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VOL. XVI.
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NO. .V
(Md ( ompanionsliips.
Here's l.i Ol-I Ciinpaiili'iishlp-I
Fori fi'"l their niix-r tips
Touch nii'l luni' th o vilirnnl st'ings
Of in nl. I li.-Htt'3..iir..ln.
Ami the inii-iji- that I mnkn
lirows linnnoiiii.in f..r th"ir sake,
lli-.i 'liiir,' mil ii vvith"re.l half!
U'.illi" future's .-iti'rn cmiiimtvl.
Into il s ni"titii"s Her" slips
llni-ps nf (il.) nnpaniimsliips..
Ol'l (Viir.'aiii'in-liiis- lh Rrii'
111 III" pn'lls ll" lls.'.l to ps
1hh urnirii ilivy with lln ilaitn
Of t lit .lays we've i'imih' iimn,
O'i'r tin1 w.nti' there I'linn's In u
IVIiki'iI vnii'is ".irrut'iii-'.
Till IV" here llgllill til" sll.lllf.
Of iil.l hop"- Mil. I joys l"l mil,
T.li Mil. i i mi r -plrit .trips
lirntu'lils f o. ( .iiiipii'iiniisliip.
Oil. Hi 0. ' imp inii.iiHliipj!
)lmpl"'l "li""k mi. I lisping lips
Mm Mil); ! tveeler Hi" perfume
I if Hi" iir.'linr.l'" clover hi". mi
Points Ill" pn'liw.'iv l";.iiii; to
I' n 1 1 wli'T" w;i!"r lilli-- criv.
An 1 Willi liii" mi l r...l nisi n"l
KiHliliitflliiTol-i-l.iy I feel
fc'nii"thinir on my hook Hint grips
I.ik" our ( IM C .mpniii..iHhip-i.
Ol'l (' inip!" ii"!i-liipr. 'lie joys
O' Hi" r .im'ry girls ii t. mi!
Kinging rtgs I li.it ""In still
In til" vu-l th-v s.nivlit t" till.
Feet grown 1 ut y ill 111" path
Thiii th" iv.iviir4 ell'inl h.ilh,
bringing li'.iu" th" ;il night
M-Ms f. W"e mi ..f delight ;
Wool, of pries" front ii.ith'r'.s lip
SiV 'i l.'ii ol'l r-Miip'iiiinii-hipK.
II III to Oi l (' .'lipallioll-llip"!
I! uv t!i" iv""k"ti" I spirit sips
Impals" from tV " iiintli'?' iinm"
Of Hi" pa- ! I. 'ft up our .-linis
If tu'tiT. O y fri"i I- w" kn-w,
K.. th goal w j .iirn"y t"!
l.mg"i- with ih J'ill. to stir
I'- to ii"v "I worthier.
1..-I not ti"W-m i'li friend. ei'lipox
TlCUglllsot Oi l I' itllp'lllinlisllipo.
- A'fi I Kllis-ii in l'hi"n," K"i
THE WELL.
"Forgive
i. .it
voitr iifinin
Charles lb I riot?"
"No, inndmii, it is not," niifltver tho
young mini addressed, with a vaguely
amused smile. 'I'ln trniii is- racing
through low lying Inii.lsul' North Cam
bridgeshire. Tlio ol'l hi.lv sits Imrk in thp Inx
nriiius tirst clnss ciurino with n juiz-
Zl.'ll look.
"I inn nfiiiiil I Iihvp bpf'ii stminf; nl
you," nh" s jln i us, iiunci'iMsiirilv,
"fver ni ini' Kind's C'iis."
"f notii'".! it," ri-plii'H thf yoiiii
111 nil, 'lcii-iilitly.
'I'lii' .'hi Iii.lv n "Is in n mii'i'hrii-
i- ivo wny, in.Iiciitiv" of a liiutiliil iiii
ili'islnii.liii'r nvi ivoil nt Kntisfiictoiily.
"Il is," hli.' rilnins, "lnviiiiw you
remind nw nfii ptrsoii I onco knew
n Mr. I'!i'ifl"s Hi'iiiot. 1 Kce now, of
ooiusr, thnt you iif1' not lie. You nrn
liicui f I liko tin1 1 xpit'ssioii of your
ftirc Ii. -1 1 . r. if mi old In ly iniiy sny
no."
"Any lndy it wcli'onio to ny tlmt
find ni"iv," rcplii's the youiiji miin,
with n tniiikh in his nit'liiiicholy cyi's.
Hp folds his in'wsi!ii'i- nnd rourii)i'
ously Imtth's with nn nir of rcsiniii
tiou, whirh, n.'Vi'ith.'h'ss, is iiiitc oli-
ions. No iimri' of t!n Field for him,
he n il. els.
"I inn very tin 1 it is only ft rosem
l '-.ni'p. li.-.ir imp. wlmt n pnop this
triiin pu s nt ! I hop.' the Plisini1
lrii r is Holier. 1 inn nhid .v,"i np
not Cli ii lcs H.-rriot, Imviiiisi I do not
ii- 'prove of him. lit; is n youn limn
J dislike intensely. A yoinijr niiiii
uhom, if I well n man instead of mi
(.Id woman, 1 should want to kiek."
"If I pan be of nny use to you "
begins the biy youth, and id inter
rupted by n hiujili whieh in woinler
fully silvery Mill, despite the silver
hair.
"No, thank you. I dare-sny Hint
fate will do It lor lue. He litis retired
from the pi eeinetsnf my life forever,
1 hope. II" never did ni" any harm.
"VVhyi.lhnt eiij-ine driver whistling
o iiiiu.iyiii"ly? lo you think he
H'pm ii train in front?''
"I hope not."
"No, he never did me nny hnrni,
but he Hpoihsl the life ol the dearest
j;iil 1 know, just to .; ratify his own
viiiiily. !i, tin: N inity of you men!"
The y.iimjj ni'iu has opened the
paper iioiiin. He is studying mi ad
vprtispiiient of ii inai'kiutosli riding
npron, with n viifjue smile.
"He wmh rich .lisusiuu;ly rich -and
I suppose he fell in love with th"
dear jjirl iieeorditiK to his lights. She
refused him. 1 nduiire her i-pint still
when I think of it - for she had every
oneHpiitist her. liven her on n niotlier (
the very person who om;ht to have I
saved her trom him. Oh, Home
women nr.; horrid! Have you n
mother?" !
i
"Yes."
"I nin Kind to b-'flr it. I ntn a very
old womnn, so you need not be afraid
of any curiosity. 1 never repeat any
thing never gossip never, never.
That whistle again ! lam glad your
mother is Mill alive. Shu must be
proud of you. Kespeot her. I al-
W'HH tell yoniig men that. I should
liko to warn young women -ngiiiimt
their own mothers, lint it wouldn't
do. 1 never make misehief. I know
n prent deal about my tieiyhhoiH. Hut
1 mil u well a jiel feet well."
Tho youns limn islookini; up from
his newspaper. The twinkle iH in it in
naturally inehineholy eyea again.
"I was telling you iilmut Ch trios
Heiriot -wasn't 1 ?"
"Yes."
The melancholy eyes drop suddenly
to the Field again.
"Well, he could not get her by fnir
menus, ho he tried thn other thing.
He engaged tho mot her horrid
woman -mi Inn side. Ho persecuted
poor Ivlith till her life was a burden
to her. He did mean tilings. He
spread reports thnt they were engaged
n cad, I call him. 1id you say any
thing?" "No I only coughed."
"Hut you have, no business to
cough. What ciin your mother be
thinking of? Now, you t ike my ad
vice, nnd buy some black-eurreiit loz
enges; or perh'ip'. its stomach?"
"Possibly," admits the young man,
gravely.
"Well, you know, there was some
body else nil the time the poor girl
was breaking her heart for him. I
know it ; aim told me. I cannot re
member his panic now. li 'ginnld
Keginnld somebody or other. The
grenf booby believed what he heard,
nnd never moved a linger. The
gH eicild not go and tell him that she
love 1 him or it was some idiotic idea
of honor -nor spoiling sport, or what
ever they call it. Men nre so htupi.l.
So he went away to the Cnpe or
somewhere. It was only tin day be
fore yesterday I saw her poor girl.
She In.. lied ipiile old it wns four
yearn ngo but very sweet nnd pretty.
She is living w ith her hurt id mother
in town. The train is going to stop
isn't it? I hope they'll get another en
gine driver."
"I le.pe so," said the young man,
gravely.
"Oh !" went on the Well. "I re
member now who he wns. His name
wns Herriot, too - lleginahi Hei riot
his younger brother. What station is
this?"
"Petel boro. "
"Hut you are not going to get out ?"
"Yes," nnswet'H the young mini,
gravely, collecting his possessions. "I
n in. T mn going buck to town from
here -by the next, train."
"I nm sorry," any the old lady gra
ciously. "Wo were having such a
plen-aut journey. Hut peilinpa we
may meet again."
"I hope so." snys the uning man
from the platform.
"Oh, the train is going! Oood-by!
Come nnd see me in London. Uy
mime is Faneuil -I.ndy Fanenil."
"And mine is Heginnld Herriot.
iooil-bv. "
"Oh!" liliiek nnd White.
t From His Cyclone Pit.
It wns n tempestuous night on the
Atlantic, ami tin; great steniner with
its precious freight of human lives was
tossed about like a cockleshell. The
tremendous waves hurled themselves
against the walls of steel mid .lushing
in impotent fury over the decks, shook
the leviathan from bowsprit to rudder
post. No one wns visible nbout the
ship, except such of the crew as noces
sitv compelled to face the storm, and
they were in imminent danger every
moment. The passengers, in mortal
terror, were huddled together in the
cabin below. dust as a frightful
blast had almost thrown the ihiji on
her lieain ends, the officer of the deck
saw a passenger slick his frowled
head up through a hatchway.
"lie! back there," yelled the officer.
"Say, Cap," came mi answering yell
"is the r ml' gone yet?"
"No; get back there."
"Have any of the walls give in
yet?"
"No; get back, 1 tell you."
"Has the old woman or children
been blowed out of the secoml-st ory
w indow yet ?"
"Oct back, I tell y.ni ; no."
"None of the neighbors been blowed
in through the shed roof yet?''
"No , no; 1 tell you get back down
thnt hntch vnv. you blamed fool," and
the otlieer started for the passenger.
" 'Tnin't so bad as I thought it
was." came a ti mil yell, mid the pas
senger dodged into the depths below
and disappeared.
"Well, who in thunder was that?"
asked the oflieer of the pursuer, who
stood by.
"IIc'h all rissht," howled the pur
ser; "he comes from the cyclone belt
in Kansas." - IVtroit Free Press.
A Hntional K,p"niiiitiin.
Spectator What gives that man's
words such a metallic ring?
Proprietor of Museum That i the
man with the iron jaw. Philadt lphin
Life.
I'lailiir Pinnks on a Briilo.
One stoi my day recently a hand
some carriage cam' dashing down
Fifth avenue with a yard of white rib
bon (lying nt the pole. J'verybody
paused long enough to take a second
look at it, and everybody who did snw
mote white ribbon tied on the door
handles. As it went by the cabmen
congregated in front of the Fifth Av
enue Hot"! turned nnd stared, and the
gentlemen loungers within rubbed
their noses against the plate glass at
the curious sight. Hehiud the car
riage mid pondant from the axle
swung a dainty whit" kid slipper by
w hite ribbons. And the w ind blew
and the snow and rain swept by in
vicious gusts, and the flying mud
and water splashed the white
ribbons and decked the delicate
little slipper, but tin bright young
couple snugly wrapped to the chin on
th" back sent were blissfully uncon
scious of nil. It is possible they may
have wondered how everybody seemed
to know that they were just married,
and were on the way to the. rnilwn
station for the happy wedding tour.
Perhaps they mnrelle. tint one car
riage on Fifth avenue among so ninny
should attract so much attention, and
w hy everybody smiled and beckoned
to his fellow and smiled again. "We're
nre married" was then Haunted in the
fnce of all New York. The street ur
chins shouted a wild approval ns the
carriage passed, nnd some of them
yelled: "(tit onto the bride !" "Baby
mine!" ''Oh, my eye!" "(roodby
darling !" and so on after the fashion
of the gamin world. While thp big
black coachman on the box grinned
trom behind his rich Astrakhan livery
and was the envied of his kind. If
that couple entertained any doubts ns
to (he reason for nil these unexpected
demonstrations they were probably
duly enlightetie,! when they reached
the station. Their friends who had
selil th"lil thus gnyly heralded oil their
wedding journey possibly enjoyed tho
joke belter than the newly made bride
mid groom. New York Herald.
I'liintiii; Oyster S!i"IK
Great help may bp afforded to the
oyster-producing industry by sputter
ing sh-lls upon the bottom of the sen,
thus affording a beginning for new
beds. Thin has already been prncticed
to a lai'L'.' extent in Connecticut. Shell
planting should not bp attempted un
til the spawning season has arrived,
which is th" m mth of .In no in Mary
land, because shells thnt have been
In ill down for a few dnvs become so
slimy that the embryos nre iiiinble to
attach themselves. From 1 ,000 to
l,'Jil() bushels per acre should be em
ployed. The process might bp pom
pared to scattering corn cobs over dry
land, with the expectation of picking
up ripe ears in full grain nt a later
period. The number of oysters which
attach themselves to the shells thus
laid down is commonly so great that
they crowd each other out and do not
properly develop. This is avoided by
taking them up w ith dredges when the
new bed is two years old and knock
ing the shells to pieces, which are
either sold as "seed," to be planted
elsewhere, or are redistributed over a
greater area of bottom, in order that
they may hnve plenty of space to grow
in. Scollop shells or mussel shells
nre even better for the purpose when
they can be procured in sutlicient
.piantity, because they are so fragile
that the strain of the growth of two
or more oysters attached to a single
mussel or scollop valve w ill often crack
it into pieces, permitting the several
members of the bunch to separate mid
grow into good shape singly. -Wash-ton
St ir.
(fueer Clothe in ,l,.pnn
In mi article in Harper's Weekly on
Tokio, .Japan, the writer has ever so
until v funny things to tell about tho
dressing of those natives who want to
wear the dress of the Fnropeans and
do not know how to mining.' it. Some
times , he says, one sees n man ill l'll
ropi an boots, a Japanese robe, a loose
overcoat, nn P.nglish hat, and holding
a paper umbrella over his head! Hut
once upon a tunc, at a ball at Kioto,
this is what happened: "A very noble
seignoir appeared, according to eti
I'Uctte, in a black dress coat, waist
coat ami trousers, but he also wore
socks without shoes, and n waiseoat,
cut very low, left the chest of the
Pnimio exposed to view. This great
man knew nothing about shirts or pa
tent leather shoes, and thought he
w;is in correct French gct-np."
An Finlcrstiniiliiiir.
Old Hrninble--Want to marry my
laughter, do y.ni? Let me say, sir,
that you are imt exactly the Port of n
man I should like for a i.on in law.
Young Gentleman Well, you are
not the sort of a man I should like for
a father-in-law ; but then yon know
we needn't be chummy unless wc want
to. Brooklyn Lift.
(HIMHtEVS COI.DIN.
r.i.v'r yoi- kv'.w.
If wi-li"! ur"W "Il trees.
With every little br""'."
'i'li'-y '.nl.l e.1111" tiiml.litu 'loivn
p.. n't yii know,
If all tho pollywogs
V"r" lioppimr, happy to
Tliny'il have a glorlou- tun"
U'.n't y.ii kivw.
And if Miss rliry-iills
Were "init," oh, my! wlmt Miss!
Sh"'i try tu reach the sky
Ilon't yii know.
li'lt everything trust grow .
S an.'fast an. I soni" rn .-I l'.v;
Jlul grow they mast ! yon know
II iii'I y."i kii'.iv.
- N-v Y..rk A.ve-ii-"r.
ROYALTY ON HI NNf.US.
Th" unhappy Lidwig of H.iv.irin,
w ho wns drowned some years ago. was
the first king of modern times who
made a business of reviv'u I lie splen
did trappings of r.iv illy us" I in olden
times on so extensive a s-de. With
him everything in th" line of furnish
ings had to be gilt, or of the most
precious material obtainable for tic
purpose. His passion for ore-ting
fantastic ea-itles ami villas ui ide him n
bankrupt, and thee buildiirH arc n w
used for show pui -pos"s only.
Solll" of till! till";-! SIC"IIU"IIS of this
sort of decoration built by the order
of King Ludwig are the varioiM car
riages and sleighs design' I for the
king's use on stnt cisions. Among
them is n sleigh which nttur.-ts tic et
tention of nil lovers.. f th" pictures. pi".
It is a very gorgeous means of convey
ance, rich with precious metals, splen
did furs nnd nil th" modern improve
ments money can command.
Seated behind its high glass windows,
enveloped in stnt : ly robes, the half
crazy monarch iise.l to rid over the
dangerous passes of the Alps before
daylight. His horses wore a string
of small electric lights on their Col
lins. F.leetrie lights were also fas
tened to the heliuits nil I caps of Hie
cavalry men that galloped in front of
the sleigh.
"The ma 1 king is comin r." Ih" poor
peasants used to say, for they had
learned to expect him on any i-xt reiiiel v
lark night, if the moon were not
shining.- - Harper's Young People.
Mil. ('It I I.MS AM' slCMKNT.
George W. Chihls, the great editor
of the Philadelphia Public Ledger,
who died recently, was. trenn lv fond
of children. He hat' inuc of his own,
but made up for it by p- tting mid
spoiling the children of hi:, friends.
He liked any kind of a child, goo I.
bad, cross or amiable, as long as it
was a little child. He was nis i very
fond of fun, mid one of his grentest
timiisements was in playing with the
boys and girls he knew. Nothing
liinde him so unhniipv as to see a child
iiuliMiipy, and thousands of dollars
were spent by liim every year in ear
ing for the newsboys, street waifs nnd
the many little vagrant who are to be
found in the streets of every big city.
Mr. Childs was in the habit of walk
ingpvery morning from his residence to
his office, and he was expected by vari
ous people along the rout '. There
was an apple woman in a certain
corner to whom ho was accustomed to
nod and smile and on another corner
a fat policeman would doll his helmet
to the great editor. Of course such
a well known character as George W.
Childs was could not go all this dis
tance without meeting countless ac
tpiaintiiuees, but th" people whom
he enjoyed most seeing and th" people
who waited most anxiously for his ap
pearance weii' a crowd of little raggn
mutlins. He walked down Chestnut street
every day and they knew it, and
this was the secret of their joy
ous exclamations which always
hailed his advent. He hud a big
pocket in his overcoat, and thus he
kept nearly always well supplied with
pclinies, and lis he walked tpiietly
along, apparently thinking of his at'
fnirs.like every other mini in the luisv,
hustling throng, his hand would come
slyly out of th" pocket and several
pennies would jingle on the pnvemeiit.
A loud scream would instantly stai t
from behind him, mid in another mo
ment the small rngninuDins would bp
struggling on the ground, a mere tan
gle of legs and arms, all struggling to
get the pennies. This performance
wns repeated at every block or so, and
when the oMiee was reached there
would bo a cheer for the man v ho
could throw- awas money in such reek
less fashion just for the fun of hearing
childish fit it and giving the street chil
dren very useful peimns. New York
Advertise!.
The Salvation Army has seen rod a
site for new headquarters in New York
City for $200,ni(. A four-story tiie
jroof iron building will be erected.
A MODHRN SAMPSON'
Prodigious Fun l"- of Rantlow, tlif
St rou e; M:tn,
Finest Living K.x:unplt' of Mus
cular Developmi'iit.
Strong men have live.) in every age
Samsons and San. lows existed long
before the world began to take mi in
terest in muscular achievements.
F.very school-boy h is heard of Mil...
the Cretan, who slew mi ox with his
little list, ami ale il up at oil" mi ni.
If his strength Win e.pi ll to Ills appe
tite, he inu-t have I u a strong man
illd I. Like several o tin T heroes of
classic story, he he) an overweening
eonli.leiiee in his own powers. Heat
tempted olle . IV to te l a forest tree
asunder, but the timber rebounded,
and ciuglit loin in its grasp. Then
wol ves d"V on red hi in.
Il.ienles w:n the "-til "of heathen
strong nn n. The s. v. n lending feats
of his progruiiilii" alwny . conniialided
the ailmir.it ion of tho--- who under
stand them. There were oilier strong
men, however, m hi day whose per
formances obtained I1 . piibb.'ily. I'..r
nistaiic", Poly lamas killed nn olym
pian lion .put" us -in ii llv as Ib icules.
On niioth r occasion, h. .oppose I Ihr.e
of th" sO-olige-t lie n mill" PcCI."l
army, and killed lie m by giving each
a t ip on th" ear. II w is about to
"tap" the flower "f th I' l-lan miin,
but the kin;: i e l "enough. "
Athmiatn- could run ti i - n 1 1 i the nieiia
vv it h n olHlpoiilid weight la-t. lu-d (..
his feet, the Ivupefoi ' Miiuns could
crn-li a stone w:lh Ins ling, i-, and le
ens could hold fast the nc-t tin ems
bull that ever lived
The strongest man ol the pp -' lit
day is Fiig.ne Saiidovv, with whose
feats of strength Americans are toler
ably I'n in i I in r. Snelow is a p. Meet
replica of the nrt'slic conceptions of
Hercules, Slrnnget-i say, it whs a
slatiit. ..I Heieul'S which inspired
him to becoiii" a strong man. Win n
a boy, he went to Homo, mid saw there
the wonderful sinful- ,,! Hercules, dis
playing nil the glory of magnificent
physique. Young Saiidovv was puz
zled to know why tin- men of today
life unlike the men of chesie ages.
His father ventured the opinion that
railronds nnd otln r conveniences had
made nu n hr'y. The boy dctci mined
to be ns strong ns II. rentes himself.
He succeeded so well, that he is now
n living counterpart .f the famous
nn trior.
This handsome, simple-minded Gor
man is the liii---t living example of
nriSCIlbir d'Aeloj.lell. II" his do-
v. loped toth" highest point every sep
arate muscle in his body . lie can lift
a oilil pound weight with his middle
linger, he can support a horse with his
teeth, he can raise a niiiu on his hand
with the case that he could raise a dog',
he can support a couple of In rses on
his chest, mid perform other marvels
of strength. He could kill a mini with
one blow of his powerful nrm.
His muscles nre so thick nnd deep,
that the backbone seems to run along
the bottom of n deep gorge. His
chest, when inllite.l, measures fifty
eight inches in circumference. ; New
York Pispntch.
Hottest ll.'.eii ill Hi - World.
"It is not g. neinllv known that the
hottest, most arid desert m the world
is in the I'nited States, but such is the
fact." sa'd K. C. Mckeighan of Sin
1 liego to the cm i idor mini nt the Lin
ih ll. "The Cocijuih desert is s'li-ill,
but it is th" most dan 411011s of any in
the known world. Sinn. hug upon the
mount 11 1 1, range to the cast, looking
mtloss the sixty nnle.- of plnin to an
other mountain range ou'the wei-t.vv ith
glimpses of two small lakes midway
lntweeli, it does not upper that It re
ipiires any cxtrnordinnry tent of dan
ger or endurance to cro-s the plain.
And this has caused the loss of many
live-. The sand ol thai desert Is so
hot that in n lew miles the shoes will
be literally burned oil the traveler's
fe.t. beasts will be overcome before
hnlf the distance is encompassed, ami
thea.lvent'irous traveller dies in agony,
literally consumed with heat from
without and thirst within. Many have
been known to attempt the journey,
mid but few have been known to re
turn. These had gone no fin t her t ha 11
the fust lake, and tin. ling it salt water,
hud beaten 11 retreat. The nearest
hike lins been reached often enough to
know thai it ebb, and (lows with the
Gulf of Calilornia, and tic water is
the sum', hence il must be a part of
thnt body, although separated Ironi it
by sixty or seventy miles . solid inth
and a high range of mountains. This
range was probably at one time an isl
and, and the Cocapali desert the bot
tom of the m il I once started across
the birre 11 wn-te to investigate, but I
had not gone t-u miles bel.ue beeolu-
in" completely h lust. .!, the sol. of
IIIV feel Wi le bll-l. leil with Ileal, lllf
biinii gifv diz.v, I could get no air,
III" I the I. lentil seemed to stop ill IIIV
thioiit. I tinned buck just in time to
Hive my life, nnd vi In n I reach. . I the
loi. sts of the mountain ..nee mori- I
was d. Iirioiis for hoiits." St. Loins
! Ololn l. mi.., nil.
I'lie) i lliighl flu Octopus
Two boys, Lester Editor nnd Leslie
I Hiver, had 11 highly exciting and Jdes
pcratc light with a large octopus or
d. vil tish one ni'teriioon lately near the
Point Pin.", lighthouse. The boys had
gone to the lighthouse on an abiloiie
hunt. While busily engaged in look
lllg for llblllolles Ivllier perceived
'omelhiiig among the s. a nn.'-s which
apppealeil to be the tail of an eel. Ho
piiibl.e.l at it. but before he had barely
touched it, the huge arm of nn oeto
I us ,.i,t ..nt mid entwined its. If
in el the boy's arm, aii 1 pulb 'l th"
l.ov int.. the pool.
Before the octopus could get n bet
I. r hold, the boy succeeded, lifter n
gi.at ileal ..f hard fighting, in liber
ating himself. By this time his com
rade w ns at his side, and th" two ctl
ileavoied to tak. 'the large fellow al tve ;
but. alter futile attempts to get some
sacks around him, the monster scram
bled over the rocks and ma le for the
sen.
The boys went back to examine the
cav ity from w hu h tic octopus came.
I'lcv wanted to ascertain what the
devil tish had been eatlliff. mi l ns soon
n- tic vvat' 1 was clear, saw at the bot
tom a large abaloiie. They attempted
to draw it ..nt, but while tishing for
lie slcll they struck another huge oc
topus, which became inf uriiited mid
dangled his long snake-like arms right
ami left in the nir, nnd churned tho
w nt.-r for several feet around. The
boys were frightened nnd retreat"!.
When it had quieted they went nt their
work of capturing very cautiously and
led in lauding th" fish. They
brought it to Pacific Grove, where it
has cxeite.1 much interest. Saii Fran-ci.-c
i Chronicle.
The Ohled Poem.
' flic oldest known poem." says the
pmagriiph'-r ol the Chicago Herald,
"is the Song of Miriam." He does
not say w hat careless preacher told
him so, but he certainly did not ;ct it
from an examination of the Bible.
Old Lam.eh, who lived before the
tl I, sang "Ada and Zillah. Hem My
Voice," etc., which passage leaned
theological professors are aeeiistoi I
to point out to their student , as th.
tit-- and a very perfect specimen ol
regular Hebrew poetry ; nnd St. P. t. i
.petes "F.iiooh. the Seventh from
Adam." ns u passaue of sublime lie
beauty, which, it we had ll ill its ..11
ginal H"brevv, would uuquei-tioioil I v
be found to have a regular poetic con
struction. These things the Cheapo
man might have I.. nnd if le had
looked into Ins Bible. M x Mull, r,
too, eoiil. 1 have t.dd htm that the
Sacred V-. Ins of India, which lire nil
poem, are probably much obb-i than
Miriam's time. Poetry is not at all a
modern form of composition. ;N. w
Orleans Picayune.
Mai v dons INi'ip" From Ib n'h.
S. S. Turner, who has been elected
to the House ol Bepli sentativi s ill the
Seventh Coiigres-ionnl district of Vir
giuia to succeed Governor O l'el liill,
had once 1111 escape from denlh little
short ol the marvellous. He was a
Confederate soldier and after the evac
uation of Hichmond. with four other
men. i-iiuibe l into n box car to sleep.
The car had been used to transport
powder nnd every crevice in the floor
was tilled with th powder dust. In
the morning "tie of the men after
lighting Ins pipe threw the burning
end of the mutch he had used on the
tloor. Instantly there was nn explo
sion which killed nil but Mr. Turner.
He wns terribly injured and lay for
weeks 111 almost mortal agony, for
opium or other narcotics were not to
be had. He recovered linaily, but
bears still the marks of the accident.
Of the torture ho endured he eaiiuol
even at this day be induced t 1 speak.
; Chicago Herald.
( Ii queer's K m-o in 11 Mono.
In the geologicnl branch of the
British Museum the visitor is show n a
wonderful specimen of natural imita
tion in a small "ribbon jasper." This
stone, the material of which is not un
like that of oilier blinded ngntes, has
upon 'Is surface a perfect minnturo
pert 1 nit of the poet Chaucer. Every
detail is stnrtlingly col lect. There is
the while face, the pouting lips, the
brond. low forehead, and even tho
whites of the slightly upturned eyes.
The attendniits say that it is utterly
impossible to convince oven some of
the educated visitors that it is not an
nrlilicial production. St. Louis Re-
i public.
n 01.1 onk
ll"r lilt'" I mm s ' etieill Hll'l srplRr.
Iii-ni Kill" r. .111 ' .-ol'l nnd bare,
li.Mt litM" room with hut "ii" .-hair,
' I is v"iv ha-. I I" . ;i" yii.
I a 'la,-1-not Mw.iv - tlup, you knn.v,
With smiling books .oi l Hi-" aglow,
A 1 1 I lamp- - -.tilv l."iimiiig Oh !
'Ti- v. rv h 11. 1 to leave yoil.
II "an a. . ' le.aghi p" nll Ihos" hitir
When hope- lirst ,,,aom"l int.. fl.ivvr
An. I hf. gi"-v .'..iisejoiis of its powers
Ale I ll"t f""l sa.l to l.'iive you?
II. I.a i.illi. iiii" in Chi.'ng.) l-'ignro.
m.MORors.
Yon enn onsily till the public oye if
yon only have the dust.
A smart little boy calls himself
Compass, because In3 is boxed fco
oft.u.
Main- Io you not think Mr. Do
Little n m.m of small caliber? Grnea
Perhaps, but I am sure of one thing ;
he's 11 big bore.
Maiuinn f i - she is serving tho pie at
tnbl. i What is nn improper fraction,
Johnny? Johnnie Anything lest
than n quarter, inammn.
''I.iulit of my hf. :" the yeiingmnn eri"!,
A "I'lirtiit, of his pis.: ;
11 that's th" . a-e. ' th" in.-ii.l replied.
' I."t us linn ...nn th" gns."
She --Am I dear to yon. George?
George Yes, my love; you nre so
dear that I'm afraid I'll have to strike
for 11 rn'se i.r go into bankruptcy.
Puttie They say that young Mr.
I Messy hasn't n cent to his linmo.
Mattie --T,,.. I. id ! And h" has more
money th in brains, his f. mher says.
'Shall women work or shnll they
marry?" inquires an exchange. They
generally have to work if they marry.
Put the question in some other fotni.
Church orcimist 'to applicant for
position its orgnn-piimperi Have yon
over had any expel ieticr ? Applicant,
Well, rather; I used to bp a lnilk
1111111. What is reason?" asked the teacher
from Boston of the smallest boy in
tin' class. "It's what my daddy nevr
has for lic!iu" me," was the confident
reply.
To Ii 11 v y"iir ,V"lh"-irl I111 away,
Il make- exM-aiee .link atcl 'lient .
Int if is w..i-e nhc-kicl.-iv
T-. have li"t ili-lant w lieti -h" s it'-it-.
"W. II," said the opt rnlor to 1 lies
market, "how do you feel? ' "Bully,"
replied III" market. "Mas," cried
th. operator, this is m,.ie than I can
bear'"
"H..W did
I V pi W I it. I
11111;. -o l-i I .
,.k. that h.
Spue. 1 .: I iibuig w ith his
' .. at all I'he bill
ll W hill he w ,- V. I It Dig n
o "eel mid ninil. d the
nun h 01.
I . ll.le I Vo, li.olele, suppose
iiiiiiiiii.a ..-11 v . 1 on I. 111 ciik. s, nnd pupa
alhl'iv ..lunges, what would you
have" I .. 1 1 I. Th. pa ntiy door
lo.-k. ,1
I . ,i. li. 1 iid one thing more,
Imiivs s( what you think or keep
sib nt Pupil But suppose I should
hi come a law li t '' l each, r That's
dill 1.
"I shall I... gin I when I C't bl
i e'l.'U.h to n mli mv 'ii n face," mut
, tin .1 btil. Johnny aft. r his manimii
1 hud got tin. nigh with him; "then 1
I iv 1 ' 1 1 I wash it.
I --W -ii.it In, a .e. I fsari'l.et. think y.ni':''
I -,-e.l.
! A'l'll.'s-illg "ll" .level".! t" ll'.' pop.
I lie Ih 'Ugh! . I 111. '111. 'Ill, III. 'II he I'ili-C.l his
heill.
' I leir.Hv knew I'v. vvt ''t.ei enlv leu."
"Pinks has put th" water system
of hentmg nil ' Ins house. Won't he
find it rather expensive?
not ; he ha- his w il'e to k
hot water, y on know."
AVenrv Wntkius Sav,
T gii...
him ii
ain't in
rewl heroes now adav s. Hungry Big
gins. Pey ain't, eh? W ,v , right hero
in de paper is a felh r adverlisin' .hit
he ain't 11 1 r i I of work.
Mamma We are to hav mpaiiv
nl tea, and I want you to let like 11
man. Johnny Aii ltiin t I say, like,
pa: "What in t h n Inlet ' tna It. s I he pie
crust s iiiouinh-.l tough?"
Customer What - th. inntlei with
th. la.lv yo 11 ate will. 1 1 1 1 1 ; ' I . she
suspected? Ch 1 1, Sh si,. Yes. sh
is insane. ' What did she do"
"Asked 1. 1 look at sh... s that wi I '
really hn noil' h bu- In 1 . "
'l niiglii ii.'V.'l 11 tvu'i "gh nit I groitti
ll.lt" ill p. I "III "I .l.lle.
Til" sa..e-l .11" 1. 1 .11.1 .It Hie . .. p,.,,,..
'-1 lev t l"e v , V"ii II fate I. - tvine
"What do you think of Mr. Ilar.l
Inl's cxeeiil i.ui ?'" snd MissliiiHhhy nt
the liiusi. .ile. "I hadn't heard of ll,"
said Old 1 Irow lev , "but I think ,ils n
good id. 't. Will i' does the hnngi:ig
(like phic, y"
"Now, mv litlh children," said tho
Sunday-school teacher, "nil of you b
very still, while I tell you about it -so
still that yen can hear a pin drop."
All was silence till a little boy sLriekcl
out, "Let her drop !''
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