
evidently classified mc as not Up to
her standard. Later sli-turned and
said o me .
"I allow you've killed voiir i n ill
your da v V"
"No, ma'aiii." I snd. ' Now ymi
speak of it. J reft 1 1 'c that I mvi r
have killed a conn. ''
I reaiieil. ton, that this fatal ndmis
sinii must fovver low r me in her
eyes, and I observed that even Sil-an
Hid In-r fuller weie somewhat st ig
gered.
Alter n sojourn of seveial days
among thim, f took leave of tin fami
ly. The father and Susan accompan
ied me for n distance into the forest to
inspect the hogs. As we were parting,
the old Mian said, with evident embar
rassment :
' Ynu'il lake care n' yerseK, now,
won't you'.'"
I tried In convince him that I
Would.
A slight pan e.
"You'll take cine o' yerstlf, wont
you';'"
1 whh about tn reply that he might
rely on it, when he added :
" I'liet - thet thet man what gits
Sitsnn has half the hogs!"
Then, turning away, he spurred his
pony, f illing nut, "Take good care o'
yorscl f.
1Oiuh'st Noise Kter II rani.
The explosion of tint great volcano
of Kritkiitnii in the Last Indies, is thn
loudest noise of which we have any
record. The little Isliml of Kraka
t i'.i lies in the strait of Suinl'i.b tweeii
Sinistra mid .lava. On August 27,
ISS.'t, there iiccurred a tremendous
eruption, which shivere I the island to
fragments. Th" explosions were so
violent that tn the oil i , '.ens of P.iitiivia,
nine-tour miles distant, they sounded
'ik" th" discharge ol nrtilleiy in the
streets of the city, and the people
could not sleep in their beds. At
('(trillion, in .lava, :t.V milesaway. the
noises sounded like the tiring of great
guns, and the authorities sent out
boats to ascertain if there were un
ships in distress. Tic sounds reached
Macassar, in Celebes, a distance of
'.Mill miles, ami two steamers were de
spatched to see if help was ii led by
ships in dang r. Lven in West Aus
tralia the explosions were heard. On
the Victoria Plains, I, "Oil miles dis
tant, the shepherds were startled by
sounds like the discharge of heavy
artillery. The tine dust ejected by
the volcano was carried all round the
globe, mid pintluced brilliant sunsets
in Lnglmid itself.-- Yankee lilade.
I'ti'ixlntr Leather !Ser,iis.
Not many years ago the leather
scraps and shavings of the curl ii i'
shops were ground up in the paper
millti and made into leather board for
insoles and counters in shoes. Of hit"
years, however. No. J lent hi r has been
so cheap tint it h is b "ii inad" so near
th' price of the leather bond that th"
latter is no longer a marketable com
modily. In tanneries and currier
shops the leather shnviii'. s and tiini
minps are now used for fuel in stoves
and furnaces and under boilers, with
tan. For thin purpese tloy are more
valuable than wood for producing heat.
San Francisco Kxamiiu r.
The Last Mas First.
Teacher io new pupiH-Wlint is
your last name, my little man?
New pupil Tommy.
Teacher - What is voiir full name?
New pupil Tommy .lorn .
Teacher Then .lotus is your ht-t
name?
Tommy No, it isn't. When 1 was
born my name was -loees, Hild they
didn't give me the other one for a
mouth iil'tt-t ward, - Brooklyn Life.
(!iiMnti:v.s ni.m.
int. 1 1 a'.
'J Ic (up il linniiiii'lh a SV..-I, iwi'"l s.a
I " mv tie.!- litll" liny fit I'tav
Mi'i illy -in-. Hi all i'iiv I .,
A il -iiiui .i li ami s.('ur Ih nv'.
Ami my it-ar I'ti I ...y
II" lauglieili .v i , i i .iy
Wle'll lit' li.'.i,.!i Die Inn. .l I . .tin
I if Hint I'U-y tiling
That I n" h I.. .,
Til" sun,; thai i;4 j, it ,.
Ilolil fn-l lh.' .mring aii'l iv in. I il light,
i hal the su.ig hi; loud anil clear:
Now IiiiiI Mc lop wilh nil vmiriiiiglit
l'"'li Hi" I an.iiet(f It. i.' .
Ami -tr.'iighl '.!) (he -line:
Tile joy.,)).. I 'i.n
B"'iiiii'th ami siiiue li -ii..n.
Ami il who i - - il .Tiii i a
A ml il liiri .ni l il purrs
bvel lis prellv '.ollg.
Will i'vi my .l-.-ir lil'l" l.v grmv o.,
AS Slll. ll.'IM' "Tell II lief.. 'M.'
Will ,wi hi ; li.-ait f... I t 1 1 it nml e.il-1
W li"li In- In aie'li lie -..e. ,.( y..".'
Will -s .i iln. ..v
I! en . ir lllll" h e ,
li"ii lie m o ii.n. .irii ,iw r.',
Sing -i-l ai,. ..iV
HI Hi.- leu-.- ago,
t -iiigi ih I,. i, .. ,,n :
ll ai-" ii- I l M in lie a-,-., li
i.i I ri. I', in: m rv vmi iiei it: sr.
A gill of foiiitti n was s.-nt to the
butcher's tl t In j day to piileliii -
lueat for 1 1 1 1 m r. The liiileht r ha
peiied to be mo, bill h-hliid III" lie lit
blot k lav a eti at liiwiiy St. Iternald
ilog, ilovmg i 1 1 I snipping at III" i'C:"i
simial tlx th;it ili-t in bed his di-eiiins.
"Oh! you b-oiiilul old ib'ggie.
what a darling ymi an !'' exehiiin-d
tht: girl, mid in inioth'T' moment she
was kie eliiig bv lorn with her linlid oil
his lion head and hi r yellow curls half
bin n il in his gulden blown coal.
Th- dog iq -n-I his slffpy c rs
licked In r othi r haiid nnd wa-g: d his
tail, tie leby si-inlviiig that, thniigh
he had lint previoii-ly had the pleasure
of lo r acquaiiitiiuee, he considered In r
-rv nice girl indeed. Looking up,
little maiili ii saw the butcher
Tiling in the door. His face was
white.
"For your life's sake, keep 'till!"
he cried. "Conic here, .lack!" Il"
a llied sti I lily , to I hi dog, and tn a
lnomiTil lie had him.
"I wouldn't have t'llo u Unit risk
for all I pose-.s." h -aid nlti rward to
the childs fat In I. "II- was I. It to
liiilnl th- till nnd h- wniihl have torn
some folks to piece- I cannot under
stand it." jOTir I s ii 1 Animals.
Ill MMIMi UK TKI I : VITI WUK..;.
I !verv one has lieio d 111- loiiniii'lig
and singing of teh gi .: h nnd telephone
wins. Most peopb t It i ii k that il i
raused by the action of lit- wind on
the win -, ami gin it no further
tl gl,t. Lot it i- not tine that the
siiig ing is eiii.-ed by th- wind. mul. ii'
you are nt all observ ing, v mi w ill not ice
that the humming s-und ) to be heard
on cold winter in. ' i nines, when the
smoke Iroiu chimin y - goe straight up
until it is lost in tie -loii'ls. and win n
the frost mi the, wii. - is as tuyv and
thick a.- n roll of cln mile fringe.
The wind has nothing o do with
the sound, and, nceoi'ding to an Ails
trinii scientist, the v ibrations are due
to a change nf atmospheric tempera
ture, and especially through the action
of cold, as a lnw-iuig temperature
induces a slim lolling of the wires ex
tending over the wh.de of the con
ductor. A coll sill. Table iileiilit of
friction is product ! en the supporting
bells, thus inducing sounds both mi
the w ires and the poh -.
When the humming has In , o going
; on, birds have mistaken the sound for
ins , t . nettle the poles, and l ave b-t n
seen to peck with their bill-, oil the
outside. ie. tht y tin iiKti the apple mul
nt In r trees. The slm v is told ,.f a
bear that mistook the humming noise
a -coining lintun lies! of bees, mid
clawed at t In pole ami leienway the
stniii " at it- bn-e in the hope nf tiud
ing the mueh i ovt I' d li.on v. Il. ine
a lid i'ai in.
I In nt : s ( 1 1 v.i nt llMianiile.
t ' 1 1 mi . I.'iis.ia, recently Ivan
Ix lakw it.', at lli- thi I d curse o! a din
in r at which sal In - wife, his moth, r
tii law, his ('in daiigbt. and a Soli,
its well as a in ighbor nnd his in ig.lt
bor's wife, n it n m Hi' d that he had pie
puled a sp. eiiil dish to which he want
i d all to . 1 1 ink a tons). He tin n
bionght in a huge dish, filtered, and
placed in oil the table he lifted Ins
glass mid shouted : "T'ooiiriuxt meet
ing!" The "special dish" was h
dynamite bomb. Lvery one in the
loom was instantly killed except the
youngest daughter and the servant,
who both .lied shortly after, mid the
walls of the room was partly blown
out. 'loctgo l imes.
Put a teasi'ooiiful of amiitoiiia in a
quin t of water, wash your bl ushes and
enmb in tins mi l nil prease and dirt
will disappear. Linse, shake uud dry
i:: the sini or bv the lilt,
A PLAGUR OF RATS.
Famished Hordes at the Deserted
World's Fair.
Measures Adopted to Stamp out
the I'pst.
There is a plague of rats at the "de
Aerted city, "as the World's Fair might
properly he called. There are whole
regiments of them. Since, the cold
Weather set ill they have become it pest
which active measures haw bi i n bnuul
necessary to keep in check.
All dm ing the fair it w!i- known
that there were a great ninny rats in
tin grounds, but the nbuniliiiiet.' ol
forage they found in tic remnants of
lunches left scattered about kept them
out nf the buildings. Wh-n the fait
cliised lili-l the day nf aliilliihllice ended
tin re were vast swarms of young and
Irilf gi'invti nits on the grounds. Im
ln diati !y there became a struggle fm
rvisteiice. F Ibega i tn get scarce.
Hunger made tle ni bold.
As the number of men employeil
iibniit the grnuuils got few r mid
fewer, till their numbers were so r--diieeilth
it they did not tivei.twe tin
liiilents, the latter began foriigitig ev
pcditiiius on dime r pints h ft tiu
guarileil. Frequently vvoikiiuTi would
return at the lunch hour to where they
had left their dime r pails, only to
tind them overturned, nnd th" con
tents devoured by rats.
As the weather g"t elder, sln-ltei
as well us fond brcnui- a prime object
of th- rats. Ru'liling afler biiilding
was ocetipjed by them. 'J'lu y ki pt in
hiding during the day, iinliss driven
by hunger to expose th-m-ilves tn
view, Imt at night they mine forth and
mmlc the place grewstjine with their
sen it v ing.
The guards on duty at night nst. . to
aiiinse tliemstdves by scattering bread
crumbs or grain about, ami watching
the rats come mid eat them, mid then
driving them awav in the midst nf
their feast. Jiul mice in a while the
fun was the other way. The nils, em
boldiTii d by their nuiiibeiH and th-ir
hunger, refused In bi' driven awav,
but attacked the guards. Il whs soon
found dangerous t i provoke n swarm
of rats. Lxhiliits in soini: nf the
buildings were damaged to a coiisider-
itlde extent by the r.its gmiwing the
boxes in which they were packed, or
the exhibits themselves, if they were
lint packed.
Cuts were secured lor the otlice
rooms that were retained in the build
ings on the grounds, to keep nut the
invaders. For other portions of the I stone, Way cross, Tt hm-h ipi mul Hud
buildings traps wt re procured. Ave Hanks tire curiniislv mimed bv
Though the number of rats killed in necessity of their location. The Hong
this way rendu d the thousand-, their t Kong ami Shanghai I! inking C. 'i pora
liumbers ilid not seem to th clea-e. I (ion and the Yokohama Sptcie Hank
It was thought that the nit palace 1 are not in Asia, but in San Francisco,
imw th" Field Mus-iim because nf i The Hiitchi is' ami i,,, rs' National
its biick walls and brick pnrtitioiis ex- ! Ibnik, like the Hide ami Leal In r,
t in 1 1 leg cleat dnw n tn the I'm in hit mi is, j makes n bid I'm th- pa' ! oinig" nt spe
Would prove illlpiTV iolls to them. Hill I fill I illdll-l lies ; I',,,. Llvtlslde. Filth
the last cold simp proveil the contrary. Avi line, iTc., tor that ot li calilit ',
Th.- other buildings becoming over- j The urnst fm I an I anci, nt s ling
run. and tood getting scarcer and j title is that of the I ei n m ion .. the
sc ticer, at th" beginning of the last I Sav ings of Mi it-Ii ml -' ( in ks. ,,.
cold snap they began to swulTll into HllinTa 1 1 ic and Sinell el a re. of enul-e.
t!te iiiusciini, where were collected in Coloiailo batiks. Th,. 1 rish-A iiiiTTca u
valuable treasures in the departments Sav ings Hank i" an Atlanta iiistilu
nf aiithl'opology. zonlngy, oi iiithol- tioii. The liiuk of I iood Ibqn has a
og.v 1 the industrial arts. A bout I H cheernig souml tins, haul times.
days ago Ihe giiaitU on duty in tlns.d I Hop. i- in Illinois. The Chick
building first noticed their tm rensitig j .w and other eatioioil banks in th
iol m hi r. It was f,, nnd that pints eb liniiun T1111I..11 m, managi d by nml
the building, especially the east an - ' f,,r t he I ml I ale. Chicago Huald.
iiex. were overrun with them. War
in th ml curnesi was waged ou them. Hunting Mountain Sheen.
i
and w it Inn a few day s their numbers' "Ibd you iv. r hunt mountain
were appreciably reduced. Hut the' sin -p?" unpin t d 'nlnii. I l. ndei sou
war is still kept up, for there is no I ,f Nevndii. "It's treat sport, but
t nice possible, as the experience m j gt iierallv pltllv tiresome. Tin s, a n
f he other building has provt .1. It ! minis s,., x the most t h-vati d peaks ,,f
has not been found yet that any of the ! tht iimuiilniUH. It. . bug on the I h
ilisphtyshave been damageil, but unless 1 -,es, lichens, nml ii.t- t thnt eiow ..n
the building can In rid of the
I here is fear that they mav be.
cago Times.
p-st,
;C!n
! thing l ish CH !
vt i v common error made in not
in il hi-.tones w hi i e t his ti-h is men
tinned i- that it does not tly. "Il
siippnsed tl ig-tit is untliing more than a
piolonged leap; it cniiimt di viatp
from a straight line, and cammt rise a
st coin! tune without entering the
water." This, briefly, is the sort nt
thing in.e meets with in textbook
where reference is made I" this tish.
The simplest way of dealing with it , huhh 1 1,,,,,. iy will then fall
js the professor's method of answering j (lv , l( V , ,,:,.., H111 ,,.,.
the ipiery of the French Academy ( ,,.," ,js ' title." St. Louis lih.be
whether their delimtioii of it crab was j j,( .,,,t.,-,it,
correct. The story is so will known , .
that it does not lieeii repetition. As j Fiisilj Hwi ietl.
the result of personal observation; "Mamua. h..w long are the yard
extending over a good many years. I j ,.,, ,,f -hip?" nsked Harry H -a
scrt that the exoci tns tloes tly. ; l nel
1 have often seen a thing tish rise j "If the name is any indication," re
Jilil yards otV, describe a aemi-circle, ! vyu,, jrs. ILlimd, "1 should say they
mid, meeting th" ship, rise Jit feet in j three feet long. Pittsbiu-g
the air perpendicularly, at the same Chronicle Telegraph.
time daitiiig ntl" at right intgleH to itH
pl i v ions emir ,e. Tie n, nfter iiliother
h ng Might, wln n jn-t iil ml to enter
the watt I, the -aping jitnsof a did
I'hin i. ! ' i r i 1 1 f i 1 1 1 1 1 the si a gave it
. - ,
tiii an I it in.e agalii. it turuiiig al-
most iliieet'v upon its fnrmi r foursc.
This pi ocdiirc is so common that it i !
a luaivel il is not int. re widely known.
A living ti'.h of mature siye can fly a
Hum's itnl yards. Il does imt flap ith
tins as a bud, but tin y vibrate like
the wings of an insect, with i distinct
hum. The only thing which telTiiiii- I
iiat-i- it- (light involuntarily is the dry- j
ing of its (in membranes and their
I'oiiseipii nt stilb niir.'. i I " I m it 1 1 -1 "s
.loiirmtl.
I'lie lex ieiin ruin hi I',"
The .M.'Vieiiii "pu neli' i - ' "II use
th- "rlllg bit,'' all I II I- II ItillTllI eiiil
ll'IM Their sad. Ih -live- are M I V
sln.i t, and as straight mid quit - as
sliaj.t -ss as a "saw -buck pu k -a !
lb." Tin h"in is as bio a- a inner
plate, ami taken nltogi tln r it i- iufi -1
1.. i to th C lIlfolTlIlt tree. It is
vi rv haul oil hois s' bucks, and imt
at all comfortable for tin- rider who is
not aecu-.toi I to it.
Th. v all use li- iii 1 1 nqiis which are
imported from s I the southern
stat-s ,,f the republic, mid cany a
filial ill Imir which tiny innk- thein
s, b, s. Th-.v ,,,k tor from eight to
twi ht dollars a month in Mexican
coin, and live mi tl:- nn-t siuq b diet
linngimiblt . Tin y iir- iiiosllv pi out I.
or in Implies deb' to tlnTi patrons,
who go utter any man w Im dcsi l ts the
range and bline ieni back by forct . A
"puncher" burs notion.; but h's
gorgeous buckskin clothes, mid his
big silv. i iiioiinlt d straw hat, his
spurs, Ins t intii, and it:m h t ring-, lb
makes his tegnas. or bin kskin boots,
his heavy leggings, his sadilb, mid
tin pntitiii luini Ins Ins anus. (In
th- round up, which la-1 about hall of
the year, lie is lillTlisheil beef, and
also kills game. The Imlalife of the
I year he is kept in an outlying cani
turn stuck hack on the ran
gc. These
C'linps are o ft -ii the
things, coii-i-lnig ol a
III.; his "grub. " his sudd
all Iviiir under a tut
litis) simple
nek in nt t ui n -.
. and seiTipe,
w Inch dm s
utv a s a hoiis
I lliii pt i s ii'jii' im .
(u eily Niiiuiil Itjinks.
Ch itiiiioog,i h 1 1 a S alio iid I! i
! althoii-li soint hunilieils of mill s I'n
the water. I'lT'luips th.- inline is bor
row d from a like institution in New
York. In Salem, Mas,., an Asiatic
National Hank r-calls the day wi-n
evt ry tenth man ymi met there was an
Last Indian navigator. Th" Tomb
the locks, and vtM lali ly tit set ins
lllto the Vll'li Vs b, ..w l Is nliiavs
tin eb. i t of tin hunter to -t t ulnnt-
his e a III e if pos-lld,. I.. in put -mt of
iiioillitalli sn i p, ti.i id. v nir so piii k
ol eve. i al. ainl loot, that it he ne t I .
tlllTII I'll till s;,,. h, with liiin-t If
In stiinds but little t linnet' of bulging
Ins game. So he sti ives to get tt I - i
tin in. Win it this t aeco!np)islii ,j a
stoiie tlirewn dew it Hiiimig thent. wiil
suttico to flT-hl' n tin m. and th. v w ill
i jM,m. dialt I
lie-iii ascending tl.,.
nioiintitiii. mid a tiny cnniint scent
the huiiti r who lies cmicriiled ill am
Just llo Our Furl.
If "re Inavely resolve to tin our part,
A if I bear our griefs with a pntieut heart
Ami free from all repining.
We shall lend tn a higher way
'Tn a la tter work tlmn we iln today.
An I flinl love's sutiliglit .shilling;
J-'-i trnili t.f .iril nml strt'iigth of soul
Will iinike th iarki'-t .'loinl unroll
An I -Vnv it silver linfup.
IHki.es KiitH.
HI MdKOI S.
fiiinil fur sick people--Weil vvntei.
A it gubir old stick-in-tlii iniid Au
niichor.
A vniiiig giil caii stnml up ptraight
innl still be. In ut nil niOITTage.
" J'bis can't be beaten," said the eoll
feclmiur whin he brnke a bad tgg.
I'n itl. r Three men called with billn
t his iiitiiTiing. Kditnr fabsent-lJiindL'd-ly
) Fives "f tens?
"No man emild make my hufibaiid
ipinil." "Why imt "Hi cause he is'nt
that kind nf a bird."
Christie That voimp Mr. Snpp
talks just hke a I k, doesn't he?
Kiithrvii -Yes, a blank honk.
The w ulnwcr about to remarry i
the most iiiisi llish of mortal-. He
seldom thinks of Number One.
A f oml'stoiie j, nl, out the only pine o
w In re t he av i rag. mnii doesn't really
."ii' to have hit naine in print.
Sin- 'looking iiioiiiid the room')--What
Ion ly intt i jor decorations. Ho
(looking i. v. r th- table) Delightful,
J Hill SUIT .
Voiing Man. What diil your pa
say win ii Ii learned I had kissed your
sister? Litll- Oil. He saitl that was
t ii-oiiia-iiig.
"Win it do we get cream of tartar ?'
asked the pretty sclioolma'nm. "From
Itussiaii cons," wiir Johnny Snngg's
prmiij't answer.
Spin t -niaii -Are there any snipe in
this bug? Native -is it sehnipes?
Hegnb, if y e liinliiT yer gun xvitl ye,
they'd ate ye nlnive !
'Traveller. I si e you advertise nhel
b r fm- man ami beast ? Taverukeeper.
Yes, sir: I can give ymi either.
Which do ymi prefer?
I'liclt (i.oigi I trust, Henry, that
you mt lot debt. Henry No, I
Inivi n't got quite hi far as that, hut 1
inn mil nf admit everything else.
Mr. Critic. If that's "A Hunting
Sei ne," why tlnii't the men have punes?
Mr. Caustic. - Perhaps the artist
painted thoui o naturally ihat they've
gone off.
Churl, s W hat do v mi think of A
mini who n turns an nindrella the
niine day he dnnnvvs it. James Oh
1 lien r c. met in myself with anything;
bat facts.
Ten thoii-and limes worse than the
woman who says, "1 told ymi no!" is
the woman who only si's silent and
looks it at yon i loqiieiilly with hi r cx
T" -sin. i yes.
The Po l s Wile The v say that poe
try is a ,b n on the mm ki t. 'The Poet
Noiisei' . ! It you'd ever sold nnv
peitry mid bought any drugs you'd
know t he .litV-i'i nee.
"Will, Tniiiiiiv. how iliil vou get
mi with y .'ir i 'xiimimitioii this term?"
"I ha l nearly ten in 'most every,
thing." 'How neiii ?" "Well, 1 had
I he iian- l.t ill I ri-ht enough. "
. I . 1 1 1 1 1 1 y . I'm soi iv I fought with
.lnii'iiv I i t feu ytstetdny. Mamma. -Why
mc vmi sorry '.' Cimsc I knocked
on" ot liis front tei th out, im' now he
can spii through his tooth nil I can't.
M.lll.lt . Pocsu't l.thi 1 feel shocked
ill the in "s that ihat nobliTniiu to
whole -., a . i ngnm d wii- a swind
ling ielv i uti'i ei V ,b ainii tti . No;
she sity - he whs only a Huronet. ativ-
W,'i .
" ou t innk ." said Willie Wishing
t.ni. ' that it net ' i ii 1 1 hurts a mail to
be lut whli one of Cupid's arrows?"
"o." it pin .1 Helle Pi ppi itoii; "as
II I II It ' 1" III' 11 II I'l COllll S SI 110' ! ss
t"l a tni" . "
" I in I y on think you could Iphi n
to love im '. '" hi sit,, looking nl lin
wistlully. "I'm sine I couldn't," sho
iiiewind .h t'l.h dly ; "I'm a perfect,
dujii e. When I was it t school I never
could leal n anything. "
"Wlet made everyone laugh f,o
htmtilv tight alter .font's uttered thn
parlor'. " "Oh, soon thing lie said. '
"I in n r ll'oilght he told nnythilig;
t at r t it'll I a I ly t ntti tainilig," "Well, ho
said he was tun luuirsc to fall-,"
.luck. I'n ymi believe in transmi
gration nf snuls, ,lo"? Joe What's
that, .lin k? Jack - Why, for instance,
that the cow has bnd a prior existence
in mint In r form - perhaps been a bring;
llkeiiiv-tll. Joe Oil, nn doubt tho
run s been il cal f.
Fred von Haiimhitc h, cx-Seeretitry
of the State nf M iimesotii, recently re
ceived a letter written and sent to him
in hi wife in lHiiti.