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NO. I',.
The Kettle.
Thnrc'a many u lions' of grandeur,
With turret, tower ainl dome,
That knows not pcuoo or comfort,
Aud does not prove a homo.
1 do not ask for splendor
To crown my daily I it,
Cut this I nsk a kit.-ti'-n
Where the kettle' d always hot.
If things nro not ship-shape,
I lo not fnmn or ret,
A lltllo etnu disorder
Does not my nerves upset,
JSllt nil" tllillvt is essential.
Or teems so to my llni'iK''.
An 1 Dial's n tidy k i t -li . 1 1
Where the kettle's always In t.
la my Aunt HaUie's lnuis. hold,
Though skies iiutsido u:i ilc ar.
Though times an' dark mi l t roulil.-.l.
You'll ulwayii Hud goo.l oho. r.
Aa l in hi;r ipiuint 1 1 kitelien -
Tim very hoi.iio.-t spot -The
kettle's always .-luijiii ,
The wat t's always li"t.
Aii'l if you have a Ir nd i -h ,
Wli.it '! t :! hour may li",
There is no leill.nn wa.iin ;
To K''t your oiipof tea.
I tlnu't kli.iw Imw s'te .I ns I'. -
Some mash' she lias oang'it
oor Co kiloh"ii's e iol in summer,
Yet the kettle's alway hot.
till, there's nu.igat els" so dreary
In household kingdom f' nui I
Asa cold ami sullen keltlo
'I'hat ili es nut make a -.him).
Ami I think that low is 1 i-kin
III the hearts in sll-ll ,'1 Sp"t,
Orlhe k"tlleWolll l h' sill-ill,'
And the water w mid he hot.
- Kiln Wheeler Wii.--.x.
Bruce Gaynor's Diplomacy.
"Oil, ilcar, T wish he would come!"
Kate Talbot looked at lr watch,
nml then ran nut into th- hail In com
pare, its enameled lunula wit li tin; ilinl
of tho ulil clock on the 1 j i : i I i : i r.
She was a t ill, liaii nine, girl, with
brown hail'. Her eyes, large ami suit,
of a m e'.i'.inr hazt 1 tint, wore full of
ii i amy languor, nml the white t u t
ink ):.; ii of her cheeks li -1 . !v " l . 1 1
very plainly that she never hid turn
ed i lav into lli,s':l all I night into day,
after the approved fashion of m t ro
)! itiill belles. Nn; K ilo 'I'e.ll nl was
il rustic beauty, fresh ainl iiticonliimi-n-tted
liy the siuhter inllie uee of city
life.
"Hero lie comes; mil lio is not
alone, "
An 1 within just thirty seem Is Miss
Tnlhot was in; the stops, inclining her
head to Mr. Fiosnicro Wylie, anil
holding out mi eager, ilitl or: ug little
hand Inward li -r fnt her.
"No letter, 'iij hi y'
'None, Kilty."
i llossmore's liiiieU cyescuiiiie 1 Kut 'V
eeuiiteiuinee as .she :.1im 1 then', a rin
(lo rohe iiuioii x h 'i' ilarl; tressi-s, un,l
one hainl slightly hohlin;; tn ; t!ier
t!ie folds nf her Mne eahiuere shawl.
How filni ill v li o hiw tlie e;ire:,iiio:i of
keen ili.siiMiointmelit that lllttered
lioross her perfect features!
"lvate," hiii'l Mr. Tulliot, ii;iitly
ilisi.iountiii'f frniii his luii.se, "soiiu-
liow it IA dillieult fur lite to ln licVe in
this (ny eavalier of yours."
"I'aiiii !"
'Out of m ;ht, out of iiiin l,' iu
rjry old proverli, y,m Know, jjiy
lear ; uiul it is jii.-t Mssihle, mmmp:
the uttrnetious of a f ishinalile water-iii-plnee,
that he has furntteii."
"Xever, ii.ijm ! Ynit im l llossiuoi e
iilways were utijustly lu-eju lieeil
against liiui."
K;ite sjiolco with very rnnine en
thusiasm. She lielieveil in l'l iiee tiay
nor just us implicitly n r.ln lielieveil
in the HUii-hine u! le r foot, uti.l it
seeiueil itiipo; silile that any one else
nhuuM for n sino-lo seeuiul iloiilit his
trill!: ainl siueerity.
lei-siiu re Vlio looked at lii't w it'll
grave inteiitiiess. Sujipns that ISriU'c
was faitlili s-! lie 1 1 . r 1 1 1 ' chocked
within himself the iip-.prinniiio; thrnli
of hi.i heart. W'u.i it fur him t i Imild
up a iialaeo of happiiies.i mi tiio wreck
of K ite's love?
And leiKsnieli' Wylie l'i solved to p;o
to Waraiooa mid survey tho lield for
llilllSL If.
Mr. lriico (i.iynur was w. liking up
nml down the pin.;i, iu the ul'tertinou
Kliiishiue. It was certainly very con
hiderate of hiui t ive tho youm; la
dies Kiich a lino opportunity of admir
ing his lieautiful eyes and rich Span
ish eoiiiplcvion mi l exquisite figure.
"llavo you heard who arrived this
morning, (hiyimr?"
Colonel Melford's hand, laid lightly
on tiaynor's shoulder, arrested his
tatllitcriiijl inoveuielitH.
"Xti ; any one worth cultivatiii;;?''
"Miss Mont I'l'fser, "
"MisH Moiitrewnr, the heiress?
Why, I thoii '.lit i.lic was to lie mining
the White Mountains.''
".She has chunked her mind appar
ently ; nt nil events, hero she is.
There's h chuiieo fur you, yume; mnn. "
Itrueo tiaynor'n linn Isoiuu eyes
sparkled.
"Iutroduee me. "
"Can't, unfortunately ; haven't iht
honor of ii personal acijuninlanee my
self; le.it I can tell you w ho e:tii."
"Who?"
"Wy lie; ho came yesterday lloss
lnere Wylie, you know ; he's n coiisiu
or HoiiicthiiiK of the golden damsel.
Anil there k!io is now !"
liruec ti.iyeor winced n little.
"Wluit! that fnt, dowdy little eon
eeni 1y tlie door? Why, I thought
lihe wn.s n beauty. "
"iSo she is, eouiidered from iilin m
f ! ill point of view. My deal' fellow,
don't le hypercritical. "
"Why, hlie's forty if kIiu's a day."
"Very iioh; ildy ; hut only think of
her hank htock iiud rnihoad hharen!
'J hink the iiintter over."
Ih iioo (iaynor did think the innlter
over mid niiidii up his mind in very
short order.
"Oo id evening, Mr. Wylie," lie
nai'l, half an hoiif or so later, us he
encountered ItoSHinore. "1 helieve I
had tho jilciihtire of meetiiij; you at
VcMiiiftoi."
Mr. Wylie inclined his hea 1.
"1 iiiidor.tatid Miss Moiitressor is
your cousin, mi I I have resolved to
ask nt your han l.i the privilege of i.u
inlrodiiotioii."
"I sirill he happy to oblige you,"
said 1 isslit U'C, with the lead pet'oep
tihle shrtii,' of his .shoulders.
So Mr. (I iynor win formally ro
lieiited in the lists as a candidate fur
the smiles of Miss Emily Moiitressor.
'ilio certainly was not handsome.
Her hair was thin and her eyes didn't
both look in the name direction. lut
then I Srinv remembered her money.
"1 don't really know what to do
about Katy Talbot," tlloii;ht Mr.
(Iivn ! o him, elf, uiiiasily Iwistin;
up the pink envelope that had n
w rip) -id h-r Inst eiowin;;, i:npil';i e,
lovii;: 1 1 1 1 1 . epi'tle, "I was a "feat
fool t.t i.liow luvself tn ;;, t so clita!i,o!
e l, bat il irii'l t in hit yet to back out
e,rac-!''illy. I j:iic.vi I won't answer
her bller; women nr.' ;;.'iierally
pretty ijuiek to take ii hint of thai
sort. "
ThtiM cu:;i talin. I'.ruoe ( i i n r
li;;ht'd hi- ciour with the pink eu-
elo,','.
An.l loi-.-mere Wylie w .itched the
curious developments of the little life
driiui i Unit was bein enacted under
his eyes with contempt u ins indiKUa
tioii. "A heartless scoundrel !"hethoioht.
"Kate will lie Well lid of hilil. And
vet, tour till, sho did believe in him."
V' t Hossiueie Wylii' felt a cutiiiu
thrill of . 1 1 1 i ;o i 1 1 as he thouuht of Kate
Tnlhot free, disenchanted once inure
from the jrluuioiir tlia! hid liiui;;
around her life.
August was ooii'; th.; ooldon orb of
tlie full September moon was lookine;
eiilmly into the curtained recess of
the hu,re bay-window whero S:
llnico (! i nor iiat bv M ins Emil v ?don
t lessor.
"My 1". nily! my heart's own," ho
murmured.
"Do yoie really love me?" lisped
the charmer.
"Ah, Emily, I have folt of hie how
utterly impossible it will bo far me to
be happy away from your smiles. You
will marry tue, dearest? V.vi will
j;ivo mo tltj right ti call you my
own?"
"Jiiit, J'.iuce," faltered the fair one,
"f uui so much older than you."
"A year or so, perhaps, darling;
1 ill t what does that signify to hearis
tint nro congenial:1 Hay yes darling."
And Miss Moiitressor said "Yes."
"i'ut J really urn afraid to lei my
niece know ; Tin sure she w ill oppose
il."
"My love we will spare her tho op
portunity ; we will fj" iuiet! to
church tomorrow and be married. "
"Ob, liruec!"
Mr. (layiioi's handsome eyes tbtsh
ed in triumph; ho was sure of the
pri.o at hist. IVur, for?ottou Kate I
The suddeii weddine; of the middle,
aeed Miss Moiitressor with tho chief
cMpiisito of tiie season midj a nine
dayr,' sensation at Saratoga. Kate Tal
bot heard of it in due tim , aud cried
anight before sho began to realize
that cite had had a fortunate escape.
Ami liossiaere Wylie enino back from
Sainton's, just in time to catch her
heart in the rebound.
While Mr. Wylie and Miss Talbot
were utheiin; grapes aud whispering
exceedingly interesting nothings un
der the green idmdow of the arbors at
Wcldington, Mr. and Mrs. Itruee (iay
nor were enjoying the grandeur of
Niiiiruru.
"Sublime!" ejaoulated r.rue, gent
ly pressing the han I that lay on his
arm.
' Very uiee !" said Kmily nbseutly.
"l!ut I'm no disappointed uhuiit tliis
letter from Km in v."
Who's Eniuiy?'1
"My niece, dear. I thought, of
course, lihu'd semi tue souiithinj very
r.lee for .vol l:a0' f.'eseui; l-ut
but"
"Dearest, do not weep!'"
"1 I can't help it !" sobbed Mrs.
Gayiior. "It's too menu of Kinniy.
Hhe always did oppose my marrying;
hut I never thought she would ho so
spiteful."
"We care not for her good or had
opinion, dear. Your husband is now
ull the world to you, my Kmily."
"That's just what the lays, the
haleful thin.r !"
"Calm your.;!f, my love. What
do we want of her paltry wedding
presents?"
"Jt isn't that, liruec, but"
"Hut what?"
"S he'.-i eu! oil" my allowance, the
hard-hi lilted minx ; and she io rich !"
"What! are there t wo heire.seii iu
tlie Monlr. s'-or f 1 1 1 1 i 1 v V "
" Two hein sses? No. What d)
you mean, Jlrue. V"
"J)o 1" liritiv cleared his throat
huskily, and went en "uu lerotnnd
that thai your niece "
"Why, you must often hive heard
of my niece, Kmily Moiili-.'ssor she
was named after im the heiress?
An l i.h: 's a ;;;i :it bi auty, too at
h as', some people c i! le-r no ; but for
my art I never could bear these
blond- s."
Mruee ( I iviiir si iod sluing at the
everhisliu-f tuiirilt of t!io Ainericau
Fall" with eyes that seoined turned to
stone, while his brido prattled on.
"And now she's cut oil' my ullow
iiueo, and left i:ie without a cent in
tlie world. Weil, it's lucky I've out a
hu-h'itnl to bike care of me now; isn't
it, lo uoie, ih ar?"
I'l iieo O.iyuor did not mi.iwer; ho
could not. His tuii;U' seemed to
cleave I i the r.iof oi' hi.t month ; every
ilruii of blood in his !i.).y Mlood still.
Had ho s iivifioo 1 hi youth and Inil
lianl pro.peets for this?
And I'l. n ho rem nib red n-.veel,
Kat T.ilbol, and til. in -.lit vilolietive
ly of l;o,M, r(' Wylie.
"lie km v. he iiim.t have known
iliat tie r,. u r I ' I", nily Montross
iii ," thoii'.hl (liiviior, cleiiehiii.u his
teeth. "Ho miw me walk into the
trao, and iieer opeio d his lips to
warn me. O, what u fool! what a
du;i.l,-.iit:!.d blockhead 1 havo
been !"
So he had ; but iiul'oi tiniati ly it
was too late for his sc!f-itppreciutiou
to be of any nso. lie was safely luur-ri-il
to Mis Kmily Motitrcfsor, hot
not io the Kmily ! An I Mr. (iaynor
bit, wiih ii bitter pang of humilia
tion that hi:: sun- little piece of diplo
macy had been an utter failure. New
York News,
Deiith I ro in r'riirht.
IVi'hnps the most r murkiilile ileath
from fear that has ever been placed on
record was that of tho Mutch painter
l'eiitiiian.who lived iu the seventeenth
century. One day ho entered the an
titomical room of a celebrated Dutch
college with the intention of sketching
some skulls and skeletons for a picture
ho was about to paint, lie had been
out tho niqilit before, and becoming
droway, fell il.'ik'ep among the ghastly
ftpecitufc.'l .',
If.; v.it a7.'akeut' I by n loud iioi: e,
lillj Ilruii opening his eyes lieludd
tUi ckulls dancing upon tho shelves
aud I he ski let. iiis suspended from the
ceiling cla hing tin ir bones in u most
threateiiin ; manner. Iu a lit of hor
ror, he threw himself out at the win
dow, but did no! 1'iceivotho slightest
injury trmii that source, A few moment.-,
later he was informed that an
earthipial.o had caused the commotion
iu the i!cnd-housc,hut the explanation
did not (pilot- his nerves. A few hours
hit . ;- he took to his bed and died with
in three d ivs of nervous tremors
brought on by the fright. --St. Liouis
liepublie.
Cnnviii!? Power of Lights.
The local scientist has reciently
made some very interesting tc&tn with
lights at sea and declares that u white
li;;ht can be eeii farther tliau any
other. A red light comes next iu car
rying power and green ranks third.
From sixty to eighty per cent of light
is absorbed by red and ninety-live
per cent by green glass. Tho per
centage of absorption, of course, in
creases in rutin with the density of
the color iu the ghij.s, and tho condi
tion of the atmosphere lias considera
ble intbieiice on the range of visibility
of the lights. Philadelphia Kecord.
Professional t'tinsolalioii.
Family Moctor Well, let mo eon-
g "rut u lute you.
Patient (very excitedly) Am I go
ing to recover?
Doctor -No, not exactly, but well,
after long consultation wo find that
your disease is entirely new, ntid if
the autopsy should prove tho fact wo
have decided to name it utter you.
Vogue,
t Jlll iUKN'S ("ALP.'i.'l.
IHK CCNNINM rv.f.l.
Johnny Maim went oat toe ileh
fishes from the sou,
Kinging: "l'rithee little It -Il
1) iriiiii; l.t lo llsli, stay,
l'rilhee, (hi n it swim leva;. !"
'Iieurest Mr. Mima!"
Thus th IMi rep'lie 1 :
"Jlasiie ss e.il's an I 1 ncist co
Out up hi the tiilel
That's I ause I eliau 'e to I, .
6. lish, and not u gone, yoa .''
A MTTr.K l'ii)iu.i:ii.
"finess what I have iu my hand,"
said liiicy, as she held In r fat little
list close to Minnie's cur.
"Hear it!" she cried; and Minnie
listened intently.
"Isn't that pretty?"
"Oil, very," said Minnie. "What
can it be?"
"(iiices!" cried K iev again, laugh
ing heartily.
It was of no us., Minnie guessed
and guessed, and listened over mid
over to the sweet, lino little song' that
went higher nn 1 lower as Lucy slightly
clasped and unclasped her ha n I.
It was such a ipe r, merry little
tune, like nothing i he had ever heard
before.
"I give it up," .-ni l Minnie, "Do
tell me what it is J"
Lucy opened her hand mid showed
Minnie a long, narrow , scarlet insect
with black spots.
"Jt is a liddier," she said, "and
you only find then on milkweed
phmts; i, ue fiddler piavs very wi ll,
but two do bolter, 1-t lis gat some
lllole."
Ho the little girls ran away to mom :
milkweed plants near by, un lwiie
soon enjoying line cuiicei Is from tin il
odd little liddier.-".
They Wore Very careful IM't to
sipieeze the little hi. rs too t i i . t !
or hurt them in any way, mid alii r a
few tunes would hi tiuni lly away,
getting fresh tiddlers wh.ii they
I waineii more music. I mini s i . -1 1 1 -
paiiioii.
A N l K l!i..:it, iikkois-;'.
Tiny Annie l-'ruzei, who snve.l her
father's life at the risk of In r own hot
month, hnsshow.i that heroisui is iu;
a matter of yea: s.
Samuel Fru.'.er is a miner. His homo
is in the little village calb d II. ilii it,-,
not far from Wilkcsbairc, IVuu. He
drew his moiitii's wages on Friday,
July lith. Times had been hard at the
coal mines, and when Frazer found
that he had earned twenty day ,' pay
he wus very happy. It was more money
than ho hud seen at one time in years.
He could not stand prosperity. He
drank too much whiskey, and wandered
nway from home early next moi nin; .
Mrs. Fruzer and their only child, An
nie, who is only eight years old, sol
out to look for him. They walked iu
opposite directions along' the Lehigh
Valley Itailroad.
The. child fo in l h. r fatln r
fast asleep on Hie track. Sho
tried to arouse him but tho fumes oil
liipmr dea denial his senses, and le- lay j
almost unconscious. Annie knelt be
side the num and begged hint to got
up, The rails began to vibrato. A
train was coming. The man lay near
ucurveiuadeepciitwho.se high em
bankments hid him from view.
"Wake up, pupu!" cried Annie.
"The curs ure coming I Wake up!"
Put the drowsy man only mm, ibid
incoherently. Annie sobbed s she
tried with all her strength to lift her
father out of d uiger. She could do
nothing.
How could she slop the train? The
end of a red hnudiiiiui handkerchief
drooping from her father's pocket
gave Annie a hint. She uuieklv drew
out the handkerchief and ran down
the railroad truck. The roar of the
approaching train coul 1 now be; di,
tinctly heard. The little girl fell
twice, and bruised lnr, elf on the
rough road-bed. Put i ho struggled
on to the end of the cut. There sho
stood, waving the rod handkerchief
and crying. Tin engineer saw the
signal, and ho stopped the train so
suddenly that many passengers were
thrown from their seats. Tim child
stood between the rails when tin;
locomotive wus halted iu front of her.
Two lirukeineii shook Fru.i r, and
told him how his daughter hud saved
his life by putting her own iu peril.
The shock sobered tho miner. Ho
broke down ami wept.
The passengers cheered Annie n-i
her father carried her away, and ho
has promised his wife that he will never
drink liipior nguiii.-Harpers' Young
People.
cTsdlj Knows No Law.
She -1 hope you didn't leave your
heart behind you at the seashore.
Ho No ; Noiiiothiu g fur more im
portant. She -What is that?
11c My truuk. Puck,
loccstsjn; ciiixa.
Soldiers Battle With the Swarm
ing Defctroyorsi
Tho Migrations Controlled By a
Colossal Kinj.
The (..rent Chinese province ol Kian
Hoo is being (I Vle tated by locusts.
Consul Jones, at Ciiin-Ki.ili, sends the
Slate Department an account of the
curious efforts mado by the nlllictod
sections to dispel the scourge. Some
of the met hods resorted to are us
sinking as the Migg. dioiis offered to
the Kansas people whell they Were
siill'ering from a similar isilnt iou :ioiue
years ago.
When the locust ; make their ap
pearance iu oiijof the-e Chinese dis
tricts there is consternation among
the unfortunate peu-unlry, who as
semble in th. fields with wild clamor
and din of gongs, iiriiied with long
bamboos, w ith streamers attached, and
vainly emh eor to drive oil' the t( rrible
invaders that are settling down iu
myriad.-; and devouring their crops In
fore tie ir ey. s. Kerv loaf and twig
is coven d thick, giving the npp'-ar-iineo
ol some hid--. iis yellow fruit or
phinl. A faint sour mell like that of
fermenting vegetable uialli r is always
pere-plible in the iifieliborhuo'l.
There is u carious und widespread
belief among' the Ciille-se iu tin' exist
ence of a "king" bicii-t "Wniig" he
is called of coins-m I size and (jiiasi
t upei' natural charaet.-r, who hovers in
visible in th,.. uiip- r leoioi.s of the air,
dir.-cl ing and coul o i! ling the migrn
lioiii of lie- i!i!l'.-r.-!it swarm--. At
some plae - the leadlU:; (otieials have
publicly sae; i:ii 1 und mad" oll'.-i iie-s
to the king ol the locusts in older
t hat lie mi ;hl be induced lo spare
their looaliti -..
"I know of f w .- i : 1 1 1 .," v. rib-:-, the
consul, 'oio;o i raordiuiy than a
swiir.n cii-...g. - I iu jiairiii;. The air is
fill. , with obia.ls .if lo.ei.t-; drifting,
circlin.', e is i iug anl recn is ,i ng, with
n faint, whirrin ; n-dse and sollliug on
t lie gl'iillll 1 iu til' ill:-, in 1.: of couples.
Tiie ,'Vroun I is c.irpeie I thickly witii
til em : you cannot make a move with
out crus'iiii" h'-iips o1' them under your
fe.-t, while- thousands more st irt iiji iu
patl.rin; volleys against your legs,
hands a'ld face. The e gtrs urn depos
ited in holes drilled by Ihe female a:i
iiiee or nioro deep in the ground.
"The time required fir hatching
ileiieuds entirely on the temperature.
Iu very hot weather the new brood
begins to make its nppear.ilie at the
end of a week. At tins stage they are
very small, black and as active as th us,
nuking extraordinary hounds by
means i f their muscular hind legs. At
a little distance they suggest the idea
of a swariii of black nuts seized with
sudd-.-n insanity. 1 u shape they ure
evict copies of their parents, save for
the wings. Tiny ure greedy feeders
and grow rapidly.
"I!y tho eight or ninth day wings
have bud.l, 1 and the color begins to
change, v!!ow spots appearing, alld
in about three weeks or a nioii'li they
are full grown. The destruction by
suitable methods id' this formidable
pest, involving, as it does, the pre
vention of famines, fever epidemics
and riots, is u matter of gloat public
concern, (t.ie constantly hears of
mi tt .lo r i us li-.ing th ir buttons anl
being di .grac si us the penally of re
liiissu. ss of failure to destroy the
enemy. "
Consul Join s s ITS the C!i:u :. : con
sider that the i.-its of the Incuts is a
"calamity from lie ivon, an 1 that there
is no help for it." ('iiiii ve records
chronicle niiiiy instances of the ap
pearance and tiie cihimitiis indicted
by the locusts iu hornier luius, but
they have peculiarly effective lie thuds
of destroying tin in. The ( ioveruuu-lit
Usually i..-iK s procl-iiuntioiis ordering
out the soldiers and i ucuiiragllij the
farm-el s. to d -.troy tlniu. The lath r
are given n bounty tor their destruc
tion. The soldiers ure u .od auiiu d the
locusts, with their olliccrs at their
head, as against au uvorso army iu the
lield. Instead of il gnu or lance, each
soldier is iii'iiK-d with a coarse hempen
bag attached to u laimbuo pole, which
with wide open month is waved buck
an.l forth among the swarms until
tilled w hen they ulu killed and the
netion renewed.
"In this section of the province"
writes Mr. Jones, "the arinv has tak
en the li. 1.1, and district magistrate
has taken up his quarters in the couu
try where the locusts are thickest to
ovi rlook the work of destruction mid
to pay the fanners the bounty. The
fur titers, use huge brooms made of
bamboo tw igs and other bushes and
each armed with this weapon goes
forth to slaughter. When killed ami
collected thiy arc paid for by weight.
which is at the rate of forty ash or
four cents per pound. Tin; loon-Is
i ggs are dug iii und paid for on
similar scale. '' -Mo. ton Traveler.
Feats of uu Armless .Man.
Nature occasionally blunders and
sends an imperfect being into tho
world, but iu doing so : h-o does led
forbid his riciifying her error by the
sheer force of ln r ow n laws, tvu-h a
ease is that of the armless I'nthan,
who has been seen at Keith's the past
week, doing the most extraordinary
things with his toes, lie t-insthut, us
he wus born without arms, he has
never mi-sed them, mid from the age
of a yeiir nud a halt In- has U....I his
feet us other chilcr.-n i:-o their hands.
To play a violin well, tie- cornet i n
better, b. lire a bulh t into the edg - of
a playing card, to light cigarette-, and
shulHe cards, slid t i :-!iaw and die -s
with the feet strikes tie- handy n.aii as
ol.iil to tho feats of a imuiliey. P. it
I'nthan pi rforms these iielii.-venu uts
with the same eu....- that any g'-nt h-maii
gifted w it h hands und III ins would ex
ercise under t imilar circumstance .
His leg t lire long mi-1 i :. cccdingly
s'lolig, and his toes have somewhat
tin- Mppciirulic of liugil's, save that
the big toe is of unusual i ie. Tie y
are flexible as the ling, rs of a piani t,
and it is astonishing the pine tones he
produces on the violin as the in 'ru
mciil In s on a low ottoman befois'
him, and the position is, of cour e,
unnatural. The impression he cr -alcs
is not at all unpleasant; .piite lie:
contrary, for dext'-rily and c!ev--i m-s i
are al w a v s lo be loluii; . .1, and one is
loth to say he Isaflieted w h. n nature's
mishap ha- resulted in d'-vi -lupin : an
oliier wonder. Po-t-m I ! ml I.
Vlhy lie Miud hi, Acpnlli,'.
"I siw a man saved limn life im
prisonment or hau-'iug once b, on"
w ise man on a jury , w iio stood uiil
against el. VeU f.M.l-," said T. .1. Si
ph -ns uf ll.iltiiii .ro al l.i I. ud .!-.
"The man wa- foiiii I sta u i : a over a
dead body iu a field with a I. l ib- III
hi . hand mid blood smear -. I uv, r In ;
cloth-:-. lb- sw .re In- mi I found th--man
1 v iug ih a 1 an I had draw u t ho
knife from th'' wound, w h -le t ho mur
derer had left it lie!, oi '. Il was
shown t h -it the men were n mi-sun I
that the aeons -d il ad ev . u t nr. -ateti.- 1
l'eieabaly to kill him. ( u this and
other circumstantial i-vi.l-nc eleven
of the jury were f..r c uivictiuu. Tin1
foiaunaii alone stood out, and so stead-fa.-
tly t hat at length, on by one-, the
others joined him, and the prison r
was acipiittod. Many thought th"
malt guilty, and he I'm illy left the
country Peonis,. of the cold shoulder
he got from old friends. Years after
ward, when the foreman of the jury
wus dying, he ncknow h-dga d that he
killed the man himself. It was in
self-defence, but he hud no witm sses
to prove it. When tin- iiinoe.-nt man
was arrested b managed to get i.u
the jury, determined to save him, and
he said if he had been unable to do
so otherw ise he would have told the
truth. St. leiilis i!ob. -lli-iooeiat.
Put lleb.ro Von hid ire.
Mr. 'itthell, of Paltimore, ia a re
cent article iu a mo li -d journal re
commends all, and ispicially v, ak
person, to eat before ivtirill to sleep.
He says : "I am of !! opi. i -ui licit
fasting during the long intervals b .-twee-.t
slipper Kil l brei-.kl'ad, ii u d es
pecially the complete emptiness of the
stomack (luring sleep, add- greatly to
thcitliiolllit of emaciation, .s!ecp!e.-ss ss,
and general weakness w e l'eu met t.
Physiology teaches that iu the body
there isu perpetual disiutergrati.ui of
tissue, sleeping or waking; it is then -fore
loeio.il to believe that the supply
of nourishment should be .-one -a hat
continuous, especially in those who
are In low par, if we Weill. 1 coiiuti net
their emaciation and lower degree of
vitality ; and so bodily t , rcis ; is sus
pended during sleep, with wear ii'id
tear correspondingly diminished,
while digestion, assimilation and nu
trativ e act iv ity cuiitiuiie as usual, tho
fund furnished during this (h i iod adds
more than is destroyed, and increased
weight and improved gem ra! vigor
are tin' it suits. " Picayune.
How a Honk Was ( lu'istc iiul.
Tiiis little story is being told of
Mrs. Ward's most famous book. Win -i
the manuscript was completed the hero
bore a mime altogether unsatisfactory
to the author. Hho bad fixed on
"Hubert," but although she went
through long lists of names, could not
get u burninue which ph ased her. Mrs.
Ward was in London just then, and
h. r husband play fully suggested that
the fresh air about- their homo at Hn
slen.ere miglrt bring her the needful
inspiration. "Haslemere," tho nov
elist repeated, dreamily, "Husletnero
Klsmcre ! I have it 'Robert I'.ls
merc !"' Aud so the novel was uiiuied.
-.New York Times.
In (lie Nuviii-iliM of I iU.
Ju th" .lown-liiU ...f lit". c-i. I lln-l I'm de
clining, M iv my lot no less fortunate I"'
Than a smi:,' elliow-eliair can afford for
-'.lining.
And ;i e.'t thai o'erl. . ,;s the wide sea;
With u'l ieiil.!ing jei'l-pony to paee o'er the
laws.
While I .-.ii '1 away idle -orrow.
A'i'l as l.riglit .a- the 1,-e-k that e.i.'li day hai:.
tlie dawn,
.'...ok f a-ward with hope for lo-morrow.
With a poi-.'l, iit my door, both h .rshelt'-r an !
sll.sle. too.
As sui.-hi'o- and rain may prevail.
An I a -mull sp"t of ground for th- u-- -f th
.-pad., loo.
With a ham f.-r the u r the Hail :
A .'.v for my dairy, a d .g f. r 'ey game.
And n pur-e when a fri'-n I w..n!s t" I.-t-r
'W.
I ll or, y no na' "!. his I i ll- '-r fame.
N t vvl-at honors icvt-l him t iiotiow.
i !-..:: i I !e- LI. iior'.herii lea t ii ay lev -..t I
...:i, I 'tey
S.- ur.-il i y a neiifuhoHy hill :
And at nie'il li ay ! ." . al uj-oli Hi'-ni-'i-sw.-lly
pv sound "f n aoi.- snr leg r.!l :
Ai. ! v. hi!- -: .a:.-! ph aty I tin I al my
b ar I.
Wu li ;i Is - irt fi-.-- fp in -i 1 !. io- and s..ii-"W.
With my fri-u I may I -hare what today
l.iav -oi.-d
And I' t He in .-r a-l tin- tiibl- l-m ri.e.v.
And u h- :i I al ia t uc. I t.irow "U 11. i- f'ail
w io -h I i w rn I r t'.r' ' r- v or . ii" I
I 'M.
nn th" l-rini; . Itli- j-rav- 1 11 -t -- I. !
lo hovering.
N-r my ll:re.ad w i h t" spin 'r a.-ain ;
J;-u n.y fa in tie- ;.i,-, .. I'll .- -i -1 1 -1 .-nn. -v.
And with Miiih nl i ..- li w rial:!.- and
fni ' o.v -,
A thi-"Id. v.'.rn "lit -lull', whi. -h i - thn-.-sb
., v 1 o v-'-'a liia.- t'.ie.'rr.'W.
- .1 i:-. ( "i l is -, in N'-w i"rk l.-dg'-r.
ill -.lohirl .
A vv . i.i-ili who painl- may b - said I"
b. tb pietill'- ,,' h. mill.
A , "itivi- Soiithw.u k girl gets s- ti-
1 sick t very line she wear- a yachting
i cap.
If a bicycler i a 1"- I d' l ' hoiil l he
Hot be i, ,,. II, d to Ink.- out a
he. li - V
"N Ws s g 1 lU WS." but It
won't do to Mill il dally new .-paper o'l
j that piinoiiile.
Willie. I hear you are dispossessed
! today. Ihlkiiis -Vis, and Pb. l Viiy
j lunch "put out about il "
j " I 'rob -sor, would you adv ise me to
I miike a poet or u painter of my son?
I "A mi 1 -paper's cheaper than can
i Mis."
Stealing it man's clothing when he
j is but hill:; is a pretty safe business, as
' it i-. evident that the victim has no r..
I .Ir,.--.
I "I tell you what," said McSwuttels
i the other evening, "if you want to
bring out what's in a man give him a
m-ii voyage, "
j The small and -ii.-nt things count up,
for ill- no-n r-ally feel,
! 'J'lio p, e- .,f thunder ea'.'t eempiiro
; Willi the 1.,-mana I.
At the art exhibition What did
i you enjoy most? She Seeing a med
dlesome n. an vith uii umbrella put out
of the room.
"There goes one of the greatest
writers of fiction that we have in this
country." "Who is he?'' "The
v, out In I clelk."
"Is there any authors' club in this
t..vv I,?" asked the young maii. "Tin re
is," replied the ed.lur. "Puil, hand
In. that oak sapling."
Wi eg- W!:al a I'.arful cold you've
got, old nun! Ar- you Inking any
thing l. i- it? Pigs. -Yi . Wige-
What? P.igg-- Advice.
A boy wi itm ; ii e-mpo lliuli on
"KxtiYiiics" r. mark, d that "we should
t ii. lea'.. .r t.. avoid tr. nn -, spieial!y
tho -e of wasps slid bees."
Young l.ady i'o lodel ropri.-tor)
We have hi ell ioohili;' out for Mats.
Pis. ruler --Ye.-, int.-, and your loa'n
lei e I'eeU be. kill ; oil fur o.l.
!'!,.- j,msl.. .1 lo l.-l-me- I--tt-i .,
' o i- u l.i oi w a - a .'(a;. 1
I'.nt In- t.i -I an I .'.i Ul I oe.u- !i -r,
1'. .r in ear do- ju 1 - : . i tt 1 I n '.
"I d-n't .-ee what th. I- Is about
this place b make y ..il cull il para
dise." lb'--Jupiter, nun ! tin re's no
sli"i where my wile can run ii-i it loll.
The proprietor of a lopew all; say s
thut what nukes it so hard on rope
liiiikel's is that at h as) lifty linn dio
tl.ii ly of nat und causes who ought to
be banged.
So i.iii think tin re is no hope of
h. r r.rnvi rv doctor? Moclor- None,
the dlse.is ' I oi til s ill". Il is soiue
tl, iug new. Till herso, doctor, and
I iluii't think sh.-'ll iniii. I when sho
km -ws it's sotn. thing bit. .
Precious Inlaid I think gi uliiliul's
v. I v easy inotlnr. I know all about
i-ioeh i an 1 pun al. Proud Mother Mo
y..n.e-iir? That's m t.v eh vor. I'er
h.ii s you call toil in the plural of su
gar? Pi-clous i ii lit nt after I eib. i tioiij
1 guess its lumps.