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VOL. XVII.
PlTTSIK)RO CHATHAM CO., N. 0., SEPTEMBER 27, 1801.
NO.
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CWtom
Tint's The Wi y.
Tnk tho old world as Mi" I'unn
Tliink that Hiihm arc brightening
Danco to all th thunder's drums,
Ami rend llm news ny ligh.ii g!
For time's soon Ron",
And the world tnov- on ;
Bo ki'c a close watch on lln stars,
And mod tlic sun at dawn!
Tnko Hip old world as sho corona,
Say she's still oiitriinoiiig:
Hum the son,- (lie flilillo hum-,
And dunco while film Is duu"in.;I
For time flits fast.
And a life's soon past,
So rt tin1 In-art brat g!a lly.
And k p sinking lo tlio last !
Fiiank h. Stastos iu Atlanta Constitution.
LARRY'S OLD FOSSIL.
There was so much talk nliotit Pro
fessor Chesney In1 lure lio arrived, that
Larry (helmed herself hick of the
subject.
Larry was tho only ono uf tlio fam
ily tilio had not met lii'ii, and with
her usual perversity, made up her
mind not to like liiin. Ho was learned
in mathematics, which only scored
against liiin in her eyes.
"'The ilonhiting (lower nlotio
should seem to he the least hmnaii of
qualities,' " tho iiiote.l, li : small
nose in the air. "Then: is something
wrong alioiit a unit whom everybody
likes. My prophetic ami tolls mo I
shall not take to him, at least."
The Wednesday tie." professor was
expected Larry went for a long walk;
she met Ned I'.rskine and Harry Wiu
throp, two voting nrtistn with whom
sho was I i'ltcml-i, and enjoyed
herself very much, getting in barely
in time to dress for dinner.
They went all assembled round tin;
tnlilo when she clipped into lier place,
and there was a reproof in her mot her's
voice, as she suid, "my third daugh
ter, Lnrinda, Professor Cliesiiey."
If there was anything thit her
third daughter haled, it was being ad
dress -d by ln r baptismal name. With
a iw, lit ..f I., i- 1 on,!, i- IU, ul,,. !
. .. . . ' ill
jinntiit, unit it wan iii 1 1 muu mho nun
disposed of her soup t hut sho looked
at her opposite neighbor.
A tad, thin imiu, with brown hair,
and a short brown beard :s n 1 mous
tache thickly streaked with gray, a
large, doiue-liko forehead, niid near
sighted gray eyes tint looked kindly
at her through his spectacles.
Ho was a little surprised at the hos
tile expression in tho brilliant brown
eyes, which surpri.e deepened into
astonishment when, iu answer to a
low-voiced, remark from .lint, the
young lady replied, nl.oiu a low tone,
but so distinctly tli.it h heard every
word, "I think he is an oi l fossil!"
Notwithstanding this, several times
during tho meal his eves strayed to
iho white-robed ligurc, the bent, shin
ing brown head, and once, in the
midst of a remark from Auguda, ho
turned ipiiekly to listen lo n poal of
merry laughter froiy Larry.
Several of her friends I'uiiiii iu dur
ing the evening, and sho devoted h - r- 1
self to their entertainment, complete- j
ly ignoring tin; profi snir. When hint
kept up this behavior for nearly a
week, it attracted the attention of her
family as well as that of the v.sitor;
and when gentle hints were scorned,
Larry was severely reprimunded.
"Von aro positively unladylike!"
said Mrs. Austin; "and I insist on, at
least, civility. He must think you an
ill-niiinuered child."
"1 dares iv 1 do so . -in a child to his
ndviiticcd years," saucily answi rod
Larry.
"You are exceedingly impertinent !"
answered Mrs. Austin, who was now
very angry. "I insist on your being
polite' to Professor Cncsnoy, and do
ing your share inward entertaining
him, or J shall certainly complain of
you to your father. Lenvj the room,
miss !"
A little ashamed and wholly angry,
Larry whisked nut of tho loom, al
most into the professor's arms, with
Midi force as tn rather stagger him.
With a hasty 'Kxoilso nie, ' she sped
along the corridor and up tho stairs,
while the "estimable gentleman"
stood and looked after her.
An old fossil!" he murmured, with
a slight smile, stroking his beard.
Shortly alter this, to the surprise of
nil, Larry suddenly changed her tac
tics, mid at dinner one day addressed
tho professor. He answered oour
teoiilsy, mi l very readily joined in ; .
argument between herself and Jim.
Her remarks were bright and amus
ing, if somewhat crude, nnd tho
brown eyes and ehauefn.' face were
very attractive. In tho evening sho
played and s ing for him, and was as
bright and luw itching as tho heart nf
man en;il I desire, much to the sur
prise of some, and tho annoyance of
others, of her tumily.
"She means mi-c'.iief !" thought
Jim, uneasily. "Are you beg lining
to succumb to tho professor's charms?"
he whispered. "You know I gave
you it week."
"1 tun thinking of getting up a col
lection of fossils," shu answered, with
h mocking laugh, "and this is too lino
specimen to lose. Don't you dure in
terfere !'
"Poor wretch !" rejoined Jim. "He
has my Kympathy !"
I'na'ils to account for the change in
Larry's manner, the professor never
theless found her very agreeable;
and, though never neglecting any one
else, it soon becamo evident that she
was the attraction. Tho otliT two
reluctantly gave way to her, and alio
it was wlio went with him to picturo
gallerii'H and loctureB and concerts;
who was tho life of theatro and opera
parties saucy, wilful, charming.
With fill his gravity and erudition,
it was plain that he admired this ill
regulateil young woman. Ho hud
never before been thrown closely into
companionship with such n nature.
He admired her bounty, her dainty
costumes; oven her girlish extrava
gance of speech and saucy disregard
of his opinion plensed him better than
Augusta's unvarying politeness, or
( ieitrude's cleverness. His eyes fol
lowed her every movement, a wistful
light in them sometimes that touched
I im.
Lurry was curled up in a deep window-sill,
overlooking tho park, bask
ing iu the sun, for sho was n veritalilo
Persian in lr;r love of sunlight, when
Professor Ch 'sney camo into tho
room. Ho leaned again t tho side of
tho window, looking at tlr; picture
she made in her quaint putted and fur-bi-Iowed
gown, tho sunlight falling on
her brown head.
Larry looked up, nodded with a
smile that showed her small whito
teeth, ami Mottled luck iu her original
i position, waiting for him to speak ;
l and so he did, alter a while, but not
as she expected.
"1 am going away tomorrow, Miss
i Larry,'' ho buid. "My pleasant visit
has conn; to an olid all too soon."
"Tomorrow!" echoed tho girl, sil
ting up straight
'1 am verv sorrv
yn i are going."
And, much t i le-r own surprise, sho
realized that tho rem irk was perfect
ly sincere.
"I am glad to hear you say that,"
said tho professor, trying to keep his
voice steady. "It makes it a littlo
easier to say something that is in my
heart. "
Then ho told his story in warm,
eager words, very unlike his usual
calm ones words that stirred Lirry
st-nngoly. There was a queer expres
sion on her pale face as she stood be
fore him.
"Professor Chesney," sho said,
with quivering lips, "I am not worth
the lovo you have oll'ered mo. You'll
ronli.o that when I tell you that I have
only been pleasant ami civil to yon all
these weeks, not from any liking for
you, but to to plague tho others."
Thorough fy ashamed, sho bout her
head, unable to moot his eyes.
"You mean that you have deliber
ately played a part all these weeks?
You, whom 1 thought so frank and
true? How could you do it? Then
you've not tho slightest lovo for mo in
j your heart that, 1 suppose, is out of
the question?"
There was it hurt shocked tone in
his voice th it touched Lirry keenly.
''1 don't love you," sho answered,
"but It hall be very grateful if after
what I have told you, you will let luo
bo your friend. "
She put out her hands nnd moved a
step nearer to him; bat, to her morti
fication, her extended hands remained
u ntouelied.
"I did not nsk for your friendship,"
he said, unsteadily; "and jiiht at pre
sent 1 want only what I usk for. 15y-and-by
I may be able to appreciate
your oiler; 1 shad try, but you ve
taught me n hard lesson, Larry, ono
I'm not likely to forget. Perhaps I
ought to have known better; but"
with a break iu his voitv "I'm not
used to women. I'm only an old fos
sil, after ad "
And, without another word, ho left
her.
I'p iu her room Larry was still
more surprised to liud a bit of crying
necessary. She could not account for
the unhappy feeling that took posses
si. in of her lis sho reviewed the past
weeks, ami reilicd that the kindly,
pleasant companionship she had ac
cepted H'i heedlessly was at an en 1.
"I suppose he'll hate mo now and
forever," she thought, between her
sobs. "Hut how could I say I ioved
him when I didn't?"
Then she sobbed all tuo harder.
Tho protVssor I 'ft tho next after
noon, w hile L.irry w is out.
A lsix oi wh t r roses lay on tho ta
ble addressed o her, a car I attached,
on which was written "Prom your
friend, Uogcr Chesiiev." That was
all; but siie guessed dimly winil an
eti'on it cot to write it.
With trembling lingers sho mads
three parts of tho llowers, and gave
them to her mother and sisters.
"I don't want them," sho said,
proudly, iu answer to her mother's
remonstrance. "'I was only civil to
him to plonso you all."
Jim noticed that tho brilliant eyes
were full of tears, and thut she took
the card ntfay with her.
"It must bo n relief to you to have
him gone," ho said, as they stood for
a moment in tho hall. "Association
with such a serious man must have
been a trial to you."
lie was uupreparod for tho way sho
llained out at him.
"Such n trial us makes me more
willing to accept tho statement that
man is mndo after God's own image,
and possesses some Godlike attributes.
Now go. "
And ho did, n lurking smile under
his moustache, and a most emphatic
"Uy Jove!" upon his lips.
One bright morning, early iu Juno,
Jim opened the door of Mrs. Austin's
sitting-room. Larry was there alone.
Sho hail mi industrious tit on her, and
with the sleeven of her blue inoruing
Iress turned back, displaying two
prettily-rounded arms, feather duster
iu hand, she was whisking tho dust oil'
some rare pieces of old china.
"Larry, lr.-ro is an old friend of
yours," Jim announced. "Treat him
well, for In- sails for Kg.vpt tomorrow,
ii"or to return. I'll be bu.'k iu u
mil, ute. "
He vanished, and there, inside tho
(dosed door, stood Professor Chesney,
thinner, grayer, but w ith the old kind
ly smile on his lips thai she remem
bered so well. Startled out of her
self-po'session, Larry stood with her
duster suspended over gran 'inn's hundred-year-old
tea) a it.
"I sail for ligypt tomorrow," said
the professor, taking n few steps into
the room, "and I may never return.
Won't you wish mo Godspeed,
L.irry?"
Crash went giaiidma's prioehsi tea
pot iu a dozen pieces on the (dished
floor, and the next thing Larry knew
sho was crying.
The professor approached her.
"Aro you crying becaUM' I am go
ing away, or because von have broken
the teapot?" asked tho visitor.
"Iloth!' cried Lirry, with a con
vulsive sob, which was smothered iu
the folds of tho professor's coal, as
the arms of that "estimable gentle
man" closed around her.
"How about your prophetic soul.
Larry?" Jim nsked, later on. "I
thought you called him a fossil?"
"So 1 did," answered tho young
lady, quite unabashed. "Hut 1 also
said I was getting up h collection of
fossils, and recognized tho fact that
lie was too tine u specimen to Ioko.
Don't you remember?" How Hells.
A Mvstiry I'AplaiMi'il.
Hriggs 1 called on that girl last
night that you introduced me to.
Griggs Hid you?
Hriggs Yes. And she's a nice girl,
old fellow, hut she treated mo very
strangely.
Griggs How so?
Hriggs Will you believe it, sho
showed ino into the dining-room, said
she really hoped I would excuse her.
No other room in order, etc.
Griggs Well, that was rather
strange.
Hriggs Hut that's not the worst of
it. In a few minutes iu comes her
younger sister. We talked a little, j
and then sho got up and went out,
leaving her younger sister to enter
tain me. Y'oit can bet I didn't slay
there long.
Griggs Well, I'm very sorry.
Hriggs Oh, that's all right. Yon
couldn't help it. Hut what tho mis
chief did she want to show me into
the dining-room for?
Griggs I'll tell you if you won't
give it away.
Hriggs -All right. What for?
Griggs Well, you see, 1 was iu tho
parlor. Harper's Piazar.
The Cormorant.
There is a bird iu China the cor
morant which i.s domesticated, train
ed to wonderful intelligence, and em
ployed in Ciitchiiig lish. These birds
are reared and trained with great Pare.
A pair co.its from live to six dollars.
They are taken out on the lakes and
rivers iu a small bout ; ono muii to
every ten or twelve cormorant-. The
birds stand perched on the sides of
the boat, and, at a word from tho
man, they scatter on the water and
begin to look for lish. They dive for
the tish and then rise to the surface
with the tish iu their bills, when they
are called back to the boat by the
fisherman. As docile as dogs, they
swim to their muster and arc taken
into tho bout, when they lay down
their prey and again resume their la
bor i
llllUHtF.ys (IHXMN.
AilolMIJ" HIT.
1 nm not feeling well to-day.
Hut why I eanii'it see.
I had siiine iee-ereum ' T"-s the way,
And ianeakes leuiii" for n-a :
I also had some enrauiels,
And sugar almonds, too,
And when I iih'I with Tommy WelU
A sti-k of lln-tulu.
lint f ws e ireful with ea, h on" -
Too in ,l"l i of none I ale.
It 'auiwt b' Unit i"iuiv Inn,
An I jot the pain i jrre.i'.
J hud six cookies, Imt I've h i t.
Six eoekie oft before;
They've n -ver loft m feeling bad,
Nor ,iekli i. time or mure.
'J lie s id i wn'.er isiiildu't iiiali')
Me ill 'twas Itilhe's tli-ll'.
1 sort of think this rf u I ue!r
Conn s wholly from the hen'..
Harpers' Young P 'o;,!".
lll llliW! to LAST Horns.
Tho great sorrow of littlo bubblo
lnakers comes w he:i they (ly into tho
air and disappear. liulililes can bo
Hindu to hist as long us ten hours if you
try this. Yon imtt make a ll iid this
wny. Pino shavings of pr.lm oil soap
are shaken in a large bottle with dis
tilhd water until a concentrated solu
tion of the soup is obtained. M imm i
or some grown up person will have to
hi dp prepare this. Then filter this
through gr.iy filtering paper, and then j from any other cirbonate by treating
mix with one-third its bulk of jut re ; it with mi acid. Sulphuric ueid is
glycerine. The iluid is to be shaken j gen-rally tts-d. Tho powd- re i eir
lip before use. Have a small ghes bun ate of lime, or miirblo tn4. as it
funnel of two inches iliann ter eon
licefed with n tube of India rubber,
and snap bubbles may b.' prepared
with this Iluid tint will surpass tlm
rainbow its. il'. They may be kept for
u long while by putting them carefully
upon an iron ring which is slightly
Misty and thoroughly wet with the
soapy solution. Just imagine bubbles
twelve inches aero H tt they have
been blown this way, and will lust livo
or ten minutes. A string of hubbies
two or three inches across can he kept
for ten or twelve hours. It is the
finest way there is to make bubbles.--New
York Journal.
A im. HA I II.
Now this is true, every word, for
Harry and I both saw it.
We had lu en at tic circus, mid a
very fine circus it was; we shall not 1 cept that the ga-, insiei lof being per
see its like again, fur it w.n Puirnum's, j mittcl to e.oane, is eonli I" I iu th"
and Jumbo was iu his glory. I generator. Tlio generator is simply
We had two hour 4 of rapture, nnd an apparatus in vhi"h tho acid and 1 he
then we went to make a visit, and then , e irb. unite can be mixed conveniently.
we took the train to hum,., HS we
did not live iu tho circus city. The
railway runs along th" bank of the
river, ami as we cam" near tho circus
grounds we saw a wonderful sight.
Down to die shore, iuslow procession,
fame one, two, three how many were
there? Twenty elephant;;, as sure as
1 urn alive !
All the great circus beasts, bonded lock it for soiuo time, generally about
by Jumbo, coming down to bathe, half an hour, m ord -r to mis th ir
The little acc.iiumod'itiou train had j oiighly the gas with th" water. When
plenty of time to spare, and the good ! this is djne the toutitaiu is a tain con
engineer slackened speed so that all : nected with the generator, m ire ueid
the passengers could see this strung.)
sight.
In they wont, the hu,'o crea lircs,
plunging into the oo.d water with i
evident delight. Splash! there one
rolled over on his buck and disap
peared clean from view.
Splash! here ho was up again, trum
peting with joy, nnd spouting water
far ami near. Tho great gray back
popped up and down, the vast ears
thippcd, tho little tails waved and
quivered w ith plensure. Not often do
circus elephants get such u treat as
this!
Harry and 1 stared with all our
eyes, an I felt us if wo were iu one of
Mayne Iteid's honks, and as if llen
drik or Groot Willetu might pup out
of the bushes at any moment and taki
a shot at the "big game'' which they
loved so well.
Hut no hunters appeared. The en
gineer's conscience began to prick
him, and the train moved on, wo entil
ing our necks out of the window h
very dangerous thing, which I hope
none of my readers will ever do to
catch a lust glimps. of the miglitv
bathers.
'They were still splashing about w hi n
we passed out of sight, and we whisked
merrily home, feeling that the lust
part nf the circus had h.en outsid i the
tent, and that it was a very good thing
to live by the ban'i of a big river.
Youth's Companion.
(uitc Willi n- to H oi k
"I am perfectly willing to work,
mum," said the tramp, "but the dilli-
f ulty is in finding labor congenial tc
my tastes."
"Whnt do you think you would liki
to do?" inquired tho c.impassioiuitt
woman.
"I think I would like to ( a Imnk
presideti', 1 1 u i . lo yoi know when
I could get n job of tll.it soft?" lt'-
Free Press.
C7l U' 'I'PTl
' SorncFact? About A Popular Bov-
craere.
Cost of MiUiuI'acture Less Than
Two Cunts a Gallon.
Many years ago a Frenchman con
ceived the idea of manufacturing a
carbonated wad r by mixing a solution
of tartaric acid w ith carbonate of soda.
The proportions used were thirty-live
grains of the soda dis-.dved in a wine
glass of water. This was tho original
soda water.
The public knows in a general w ay
that marble dust is sometime used in
making soda water, and the q testioii
is sometimes uskol: "Isn't marble
(lust injurious to th-j systn-n? ' As a
mutter of fact there is no marble dust,
or, to usu the t 'clinical term, carbon
ate of lime, iu so 1 1 water. Tin; part
played by mm hie dust in the pro
cess of manufacturing soda water is
simply to supply the carbonic a "id gas
with which the water is charged. The
sumo gas gei'erated iu a ditleri nt man
ner gives froth to beer, lightens bread
and makes the bubbles in buek'.vhe it
cakes. This gas call 1) ' obtained
from ciriioiiato of sola, cubou
ate of magnesia, o.irbonato of lime, or
is popularly culled, win, until, quite
recently, u-cd abirist exclusively for
this purpose because it i- m ry cheap.
To iiiiilei-tuml how th' two chemi
cals, sulphuric ue! 1 a i I c irb iti ite of
lnu , a ( wh'ii br.tii jh: tog ill -r, the
! reader may call to min I the mixing of
j a seidlil. powder. The tart trie acid
! i" the wlrte paper, when in s jlutioii ,
unites w it h t he carbon ito of sod i in
' the blue paper. KJ'ervesceiiee nt once
j t ikes place, carbonic a ';d gas being
! liberate I and tartrate of so la being
fot'lii'd. Although uit'ti'' fiiriiish's
nil iiulintd -d quantity of c i: b m ites,
almost any nth T ueid, sli'iii.' ! t ) say,
will drive out tin? carbonic ueid and
usurp its place. 'P . i i s is se.-u iu the
mixing of a s. i lljtz powder.
j Now, this is ex ictly wh it takes piuee
in the miiiiufiietu
!' soda w ater, ex-
I'loni the generator the gas is con
veyed to ono of tho poitabli! st -.1
fountains, the appearance nf which
familiar to tho jwblio. The fountain
is about thro '-quart -rs full of water.
Alter n quantity of g,ls has entered the
fountain it is well agitated. It is uu il
now to place it on a cradle or rocker,
and either by hand or steam power tn
is allowed to reaeii the cirbou.ite,
more gas is form ol, and the simeprn.
cess is continued until tin pre.s-.ii re mi
the fountain show 4 . pounds to the
square inch. Too fountain in tii u set
aside and nuoth r is put on in its
place, and tho process goes on until
the supply nf gas in th carbonate has
all been extracted. I'll : refuse is
thrown away and a fresh supply nf
carbonate is placed iu th" g.-u 'i-aou'.
Tho refuse is suljdi ate of lini". Too
sulphuric acid his ii'i'l 1 with th"
limo and tho carbonic acid has been
liberated.
As has luen said, marble dust has
been used ill prei'd'elice to any nt hi r
carbonate in the iiianuiacturo nf soda
water because it is theeheapes). lite
recently at lea -it one linn in New York
substituted carbonate of magnesia.
This is a litilo mure expensive. Oa
the other hau I, the .1 ..-ai boiii. d mag
nesia, instead of being thrown away
like the sulphate of Inn , ciu be util
ized. It is pumped n.- ilr.iw-i up to a
higher apartment, w here it is si rained
and iiltefed to exclude all impurities,
and tested. 1 1 is then placed iu large
evaporating pans and iillo.ve 1 to crvs
talize. The product is sulphate of
magnesia, better known as I'.psmn
salts.
Tlio soda Water biisiu ss is exceed
ingly lucrative. Th,. ,-,,t t,f iohiiu
fact lire is from one to two cents per
gallon, and the product is st.dd for ten
cents. Syrups cost from tvvontv to
thirty cents a gallon and lira sold fur
from forty-five to seventy-live cents.
Th re are generally abouf sixi v -i'niir
gla .ses to the gallon, and soda water
is sold for five or tell cents a ,h.
Other iii tilicial mineral waters are sold
for about thirty-live cent-, per gallon.
New Yolk Son.
Crnogor painted several of nis best
pictures niter he had passed eighty
j-enrs ami died at eighty-three.
Skeleton in a Tr".
A strange story was related to on
I (beville, it'll.) Mercury reporter by a
( resident of this county, whose homo
j i.-. in the mountains near Nimshew.
j "About a month ago 1 had occa-inu
to build a new barn on my little place
n ar Nimshew, uild to save expense on
its construction 1 concluded to split
out myself all the shakes I would need.
1 had known of a splendid sugar-pine
tri e ever since I had lived in that lo
cilitythut stood oh a hillside about
two milis from iny home. It was a
splendid sjioeiiaen, fully twelve feet in
diain. t. r. With the assistance of my
eldest son we went one morning about
a month ago, and in the course of a
few hours fellou the forest giant.
Then we procoede I to split out from
the trunk of the tree the shakes that
we wanted.
"One day my son sivv n squirrel
playing in the boughs, and picking up
his gnu lired. He went to pick up tin;
game which had fallen at tho report.
1 paid no attention to him until I
heard nn exclamation of horror and
saw him standing on tho trunk gazing
intently into the tree top.
"Fastened securely in tho second
limb-fork of tin; (rce, eighty feet from
the ground, was u human skeleton.
It was wedged in so securely that even
the fall of the tree had failed to dis
lodge it, and it was intact. A few
remnants of rottou clothing st ill hung
to it, and an old soil less shoo half
supported the fleshless leg in the
crotch of the tree. One bony arm
was twin a! tightly about a limb, and
the ,l;ull, still held by tie; ligaments,
rested on the breast.
"We dug a shallow grave and buried
the bmies on the hillside. The skele
ton vva.-, that of a white man of average
size, and from tho condition of the
teeth and skull he must have been puM
mi bile age. From its bleached con
dition it must have been iu the t l eo
tip for at I oust twenty yi ais.
"Now, th question arises, and it is
a 'U"stion that makes the whole st.n v
seem improbable, is, how did that
man g.-t into the treetoji? We mud-
careful lucusui'eiii.'tits and it was a lit
tle over eighty feet from where it
re-ted to the ground and iu thai space
t!i ere w is not a limb or ev. u a knot to
which a muu might cling iu climbing
a tni."
Mi - Polar Item's llalnls.
The favorite food of the polar bear
is the lb sh of seals, s'n lions, walruses,
tish and dea I whales. ( (f all seal
hunters ho is the most successful. In
stead of being obliged to stalk his
game on the ice, in plain sight, he can
hunt like a crocodile, " takes to tho
water, swims slowly up, with only his
nostrils and eyes at the surface, and
before the seal, watching landward, is
aware of his danger, his clumsy bodv
is fairly within the huiurv jaws nf the
'lig. r of the ice," a- Dr. Kane called
him.
Hut. strange us it mfiv appoi i -, the,
polar bear does not live by flesh alone.
Inth'ir Alaskan travels, Mr. Henry
W. Flliott and Lieutenant Maynard
Mice chanced to visit St. Matthew
Island, a lonely bit of laud in li. hring
Sea, about half way between the strait
and tin- Aleutian archipelago. There
they found bet w a ll Jolt and :1M) polar
bears, busking in the win in lap of sum
mer, shedding their winter emits, laz
ily eat iu ; ami sleeping, and grow ing
fat on the loots of the small flowering
plants and musses that abounded. As
the explorers' boat approached the
shore a score of bears were in sight it t
one time. The bears literally s
sessi d t he isl i ml, "grazing and rout
ing about like hogs in a common."
In spite of their numbers they could
not be induced to tight, but always
ran when approached, either in "a
swift, shambling gallop, or trotting
off like elephants." They were fond
of sleeping in the sun in sheltered hill
sides "soundly, but fitfully," says Mr.
I'.iliott, "rolling their heavy arms and
lees about ns they dozed." After
shootin i half a dozen spcciuinns in the
tamest manner, the two explorers de
cided to kill no more; for, by reason
of shedding, their furry emits were 1
worthless. One that was shot by Lieu
tenant Maynard measured exactly
eight feet ill length uf head and body
together, and its weight was estimated
at between l.ltlHt and l,''i)ll pounds. -
New York Advertiser.
Mrength Ul lie iv ii My Kxciieil.
If a Hon and u strong horse were to
pull in opposite directions, the horse
would pull the lion backward with
comparative case ;' but if the lion were
hitched behind the horse and facing
iu the same direction, and were allowed
to exert his strength in bucking, he
could easily pull tho horse down upon
his haunches or drag him across the
ring, so much greater is his strength
when exered back ward from the hind
legs than iu forward pulling. New
York World.
Tiip Windfall".
"t hildi- n !" "Yei. Ma'a-u."
"Kark iu the morning
Veil will gather up the apples Hint have f.'l'liMi
from th" trees;
For thro" Hn healed term
A ehi. k"U for a weriu -Would
spii,. , market applo though In buck
wheat to his knees.
Children, do you In-ar me?"
Y"s. Ma'am."
"Children!" "Y"s. Ma'am."
"Karly in Hie iimrniug
Fii"h will to tin- yreh.ard hi- l.ii -hel basket
take :
Tlio' ie l.iirger nor a gprm.
For a little, worthless worm
A .diiekeii spiles mi apple though in l-nrley to
his throat.
Children, do V"ii li".ar me?"
Y. Ma'am."
'Children !" "Yes. Ma'am."
"Karly in tl.e morning
tiather up the apples (hat h ive fallen from
the trees:
T" lose them i- a pity :
1 w- li sell them iu the city.
An, perhaps I'll buy you something that wilt
tick le you and please.
Children, do yor hear mi ?"
"Yes. Ma'am."
-- Toronto Mail.
Ill MOKOUS.
He i passionately) You nre my life.
She (practically I Have you got it in
sured? There i-. only one man now from
whom star actors will take any talk,
and he is the promptor.
Perhaps some expert in color effects
can explain how it is that a man often
looks bluest when hois iu a brown
study.
"When did you discover that you
truly loved Mr. Jones?" Stella
Win n 1'ido would allow him to come
in v ithntit growling.
What is it speaks tn o- in dreams!
I-it a -..i..e from overtimr"?
(ir i.- it something that vye at"
The ni-ht lM-f..re?
Caller Can I see Miss Snuggle?
Serveiit She's engaged, sir. ('tiller
Of course she is, and I'm the muu
she's engaged to. S. rvaitt Oh!
Prow ii Smith ain't at all suave and
polite to his typewriter. Jones
That's rather unusual, isn't it? Hrown
I don't know about that; she's his
wile.
"lo you have a good deal of trouble
changing servants?" "No, indeed;
the last only stayed an hour and the
one before didn't even ttike off her
hit."
"I could a tail unfold" began tho
frog. He paused and seined wrnjiped
in thought. "That is to say, I could
lust v.eek. lint I am no tadpolo now,
thank you."
"1 have misforluiie," eried the youth,
"I if almost every kind.
Since my moustache h dow n In front,
My necktie up behin I."
"J know my faults, Hurry, ami I'm
trying to overcome them. Harry
Well, all I've got to say is, you have
n gootl deal of courage to face such n
multitude alone.
I'eal herstoiie--1 lntirthat you aro
going to move, Kiiigway. lliugvvay
--Move! I should lik" to know where
ymi heard that. Peat In rstoiu;---Your
landlord told me.
Prmid father i in, .king at his first)
Isn't he sweet? Mother Yes, ill
dec. h is. 'Wet test itty sing ns ever
was. Proud Father Looks almost
human, doesn't he?
One .lay in the bliss of perfc ti m we'll live
And avoid all til" e troubles and shocks;
More -tsir.'h in mir -h'ri fronts Hie laundrcs,
w ill give
lttsieaii of so much in our so l.s.
'You will doubtless licur me out,"
he insisted, "when I sty that I lovo
you." "No," she rejoined, coldly, as
she touched the bell, "either papa or
the coachman will do that."
"lo you find il very hard to get your
husband through the telephone?" in
quired Mrs. Hoggs of heV friend, Mrs.
Seoges. "I never t t ied it ," answered
Mr-. Scroggs. "he wieighs 'JOll. "
ell's. Yeast - lo you believe that
fish makes brains? Mrs. Crimson
benk Of course I do. Why, w lieu
my husband goes fishing the next
morning his head is that big his hat
won't til him.
Th- h ig looked nl the butcher
Willi a sad ii tul pensive air. ;
And asked, when icar the pit-king-houso,
"Will von 'incut' nn? over there?"
linker iiliscmisnat'ely I I never saw
times so hard. Wife You have
plenty of trade. Maker Y-e-s, but
llotir has got so cheap that I will
ettln r have to stop baking bread or
low er the price.
Lavvver On what do you base your
opinion that the defendant is naturally
nf a peaceable disposition? Witness
Wall, ho lived for two years alongside
of a family with teu children an' ho
never shot any of 'cm.
Savage Party (annoyed by yelping
d,ij..- if I kick that dog in tho ribs
perhaps he'll stop barking at me.
Yelping Hog's Owner Perhaps ha
will. He never wants to bark when
he's cot his mouth full.