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NO. M.
Abide With Me.
Abido with luej fur darkly looms llio future's
) mystic way,
SUy stratum" eyes yot full to eutch tho glow
1 of coming day,
Will iu tho gloom nil fears give way ull shad-
ows swiftly Hoc,
LA thrill of peaia) illuminates if thou ubido
1 withuiu!
lAbido with mo, while morn is fresh, e'er
' noonday's seoroliiug heat,
With lash of tiro, lays bursliug blooms iu
i itskoa ut my feet
'Abido with me, wli'Mi all sooiUJ lost wlicu
all the un-Iody
Of lifo is choked -yet still I'll siug-if thou
; ubido with mo !
Vlion softly eris-ps tho droopiu"; suu nl'wii
tho wivslcru skies,
Vlieu from tho glories, Himodiug swill, llio
goldou sunbeam Hies,
And when tho close uf ,J iy is near, aid blind-
nd on i j not see,
I'll sink to s'eop to sweetest lost if thou
abido with me!
Atluuta Constitution.
"To Let-Apply Within"
VY iiKJ.KN l'i)Hlil;sr (111 AMIS.
"There ! ' suid Miss Lobelia Lynn.
"I guess 1'vo got it black enough
Howl"
Miss Lobelia bad been wrestling
with pun uinl ink. Nut that she
xvas u lilorury Juily that was far from
being tho case.
Tbu c'll'iiuiun upon which she was uo
Jiurd ut work was neither nenc nor
laaa thau u big "To Let," printed on
tho back of il sheet of her deceased
luthcr's scriiiuii paper, uud hhc viewed
it with solemn satisfaction.
"To J.et - Apply Within."
"1 won't pay any real estuto agents'
Joes," said she, "nor I won't pay
sgood, hard money for ii notice 1 can
jpriut myself. I've economized all
lny life', uud I'm not going to leave
oil now. Eunice Kiiuioc, I say!"
In answer to tho lut wold, spoken
in quick urbitrary uceuiits, u bright
cyod girl of seventeen eunio running
in, wiping her dimpled hands o:i u
frilled gingham upron. II. -r cheeks
VCro Hushed with holls.hold exercise,
iier shining bl own hair win coiled in u
lustrous braid ut tho back of her head
und her long-lushed hazel eyes
sparkled like diiiinoiids.
"What is it, uuuty?" said Eunice
-Lynn.
"(let tho pnste-put mid a brush,"
Huid Miss Lyuu, "and put up this 'To
Let.'"
Euuico looked first ut her aunt and
then ut tho fut, black-lettered sign iu
klismuy,
"Auut Lobelia," said she, "ale you
going to move?"
"Yes," said Miss Lobelia, "I've
luudo tip my mind to give up house
keeping." "Where are wo goinj, Aunt Lo
liclia." "I'm going to Vermont," said Miss
Lobelia Lynn, "to keep house lor
.Cousin Peter Lyuu, whoso wife Cc
tinthia is fccblcjuud euu't keep im eye
lo things."
Eunice colored visably.
"Jlut, Auut Lubeliii," said she, "it
Vas mo that Cousin Peter wrote fur to
Come and liolpCcriiithin and be u com
panion to the girls."
"i'eH, I know," said Miss Lobelia,
Vith tho iudill'e reiice of utter scllish
lioss. "Hut l'eter hadn't uny idea
Low young uud inexperienced yon are,
lilld l'vo wrote to him that I will come
there, if he'll pay mo liberul wugca and
feivo mo the complete management of
everything."
"Hiit.Auut Lobelia"
"Well?"
"Whut is to become of lile?"ple.idod
Jioor Eunice.
"Homo people lire always thinking
i themselves!" said Miss Lobelia,
bharply. "Why, whin should become
tt you? You cau gi t it place with
is. Sowitup iu tho millinery busi
ness; or you can go out us companion.
And now I think of it, it was only
yesterday I saw in the daily paper that
(Sell .V HlntVor wanted u dozen smart
young women to stand behind the
counter- There are always plenty of
things for a woman to do if only she
lias a little ambition uud energy. Ami
liow don't stand there, looking us if
your senses were all llyiiig up chim
ney, but bustle out and put up that
notice as spry us possible, for it's a
liioo day, and all llio house-hunters
V ill bo out. "
Eunice Lynn obeyed, with an in
describable feeling, as if tho whole
world wero turning itself upside
down.
Ami as she leaned over tho iron rail
of tho sti'ps, fastening the big "l'o
Lot" ngai'ist tho mildewed brick wall,
a certain see nt of greening giusi and
opening dandelions sainted her senses,
while tho warble of a prisoned thrush
in a cngi! neross tli; street reminded
her of visit sho had once m ide, years
mid year ago, to tbU sum i (Viiisin
l'otor Lyuu up ioug the maple sugar
rovs of Vermont,
Tcurs cuaie uubiddeu into Eunice's
eyes.
"Oh, how delightful it would bo to
live iu the rcul country I" she said to
herself. "Aud I know I could mtiko
myself useful ut Cousin l'cter's. J3ut
if Auut Loboliu is going herself, thero
is an end of the mutter. "
Eor Eunice was too well used to ht r
uuut's overbearing egotism even to
attempt u btrugglj uguiu-it it.
All her life long she had b;on tUj
victim of Aunt Lobelia'u seltishue ss.
It was too laUs foi uuy rebellion now.
Aud theu Auut L beliu wont up to
her room to pack her t ruuk for Cousin
Peter's while Eunice returned to her
dish-washing aud ironing.
Ail day long the hotiso was beHieged
with im eager throng of house hunt
ers. All day long Hiinicj marshaled
them over th .' premises w ith untiring
patience, aiiiw ring more ipiostiou.i
thau uuy cale.-Uioin could contain,
bearing patiently with rev rt insult,
nnd keeping up a ch : rful front while
every bono in lo r p lor little boily
ached with weariness.
And Aunt Lobelia criod:
"1'ired ! Why what on earth hive
you done to be tired?"
:i the afternoon of t!ie se.! m 1 d iy
Sliss Lobelia sho it vl shrilly down the
back staircase to her neieel
"Eunice! Euiiiiv ! Hurry iij!
Here comes Mr. ISjuediot, the rich idd
jeweler from dow n tow n. He's looked
at the 'To Li t', he's Colli ill;,' ill. Put
an extra lifly dollar a yeur on the
rent if he'a to take it !"
"lie's not t o very ull Aunt Jiob. -Iiu,"
said Jhiuicj huriidly lliu ing oil'
her kilciieii apron an I battening up
the stair.;.
Auut Lobelia utter il a resjunding
si. ill'.
"lie's no chicken," Miid she.
Eunice smile 1 to h ;r.i ;'f. She ha 1
not bji.'u iiu bs;rv nit of all the wibvi
that her u nit h id put. forth to capti
vate this sum ) Mr. li.uiudict. SIu had
not forgot ten that Aunt Libcliahid
not spoken to her for a week tho l ist
time Mr. li.ue'diet ha 1 v ilko.l homo
from church with h.-r (ljiuie;.) iuitead
of with her uitnt.
Iu her .secret hoirt h1i-j likel uud
revpjcted the btiiwart iniddlii-uged
man, who hi I always mingled so chiv
alrous a eoui'tosy iu bis m inner to
ward her, po r dependent thoitjh wu,
noon Auut LjIilIiu's gntdgingly-ex-teiided
charity.
Mr. lieucdiet ea:.u in, kindly shak
ing hands with Ivime,: in he did so.
"I see you house i i to let," said ho.
"Ye," answered E itiicj.
While from tho he id of the stair
w iy Aunt Lobelia ilispu.' I lurs-df to
listen.
"I'm glad that girl didu't shut tho
parlor door," said she".
"I inn intending to ehaiigo my local
habitation," observed Mi', lljnediet.
"Are you," said E.::iio "l'erlrijis
you would like this house?"
"No," said Mr. Duudiet, "i don't
think care about tlu luiue. "
"Kudo old lnon.jter, " muttered Auut
L ila lis.
"My mint is going to Vermont, "said
Eunice.
"is she, iudesl?" utterjd Mr. Ibm
i ilicl. "I am thinking of going to the
country, too."
"I wish I'd goiio to the door my
s II," said Aunt 1. ibelia to herself, "i
know I could have im i I him to coin1
to M iilo drove, "
"Tho I'aet is," add.: I Mr. H-uodict,
"1 irn tired of the city, Mm Eiiuici.
i have male upinv' lulu I to llvea'u mg
tho d lisies uud buttercups."
"( liaeioil me' !'' m;isol Miss L ibj
III. "I'll put o:i my liest 'irout' di
rectly an 1 ooiiid down. I b di :vo tlu
mau has luuii milly iu lov i w.th mi
all along, and u iw ho Ii u deciilo I lo
unite our destinies. "
Aud uway hhe seiilll id in her old
c.irpet slipp u.i to bo unify hoi'iolf a.
expeditiously as posmblo.
"And you will cm-hs.) tho interest
of an old friend, Misj K mice," kindly
add 'd Mr. IS .undid "out what is to
bo your fate?"
"I don't know," said E in ice, widly.
"I should like to go to Vermont, too,
but Auut Lobelia thinks 1 had b.tter
stav hero and Im a shop-girl."
"What do you think about it?" said
Mr. I'.eiiedict.
Eunice's dark-fringed eyelids
drooped.
"1 havo no choice," said hhe.
He ga.cd kindly at her. Her heart
began to throb a pulso or so faster
than its usual wont.
What pleasant blue-gray eyes he
had I What a frank, nailing mouth!
")o you like the country?'' said he.
"1 don't know," faultered Eunice.
"I have seen so little of it. Hat when
ever 1 think of heaven, it seems to mo
as if it must hi beautiful green
meadows, with violets opening iu the
Miass."
He leaned forward and took her
hand.
"Eunioo," ho baid, gently, "your
rrords eucourugo mo still uioro iu the
mission upon ,wbich I ciiuo. I Luvo,
bought uu old manor house ou tho
Audrosooggiu River, with u farm and
pleuty of greeu trees. Will you go
thither with mo Eunice, uud bo tho
Evo to my little Purudise? Will you
marry a mtiu who,u!thotigh he is closo
ou forty, is still young at heart, uud
who will try his bebt to muko you
huppy?"
And without a shade of coquetry or
a purticlo of hesitation, Euiiicj joy
fully answered :
"Yes!"
"My own sweet girl !" he exclaimed,
drawing her close to him. "You are
ijuito sure that you can leuru to love
jne?"
"I I don't know!" murmured
Eunice. "IJut I think nay, I urn
certain that I love you now !"
At that very m nn 'lit the door
opened with a long, creaking groan,
uud iutripped Aunt L ibelis, with her
ueweot frout of curls au I her W in lay
smiles.
Hhe started back witii an exchtmu
tioii.
"Ell!" Slid she, iu soin : emb irrass
meiit. "Do not he alariii'-d, Mis L ibelia,"
said Mr. JSenedic'., resolutely let liuiu:;
the hand that Eunice would fain have
drawn away. "This young la Iy has
promised to be my wife.aud when you
go to Vermont she will uceoinpany me
to Wallacj Manor llouse.on tho shores
of the Andio-coggiu river."
"1 hopj you won't bj vex.'il, Aunt
L ibelia," sai l Ivtnic ', h ilf exp.'cting
to be tcolded, us of yore.
Tho fortitude of woman ii prover
bial, mnl although tie; report of a
cannon could not have eleetrilied Mi s
Lob din Lynn any in no than did this
occurrence, she rullied promptly.
"I I'm sure I cougratulat ) you,"
said she, with a little gasp.
The house was let that afteru u to
a widow who winded to take u fe'.v gen
tlemen boarders.
Eunice was married the next week
uud went to Wallace M inor House a
superb old tdoiu mansion, which
seemed like ii palace, to her unsophis
ticated eyes.
Aud Aunt Lobelia sorrowfully took
her way to Vermont.
"I'm afraid I've mismanaged mut
ters," sai l bhe. "Jf I'd Belli Eilliico
to Cousin Peter's at o ice, perhaps Mr.
lieliodict would hiivj proposed to
me!"
And even this dubious "pcrhups,"
was a comfort to poor Aunt L ilulin.
Haturduy Night.
Krstornti . i ruinous Oak.
A remarkable and indeed uuhpio
process of restoration Iiu boeii cir
ried out iu the interior of a tree. Tho
tree is tho faiiiou i "It illo's Oak"
which is to bo seen within au easy
distance of Rouen. It is declared to
bo tho id ntieal oak upon a branch of
which tho lirst Duko of Normandy
used to hang his gold chain to see if
any of his subj jc'.s would lik to hail ,
thero instead. If it isn't it is, at any
rate no ol I that it lias c impl -t ely lo'it
its inside aud w.u liable t j collapse at
any moment. It has now been re
lieved of thi i liability. An uhorieul
turist Inn lilted it with a solid new
inside of iu iso ii ry. Th ! masonry is
made to follow and lit every turn mid
twist uud guurl of tin patient aud
there is the vet 'ran solid iii a rock
again. Then the lissiires uud cracks
ou his exterior have been neatly tilled
up with cement and the cement hai
b 'en arti tt ically colored so thtt you
would never know it from the natural
bark. It is expected nnd believe. I
that the tree wilt not know the differ
ence, I'ith 'i', mid take to lloiirishing
again unit did a few centuries ago.
Still us no tree has ever been Hun re
juvenated before, its behavior is being
watched with some anxiety. Pall
Mall (i i.elle.
Oldest O.ik in 4jr-.it Hi Main.
Dr. A. tf. Harrison, in tho current
number of the X ituralists' Journal,
says th i oldest existing oak i i Grout
Britain is cousid sred to bo tho Cow
thorp j or Colthorpe inn growing near
Kilisloiie Hall, iu tho West Riding.
"It is only a remnant of tho torests
of ancient JSiitain, but a monarch
among tho king of trees." The cir
cumference of the tririk close to tho
ground is snveuty-jiglit foat, and
three feet higher forty-oiglit foot. Tho
trunk is uow hollow ed, uud is capa
cious enough to contain a crowd. A
few years ago tho vicar of St. James's
Wctherby, and tho church-w.irdenc
uud selio d-c'iildron, to the number ol
ninety-live, got insido tho tree, and
while tho vioir raised the union jack,
tho children sanr tho "Old Htm
dredth" an I tho "Nationil Anthem.;
Australian h ro lireo lorn aro pro
posing to tax stallio.is in order to im
provo the stock of the colony.
uiiLDUi;xs :ui.v.iin.
THE INTrlli.'.TlNli i. v.
f know u little la I lie of a very prying mind j
I To m ike inv 'sligalinin li" is won Irou-ly ii-
eliiicl.
lie luu-t r aelithe (..j. :n.,t brnueln s vf thu
very liig' est tr. e ;
lia'-li passing (tay iMeeiou lie is right ou
hand to see.
The deep Inner l it! -jle of the tliii ke-t
swamp h ku .;
Kaeh pel.bleof th -l.-mk h is f. lt tln pres
sure o( his t ie..
lie riiiirn.i.'is ihr i,'h all the hini-eiii sjiite
of locks mid doors;
The fari'n-M, Lhn-k' st eneru be m dauiit-
1-ssly explores,
lie mounts Ui OU til'' housetop, and ouee he
even fell
(The n siilt of peering over; to t!i I. nloiu i t
the we!i:
Hut woe i.-, me! the teaele r; i f this pryiu;;
la bile say
That when lie e en"- to b i,i his p.v-ioii
Works nn .l!i r way ;
I'or when h -e m li'i t-x' -! !: in .-pile of
se ild an I frown,
To get to the I ii t ei, of them h-'tlllln them
np-id down!
- Aos It. tt'i.i.i : , in th Outlook.
A 1'AII'III I I, iiliM It V.
The found itioii l m In try disci
pline is lllliplestiouili;; olie dlclice, lllel
no punishment can h : law lull v M il 1
on ii isoldier, for uli vino any i r ler,
however absurd. In one of the., in
htituliolis tie- siiji liutelident is u z ;il
uu i 1 1 isci il i u a r in u , mi l that is Imv. he
got into trouble. One ,uy oiij of the
juipihi was doing eiind duly ut t'o
outer gate when the superintenilenl
entered. The s-ntry s ('ut d und I. I
him pasri. In-!an!!y Ih; ; upel'iiio ii
delit turned oil him uud demanded to
know why he was not challenged.
"No matter," mid the man, severely,
"you must challenge everybody--i! is
your duty." "Very well, " wii I tic
sturdy pupil, lowering his musket
und bringing it to u chuij'c,
"J challenge you. liivo the
colllitiTsi;',!!, i.ir ! " Then it lladied
on the z "doiis Mijieriuteudi'iit that he
didn't know th j issword au I he tried
to explain the matter; but the senti
nel would listen to liocxeil .e. "Stand
there," ordered the nentry, Meriily.
Just then the porter made In . appear
ance. 'Young lain," sinl he iu
niU'USoiu ;ut "don't you know the sup
erintendent?'' Iiiilautly the i,e:itrv
turned on him, uud cried, "tine the
couiitersi.jn !" Oi' course tin; porter
didu't know so ho had to i taud up
with tho superintendent, and there
they bo.h stood, looking and feeling
very foolish, until the young officer of
the day saw their pre. lie uncut an i re
lieved them. The sentry should have
been promoted but quite lil.eiy was
not even thanked. Atlanta Const. tu
lion. Tin: MOMii:V A Nil mi-: m oaii.
A t ime monkey iu India nc ntly
was given u lump of sug.ir in-ode n
corke I hottle. The nioukev was ol nil
i ii i j n i ti ii g mind mid it nearly k.lled
him. Sometimes in an impul-. ot dis
gust, he would throw the bitlle away
out of his own leach mid then b; dis'
traded until it was given back to him.
At oilier times he would sit with u
countenance of the most intense de
jection, contemplating the bottled
sii rar, and then, its if pulling him-ell
together for another effort tit solu'ioii,
would sternly take up the problem
iilr. hunl gaz ; into the bdlle. He
would tilt it up one way, and try to
tit ink t he sugar out of the neck, uud
then, suddenly reversing it, try to
catch the sugar u.s it fell out ut the
bottom. I'uder tho impression
tlint ho could cipturo the i.iigar
by hiirprise, he kept rasping
his teeth against th ) f;lass iu futile
bites, uud, wanning to the pur.-uit ot
tin' revolving lump, used totio himself
into regular knots round the bottle.
Pits of the most ludicrous melancholy
would alternate w ith spasms of delight
US it new ideil seemi ii to suggest itself,
followed by a fre-h scries of experi
meiits. Notion j availed, however, un
til one day u light was kIi -iI upon the
problem by a j ir containing bananas
falling from tlu; table with u crush,
and the fill t rolling about iu all di
rections. Ills inoiil eyship contem
plated tho catastrophe, mid lessoned
upon it with the intebigence of a
Humboldt. L It in ; if bo'.tle high iu
bis claws he brought it down upon the
floor with a tremendous noise, smash
ing tho glass into fragments, alter
which he calmly transferred thi sugar
to his mouth nod munched it with
much satisfaction. Cirisliaii Advo
cute. llliic Heard."
The nursery tale winch has ehann
generations of children uud tucii
elders, known as "Hlno Heard," was
writteu by a French author. The ori
ginal of the character of Hluo Hem d
was a marshal of France who lived in
Hiittuny and who was charged with
inur Icring several wives a id over ono
hundred children. Reiug eouvided of
iioicery, ht was burned. -Philadelphia
Times.
CARCO OF SXAKHS.
A Queer Mississipiji Craft's Load
of EtjitiltSi
Its Oivner hi flu "Jl-.ittl .'snak'.
Kiiyur IhuR'jL-kici."
Early hct winter tie re llo.ite 1 down
the M'Nu.ttiri liivei oin; ol tie; most
iiniijiie cargoes that i v. r "tii d U" at
tin; A)e!ii.--.u wharf, it win a boat
load of hiiakes, and was iu charge
of Cimrlei IlisholV, co urn u!y
filled "Montana Charley" all. I liUown
to all the show people th World over
ns the "Kattlesu tl. - King of the
Rockies." Charley had a peculiar craft.
It was on the Noah's ark p ith rn, and
was fitted out wilh a siudl porti :i ol
the spue ; for him elf, daughter, mil
two sons, while th hi'1 ; T part of the
t'pnoe above all 1 all In-low was ur
lali "u I f. hi t II aie.'e e irg. .
The sli ike dealer went South, v. hi re,
be disjio.. -I of his "Mock" to : oiin
circus brokers, m ide new i-ant ; act -,
und jirepareii to ia turn North. In
March hn daughter siclo ;ti I and died
n i I the two son s ohj cte l to return
ing to th "ir old h unit , nn I s -ltle 1 in
Niiteln. Ii.it (Via I y ii i I his new
contracts, ou : of wiil'-ii w is with a
well-kuowu ciie i -, wiicli he mud till,
an 1 he n t'll'lied to At -hi-, hi, says u
Kansas letter t i th New Y ok Tunes.
"Montana Chat ley" seems to In; "at
home" among the lul s, blutl's, and
caves about Atchi on. lie has been so
successful that he h is nlieadv made
two hhipnieuts to the circus lirni
whichplopo.es to have the biggest
exhibition of sunk s iu the world.
This famous tnake man is perhaps the
most thorough ophiolo 'it in this sec
tion of tl iiiuti'v. II; says that if
his knowledge of -u-ikes w . re us lim
ited uud erroneous a i tii.it of mod of
the men who pretend to discourse tci
etitilicnllv about them, he would capt
ure but few, mid would b; i "iiornnt
of what to do with the fi w he might
succeed iu laying bis hands ou. As his
liobriipn.'t indicate:--, his specially is the
ratth r, and iu his hunts In; is ever on
the alert for that kind of "stock." He
uppeurs to under , laud just where to
dig in order to uncover their dens,
nn 1 li" has thein iu captivity before
they are fairly out of their stupor.
In discussing dphiology, Charhy
utterly ignores tin; popular ideas ubout
i tiakes. He -ays ilml it is nu error to
suppose that each j out of the rattler
on n rattlesnake represent s one year
of the reptile's life, as he has I'reipi enl
l.liowu a joint to be fully d Velop d
iu eight or niii" w 'l ks, uud il is not
uu 'ommiu for them to add two joints
10 their rattle each year after tin y
me threoycars old. II says the rat
tle is Used by the Mi. ike not so lunch
to give warning of its intention to
strike as to protect itself by frighten
ing aw.iy uu approaching eiielnv.
When some of the local hunters who
have b ell f reipieutcrs of tie; locdities
where Charley is atherin ; Mieli tine
Isr ;e Hpecimi us expressed to him their
ilelel nillist lo l to give th im; localities
a wid" berth, lie to. I them that us u
rule, th ru tlesiiuke would run us
ipiickly us a iii iii would, and that if
let nlolie tin: rattle would seldom show
light.
A NulMiliilo lor Tea.
A horticultural ng- I is lespoii.- ilile
forth) statement that au excellent
substitute for Indian or Chinese tell
has been found. The ten plant will
not grow ill Is i land, save uud r very
rate mil exception tl circumstances,
but the new plant, which is au nc.-li-uiuted
slu lib, the Cliiiiionaut hu i fl ag
raii ,1'li'it brougli fiolll .1 span to En ;
Ian I by Aduiird Harvey, possesses all
the cs-elitial requisites of ten. It has
live varieties, all eipiillv serviceable
for "lea." The b.-ver age mad from
tin-Ill is quite as good a . the lie.t greeli
tea, w ith cream uud sugar. At pres
ent we are toll "the plant is "rowing
very well ut l!n k Inn -.1 Hill on a sandy
soil with a southern n.pect. It will
do equally well iii K nl, Sussex,
11 nits, l irsel, I) vim an I C iruwsll,
where in i li V thousand acres of laud
now vacant, oryeild.u unproductive
crops, in iy lie used for a new and
profitable in liisl r . " New York Tele
gram. riiMltil'uc tory.
A Wcll-k.iorti vicar gives a curious
CXpel'li t -e w.neli i : Weil worth relat
ni . It was his custom I point Ins
I I ills withellh r, "Do il ly beloved
. i.hreii," or "Now, my brothers,"
until ou ; day a l idv nieiii'iur of th
con jr.'gat io i took evc-p io i to thi:
aud asked him whv Ii.miIw i s preached
t i 111 g -nil.' ii -u au I never to the
ladles.
"My d ar 1. 1 ly," sml the lieamni ;
vicar, "one e nbraces th i other."
"ISut not i i the ciiui'clil" wu the
rep'v of tl(0 lls!oll'se. I v. -Til-
Ibis.
raved by a Sjiarrtfl'.
'The nbiqtiitoiit. Jugliah i-jiiii'row is
ulwuys 'breaking out iu u new place,"
so to sjienk. While passing down
C iroiidoh t th'j other ults riioou on u
still hunt for htartliug game, writes a
New Orleans l-.ii l esj 'olideiit, I chanced
to witness the- following unique battle,
which took I'hice in the retired front
yard of one of our well-known resi
dents. Tho fight was on when 1 arrived,
and was a pretty evenly divided hand
to -haiid contest b 'tween a C it und a
Una-king bud. The bird tvi h titly
hula lust in it big In 'guolia which
crew in a col le r of tin; yard, and it
wasiipniliv as apparent tiiat theleline
hud design s upon I In.- colili nts of the
song:. tit's h ibit -it ion. As the mo
menta Jl.-w- the batthj waxed lielcr.
The bird w.cs little mid the cat was
biy, but agility and alertness favored
tin: loinier, and poor Tom was c.itch
i ig it iu tin; luck un 1 no mistake.
1 he bird cheeped aud chirp d, llut-ti-ri
d Mini scratched all 1 pecked uu
lie reli'uNv, only about one iu u hun
dred times c itching u bru-.li from
Tom's paw. Iu fact, thoeat played a
i ii:ig hau l at .-ry de l!, uud no
d iiibl would have b; II pretty c in
sidi lalily used up had not Int.; Ill th
shape ol all English sturr iw collie
nobly to his rescue
Without u word of wnriiiu,' tin- lit
tie blown fellow, who bud bi i u watch
ing th scrap from tin- b.uiqu t In low
liobbed Up ; leli. Iy ill the midst of
tile tight and swooped down upon (lie
uusuqi cting nioeking bir I like u
sui ili i-yclo-ie. To the tune of double
quick the tide of battle turned mid
i he guy lougsiel's liiilne was luild.
The sparrow pioVed uu uniiiercilu
foe and granted no qii irli r. Taking
advantage of tin- I'avorabI conditions
lie- cat letnri'.il t tin; charge, and
would soon have consummated hisevil
designs upon the liest bad Hot the male
mocking bird appeared in the ni.-k ol
time to iiive his home lioin destruc
tion uud hisiu ite from death. Pit ila
di lphia Tillies.
Iililte l( ii uily of the liiricle,
There are pi oplo who d dare that
there is a f rt tin malicioii uiess uboiit
u bicycle's behavior nothing short ol
the miraculous. Doubtless we riders
nil renu mber the delight every bicycle
takes in guiding the beginner .straight
toward any bi;; bowlder that may be
insight; the road may b.; tifty feet
wide, und that the only bowlder
within hull' a mile, but do what we
may, the bicycle lnukes unerringly for
t at stolie, ( Veil if it tidies Us twelitv
.eel out of our way to do it. And f
there is uiiv thing the bicycle likes bet
ter than a big, sharp bowlder, it is a
deep puddle. A llllld ly hole of liny
km I is a perfect magnet to the bicy
cle when ridden by u beginner. Ex
pelts insist that the beginner's ovvli
in I'Voils fear is ut the bottom of such
mishaps, bill tin- beginner knows bet
ter. Vribncr.
A Joke on the Mayor.
R.ulcy I'. Wneg -in r, the newly
elected Mayor of Atchison, Kan., re
cently pluvial u Uu nn trick on himself,
returning l.oliie late one night, he
found u cow grazing on his lawn. It
made hiui veiv mid, so he telephoned
for a polic. 1111111 and helped drive the
uiiiuial to tin- pound. "It i- some sat-i-fatioit,"
said Mr. Wu 'gelu r to the
ollieer, "to know tint the owner of
this plagued cow will have to put up
a do'lar to get her out." The next
inelliing Mr. Wiiggelur foillt 1 out
that he b id iirreded his own cow, uiui
now the whole town is nuking merry
w ith him. Kansas City Journal.
Milk Sullied by Itlasting.
A curious sound has been developed
at the Milage ol b ailout, III., ou lin
ing Chicago driiiiiHgo canal. The milk
tin re nil sours in u lew In hi i --, much to
the dlsOouilol t of I he cili -us. The
milkmen uud a number of the thinking
people have in l ived ut the conclusion
that this is d un-by blasting on the
canal, which they think nets on the
milk just as thunder does. It appeal's
that the place will have lo do without
fresh ur Ik till the ca ul i i complete I.
New Orleans Pic tyiiue.
The Ti pen r iter iu I! u a I favor.
Now it is the tvyew l iter that seems
lo have met with royal favor. The
German emperor compos n many ol
his speeches al the sum ' time that he
is writing them withthe in ichine. The
King d' Wiirtemhiirg, the Duchess ol
Yolk, Princess Mail 1 of Wales ami
the King of Denmark have attained
considerable proficiently iu tho use ol
'.h typewriter. Chicago Times-Herald.
'
II Milken all the Hill'creiicr-.
Willie h o-o-o ! Is that "lent big
dish of ice-creaiu for you, grandpa?
Grandpa- No, Willie; that's for
y on.
Wid.o-l'm;'h ! What a little bit.
A Ming (if bond Times.
Bing a sonir of goo I times
CllUlill' Up till' Silope ;
All tin- world u-jiiiKliu'
Withtbo silver bell-of IIo!
fcl.iig n -'Hii' of irood times -
li Hiiid to coin" .at I'l-t !
I. oki-f lo the- tul are
l orgettiii' uli th" past!
hint! a song of i?ood times -
Me' ! 'em by im' by :
II "ii vi n e.iiiiiii" nearer.
Au' the world u-r .lliu' high!
Atlanta Constitute.!
Ill MO It 'JUS.
If candles were made in the shape of
a cro-s many people would burn thilii
ut tin; four i lids.
"U'noi, Pat, ye've had yer hail cut."
'.-Shiire, now, uu' who t.dd you that?
An' I iniei. din' to Mirpi oi .c ye, too."
Amateur Yachtsman- What do you
lo for an.U .elneiit lip lu n ? Clal.i
ilv...,.rWc watch you city fellows
s ill bouts.
lie's tree III 1:1-1 II p.llll HU-I U' llC ;
i iih - I'.alm i- on In- bnovn ;
lb- :,i la. young wife's angel lie-.
An 1 le 's an .an gel n
".' .me men can take in w luiiiiture
und iu ik. it loot; us if it was m nle l
century ago," uiys u uiruullst. So
can i olne chlf li eu.
She Tiiele's tin II in talking, It's
the small things that iinuoy on e most,
lie -Y. .. Even a llll'e mosquito
boles III'- il'lgbtfully.
Lawyer - Did th ' parties come to
high word-? Witness--No, ur- Tin y
were about us low as I evi l In ai d colli.)
out of uny body's bp-.
Tin- time js here vile li li 'i' a .ain
Wu fa'-e the painful si -lit -The
home team n.elting down ln-lur"
'Hie ..:,l..-r lllliplle's ,-pite,
E In 1 -I mi ip is oif-h ilf one hears
iu .'.eiil;.- Isn't tin-', i s i.? M imiiii
No; it'll the other ball' is so fright
fully iiu -id, you know.
Mis. li II. In 1 I -Mr . Oil.hiu l ha.i
a great -.-ret. Mr . I iiooml'n ld Oh.
lio! S'.iecm't have. Why lint? If
hho hud he would have tol l it to me.
"Why was the bee s.-h cted as II
modi 1 b. industry?" a h "1 1' b i :
ha:.!. '-11 cui.c bilsiiii'M- with him is
always liuuiuillig," replied Gllder
sleeve. Wit !. Ml- lie leave he st-.l" a kis.-.
lie did O.I, 1:11-!
A -!i ,r;i oiiiiiiaiid w is pr itnosly I. is :
'.In -I put th it b:i'-U, I teli von tin-,
Vvheie .t belongs,-' spoi.e iia'lg',1 y lnl-M.
lleillil! II', bll-s!
Mi's. Smith I declare this leg of
mutton has shrunk away almost to
nothing. Little Nellie -- Pi rhaps,
minima, it ciiiue oil' the sheep us my
ll.iuuel did.
1'ir, I Wull Flower How gracefully
Miss Western hold , up li r tram.
Second Hull Flower It ought tJ
come itituial, for tiny say lu T fa her
hllll led l.l'e a:. II loud llgellt.
New woman -Wi ll, I iii uried the
only mail who ti -ver told me he loved
men! Old w iman Why did you do
that? Ni w Wolll !. IS.'Clllse I thought
he oilelr lo be c
eile.l.
The la'.i- a ei's brave who sin
To light .1 elill" or . Mil.-.
Pal luave. 1 ir Is Is- .ill. W '.irs
I tie lir-! -tia'.v hat ! spring.
Ml. Fo-.dick- I want gn
dares
go.,,1 tea. I"
that genuine lloln e.
Mr. I'eei. (as he w
Holiest now?
lis it out) - Yes
:ir, I w ib guarantee it. I belive that
hon. id tea is ill best policy.
"Can I vv l ite my :i:ime und' r the re
ceived pay in 111 oil this bill?'' asked
the c.dh dor who like.-, to put things
US delicately Us possible. "No, llllllllv
you," r epliod Mr. H.ohcly, "I'm no
llllto '.l apll flelld."
.Imiiii. You're " 1 1 ni I ter light,
thni':. what it is. Thomas No, 1
u I ii 'l ; but if 1 light my m dlui'll
know uud lick me. Jimmy How will
she liud It out, eh? riioui'is- She'll
sec I In- loctor going to your house.
She WilMi'l Afr.tbl of Siiakcs
Most little ehlldlill, unless tiny
have been tua do iifrnld by their el
der's nonsense, wall pica up worms,
bugs uud toads us readily as they will
doners or pebbles. It IS no womb 1
Mrs. William dishing of Parker's
eii I was startled the other day when
I he look d around in response to tho
pleas d cill, "See, inaiuiu i, see," by
her two-year-old daughter Grueie.
The child was Imld ug a long snake
near its head, while its body wits wound
three times round the child's nun and
the tail resting on her should. -r. The
father being present th - child was
soon rein ved of Iter companion. Who
snld the -utility between women and
snakes was iustiucliv ? Lewistoii,
Me., Jou.'iial.
A proj.-et is under considers! ion to
etilr.e th waiter po.ver of th Lichino
Rapids ii tr Montreal, local capital
ists being ehiolly iul -reie I .V largo
number ol turbines and a iin.iler of
dyn .iu 1 1 uiu to bo put n.