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.m ill m si ii ii. ir
vp! Son-;,
f N v Hi' s uii -.i r days are r,
An. I lit.. I hav i I ft III.' e..vcr,
An 1 Hi" tt lie il ' in its liin,
'l'h:i!iK rn'ni' s m iv W"ll liegitij
l' .r III s.iinu .-. fair and i-ant,
Pur tin' good gifts "f llw pi" -cut
Time, nnd Icippuies. therein.
Wlicrn t!n lit lie so s;i; mi. deep l.i,
K"f, tin' lustrous waVr-lilies
Hill give f.irth tli"ir crenny glow,
'i'li.'io III.) r.e.v.'is lirl-'kly row ;
lies slr.iil along tii'1 shore,
1'ur tlm mii in i ii tr tail is o'er.
And this .lay 110 work they kli.iiV.
To tli. un li trl two nr.' tending,
Where tin' a; p .. houghs urn l n ling
Willi 1 1 -i t- ye'liw ft nil aii'l r.'.l ;
I:i gf'at pil's nr a heap" I a:i.l spread
A..i s nr itnt.tiiioiis an I fair
All tin ir tia,inu ... II. Is Ihn air
Jt.it tl. ii;.i1i--I.:.i.i:us liiivii II. vl.
All .' I sci' tlm pretty mad,
In tic n-.pl.'-tr' ': .l"p.lm.",
I'icl; th" genlinii fair tut. I l.lun;
lint I i- lnvcr, icar it, knew
lie should have Hi" pretty II ivr
And at le:.g!li a fairy dower -
Jl" shall have the mai.leii t....!
.loci r..t"li.
A CRUEL KINDNESS.
11V Ml;s. M. I,. HAYNE.
Tlio town liml grown up 4 t in - tu mid
Almost crowded itself into their front
door, lmt they still lived on in the
Biiino uld-fasliiiiiied met lio.ls of the
lnst half-ce ntury, ! i iiirin i to the
chairs nml tables tliev liad when they
were married, even returning the little
mpieuky, pi. no that had lieen Ann
Maria's before she in irri.-d a t ieh for
ciglior tin. I changed to Anit.i Murie.
Tlio cradle she wan locked in when a
li.'iliy, maiiiil'acliitv.l out of a Icirrel by
lier ii. loll ii.; father, mi I covered K i s 1 -fully
with lose-c. doted child, liml
lieeu Kent up to the ultie, for it of
f ended her line seine of est let io w hen
bIio eame home to vi-.il. The rug car
pet in the I i villi' room was tlio work
of leisure hours and liml leen in ser
vice twenty odd years, mid the old
Man himself used to say lovingly,
while he regarded it with admiring
eyes: "You'll never make another
ciiriet like that, mother !" It was
like tin; hid aiui ing of a jjre.it artist
to hi m.
And now the old people h id taken
fin outing that was to lust :i whole
Week, the result of is conspiracy in
f which Aim Marin was chief mover,
aided and iilietted ley her sisters who
were married and settled in the sumo
tow n, and w hoiu she was then visit-
While the old couple were gone
the Conspirators possessed themselves
of the key of the homestead, entered
it stealthily nil 1 began what they culi
bidered ii work of r. f inn, which was
also expected to he a delightful snr
priso to those interested.
"We'll got that dreary old piano
out of the way first, " said its former
owner, who had one now that cost u
thousand do'lars, "and the old rag
carpet ; it gives me n cliiil to see it ; and
nil those dreadful frame I phot. 'grnp hs
and dir.. in. .is- I have u few oil paintings-that
1 lirouelit dim ii with me on
jiui-poso to repine.; them; and that
rod t;!d, cloth Sophie, do you re
member when we used to learn our
lessons on that tlaming thin.;? It
looks ns an fully red as ever, doesn't
it?"
"Yes," iinsw.red Sophie, with n
distinct sigh; "1 wonder if wo are as
hnppy now as we were then, or if our
conditions depend so much mi sur
roundings tine, furniture, for iu
Dtiiiice?" "I'sliuw !" said Ann Mann, with nn
Iihusis. "Wo mu-.t move with th-;
world or be run over. Here, take
those old peacock feathers and stow
them nimy Komewlure. 1 suppose it
wouldn't do to burn them? 1 oiicj
thought the eyes in tho.e feiither-i
watched everything I did. We'll
leave grandfather's clock because it's
genuine and a f.id now in tlio best
Bociety, and the older it is the bet
ter." h.) they tore up and tore down, and
in ft few hours a real y mud.-rn air
jiervaded every nook and corner. A
pretty new carpet, not too gay, but
with a pleas;ug ass .rim oit of colors,
took the place of the despised rag car
1'Ot. New chairs, a handsome rug,
nu upholstered easy chair for "father"
and a modern rocker for "mother,"
Biipplautcd the long. used furniture of
the past, and the faded old photo
graphs were removed to make room
for smart paintings in consistent
Style with the new order of tliiugs.
A white lnnrscilles counterpane re
I'liiced the old log cabin quilt, every
npiuro of which had been as an open
book for "mother" to read. Other
innovations were mudo throughout,
and then the conspirators paused to
look ou their handiwork and take
breath.
"That's the fust work I've done in
twenty years," said Ann Marin, wiping
(kcr flushed face with a real lnco hand-
kerchief, "but I'd just like to kcu tho
dear old couple when they opuu the
d !"
"I'm afraid they'll object to lining
t lie piano out of sight," said one of the
Misters, "hut they're sure to like cvery
t Idiig e!n '. Mother would never let
in-i touch a chair, even to straighten it
out, so I knew th.j only way was to
take her by surprise. Old folks get
cranky about things they have had a
long lime. It isn't good for thein to
make idols-out of old furniture."
"I .should say not,'' added Ann
Maria, "besides, it isn't the fashion
now as it was a few years ago. 1 was
really afraid people would think v.e
d dn't, appreciate our old folks to let
th. in live on among th it old rubbish."
The last finishing touched being ac
complished, the lusters went to their
reipcetive hemes, and at nightfall the
two old folks walked into the domicile
that hid shelt.-rel them for forty
yeurs the dearest spilt on earth to
t Iii-iii home !
It had been planned by their know
ing children that they were to enter
the house alone to intensify tho sur
prise in store for them and enjoy each
olher'sdelie;lt over the occasion with
out witnesses.
i!ut they, not knowing this, felt
w ith tie.! sensitiveness of ago a little
hurt and clung closer tog-'ther as they
entered th" dark nnd silent, dwelling,
every step of which was like hallowed
ground to their tired feet.
"I most wonder th' girls ain't left a
light n In i m i it for ns; this lime they
forgot," said the old man as ho stu id
bled over a chair.
'You know, fat her, Ann Maria's
visitin' them -it iniik.'i a difference,"
said the mother in gentle, apologetic
t Hies, that were her wont when de
fending "Ihi! children."
"Si.eim rieht goo.l to be home
Hg.iili -lei's si t an' rest a spell nforo
we light up," suggested the old man,
dropping into a handy chair.
lint his form had scarcely touched it
before he straightened himself out ot
it and said testily ;
"it don't seem nat'ral. It Most
broke my buck to set in that cheer!
Mau.ly, there's something wrong!"
Maudy had been feeling along the
shelf lor the caudle that year in and
year out stood there like a tallow
sentinel, and hint never failed her in
the darkest night. She round it, but
not in its old place ;it had been moved
a hair's breadth to tlio b it and felt
i leer b her touch.
"(limine a match. I'.lieii. 1 want to
s 'i! w hat like is the v in'le. Lord ii
mercv, look at it, man I"
(t certainly was not tin; same brand
of candle that for all these years had
been run in the tin mould In-hind the
pantry door. It was a gorgeous
l i -t.d design in green wax with yel
low tlripes.
"That's the girls' iloiu's, I bet,"
said the old man, putting on his
glasses to take a belli r look at the
intruder. "(ios'ul what it lookin'
can. II.'. '
As its rays dill'iised a iittle through
tile room the two old people began to
investigate. They looked around,
thou ititoach other's faces, ami both
tear and wonderment were expressed
in their glances.
".Maudy," said the old man at last,
"we've gone ami got into tho wrong
house."
"1 b'lceve it, "feebly answered poor
Landy, "but then whereabouts is
ours?'
"Let's look at the outside," nnd
the girls, who wore watching at their
own windows, saw a glimmerim; light
dancing like nil ignus fatuus before
the old lions1, a!i 1 e iiild discern th ,'
unwonted speclncl:! of their father
and mother inspecting the outside of
their home by caudle light. It struck
tlio in us very fuutiv.
Mennwhilo the truth had revealed
itself in p li t to the old people, and
holding aloft the timing wax caudle
thevtook an inventory of the new
furniture, from the carpet on the tloor
to the paintings on the walls. It was
well the conspirators were not there
to hear them. It might have given
tlii ni n shock,
"Kvon the pianny's gone," raid
Maudy, wringing her hands, "the
dear old pianny where Ann Maria
learned to play 'Hang up tho lhtby's
Slockiti''' afore she was 111 venrs old!
i l.ll!,iu', ,.lV0 llt.lioVed it; and my
hi'.-au'-tuiss carpet that I made with
in v own hands and the red table
cloth, tlio chei rfiillest thing! you
could sec it for a mile when tho door
was open and wo was lighted up; nnd
my pictolR of the children taken every
year of their lives its worso than
robbery. I don't doubt they meant
well, but it's broke my heart!''
"1 near broke my back tryiu' to t,et
in one of them new faugleil cheers,"
said the old man, spurning the smart
elmir with his foot, "I do wonder,
Mainly, if they left us auythin' to set
on?'
"They've left tho clock," B.lid
Maudy, "I'm thankful for that! I
declare, father, il seems like an old
friend," and holding fathers hand nlio
stood long b.'fore the venerable tiuio
piece, regarding it w ith loving eycu.
It was near daylight when tho two
old people had seen the last of their
new possession, and arranged them
to their entire satisfaction. The fancy
cm. lie had burned down to a liioiiud
of green and yellow wax, and been
r. place I by a slruight, uuconiproinis
ing tallow homo-ni ide, that shed a
sereiio light on two old faces that
looked very tired, but wore a con
scious expression of pence and triumph.
And even in their dreams they
smiled.
"To think of it !" said Ann Maria,
when sho tells the story; "after all
our planning and contriving, when wo
went over the in-xt day to K'O how
they were enjoying their new sur
roundings, they h id put back every
article of tho old stuff we moved, rag
carpet, photographs and nil, nnd
packed the new things up in the attic !
They wouldn't have a new chair nor a
table-cloth, nor anything. Said tho
things weren't comfortable-! Talk
about the Kphraiin being joined to
idols father and mother could givo
him pointers out of their experience,"
and she sighed over the degeneracy of
age Detroit Free I'ress.
MihIitii armor.
'The experiments with built I proof
coats and iiiitlelial which have beeti
coli lccled here and abroad, have called
attention to the fact that mail protec
tion did not entirely pass away ith
the shelving of the shield and cuirass.
Many Knghsli ofti.vrs still wear n par
tial armor when scrviug on foreign
stat ions.
The conimonest nml most usual typo
of these plot. el io ir. eoii-isls of lino
but In aiilil'iilly tempered single chains,
inclosed in soft leather, which run
along the shoulders, down tho outer
side of the units, and over certain
parts of the body. These can either
be sewn into a pnrt'ciilnr tuuie.or they
can be adjusted separately and put on
like hat-lies:-. Hundreds upon hun
dreds of these sets are sold. The most
valuable of all chains in connection
with iiceoiiteriiieiits nri! t hose which
guard the head; and iu cases w hero
the regulation cap or helmet is not
siilliciently protected in this way,
specially mule chains are sewn inside
the sain ; and covered by the lining.
Only those who have been iu actual
eoulliel know how valuable nil the
chains uieiiiioiied are in miuiiiu.ing
the effects of sword cut. As regards
protection both from sword and bul
let the general belief no mid tys seems
to bo iu thoroughly tanned leather
and great quant it i. s are made for o Ul
cers, the favorite pattern- s.tid to be
the invention of tin; late Sir Kichnr.l
Hurton -being that which forms a not
too prominent ridge down the centre
of the chest. Many stories are told
by olHeors of bullets which have been
averted iu soiud degree by these
leather tunics, some of which are lined
with woven steel wire. Oi course,
none of these things are supposed to
be an absolute pivti c:ion, but only a
sort of palliative.
A Loudon gunsmith, who sells a
great inaiiy chain body protectors,
which lit almost like an ordinary vest,
and are very expensive, sells a large
number of t ln'iti to army men, and he
not long ago sent a gross, as Many as
he could get made iu the time, to
lapan, where they wi-ro quickly sold,
llo has made for individual officers
who have theins. Ives drawn the de
sign, a variety of dilVcreiit patterns of
armor. Fine flexible chains and
leather have entered into nearly all of
thetn. Huston l'o.st.
Not Acceptable.
In one of tho down-town schools ft
little boy was asked by tho teacher
how Much two and two mailt'. The
lad uiihc-ilittiu ;ly replied "live."
The teacher told him he was wrong,
and compelled him to .stand in tho
corridor.
He had been there a few minutes
when along cam ' another scholar to
whom the first lad put tlm question,
"How much is two and two?"
The other boy replied "four,"
whereupon the pupil who had tailed
Baid, "Well, you better not tell tho
teacher that. 1 offered her tivo and
she refused. Philadelphia Call.
An Airreenlile Heath.
Professor Heiui, a Swiss savant at
the Alpine Club, in Zurich, declares
that one of "tho most convenient,
elegant and agreeable" of nil man
ners of death is that which follows a
fall from some Alpine height. There
is neither physical nor moral surfer
it g, iu 1'rofessor Hcim's opinion, iu
being hui led through spac -; only a
" lelieious tine liute of the tr,:,iil
b latitudes."
CillUiKKN'S COLUMN.
A IH.I'IU.K Mil.CSIi'N.
"Wli.lt il lovely .lolly, .l'-ar l'les-ie," I nM,
"I inn snr Hint site entiio frutn l-'r.-iurn!
Poes she shut her eyes when you put Lor to
hi.ty
Can she walk mi.l talk an. I .liiii.'o'"
"Hush !" murmur" 1 softly my Lrowu-eyi"!
pet,
"She might hear you .lon't you Bee?
Nile doesn't know she's a .lollin yet,
lint sll" a'poses she's folks like me."
Louise U nlgkiiis in Yinith' Compituiuii.
A riNNV cow.
Down South lives a gentleman who
owns most reniarluiblo cow. She
looks like a must ordinary black cow,
but sho isn't at all, for she ub.olutely
refuses to bu separated from her own
er's children. If the children aro at
home, the cow will stay iu the pasture,
which is near tho holt.-, separated
from it by a low fence. Hut if the
children go away, she will jump high
fences to follow them until sh.i is
caught. When the e.e.v has bet u put
iu past nre, she remains quiet ; but if
put in the lot near the house when the
children lire away from home, it i
impossible to keep her there, If
allowed, she w ill follow Iho ehldrcn
about exactly like a dog, keeping be
hind them and nppai --utly watching
over them, perfectly happy if only
tho children nr.; w hhiu sight or hear
ing. The Outlook.
1'Ot's am i ri nr.
L'nclo Ned was re.iily to b'niiii! for
it, though he had to. I th least thought
of such a thing w In n he sai l to Dot
as she caine up with h r round music
box under In r nriu :
"Hello, little Dago! Where's
your monkey?"
Now Dot lives in th. city winters,
mid know all about the organ men
and their queer hill' boa-its. She
conies with malum i iu summer to the
biggish country town in which
mamma herself was a little girl. She
had always thought it would be a
line tiling to have nu organ and
go about the streets gathering pen
nies. As I'nelc Nod sauntered oil' she
grew very thoughtful. Then her face
brightened. She ran down the gar
th u, calling excitedly to her little ; i-s
ter:
"Mali, Mali! I winl you! Aunt
Sarah said yesterday you were one
perfect monkey. "
Dot was j.tst tiirm.il live, and Mali
three; bu tho two v re alino t of a
size, sine) Dot was a mere mite, nnd
Mab ilelieioiisly chubby. When lunch
tiiiiii came without briiigiu; them,
Oniudmother Allen login to fidget,
and won l. r what had become of tlio-.-precious
little deal's. At tir.st Dot's
nut in :n:i only laughed, saying,
"They will be h' r tun little while,
bright as a new penny."
Hui, when three o'elo.'k saw them
still away, she, too, grew uneasy, and
went to search for them.
So did I'ne'e Ned, but he chose
another way. Somehow he remem
bered Dot's flic; as he saw it Inst. "It
would be just lik her; she is tho
most original little inors d!'' he mut
tered, ns ho took his way along tho
shady streets to a bii; hotel, most
li cqiieiiled by summer visitors.
About the same tint.' Dot was inly
ing a little tearfully: "It's your
fault, Mtb: you're too big. Nobody
won't believe you're my monkey when
I tell them so. And you don't hold
your cap out right ; you drop it just
as soon as they don't put things in it.
You ought to keep holding it 'till they
were sorry mid give you something."
"My arm gets tired. I'm hungry.
I want to go home. We have got tlm
live c tits Cousin Anna gave us when
slit; met us as w-;j t-titricd. " Mai)
w hilled diseousolati ly, tugging lit tho
string that hound her to Dot's arm.
"Bah! old cry face!" Dot said
with dignity. " want to get enou.-h
pennies so we can have ic-creani soda,
and some pep'mints. Come ! we'll
try this place it looks nion and big,
with hen)? of peoplo on tlm porch. "
"I want mumnii," Mali said dis
consolately, but followed Hot up tho
piazza steps obediently, holding out
her red fez, whili Dot turtind tho
crank of her nuisic box so vigorously
that no sound of any sort cnino froi'i
it. People began to st uo at them.
One young woman bent and kissed
Mali's hot cheek, saying : "You poor
little angel! Have you got nobody
belonging to you?''
M ib did not niiswer: her eyes were
fast on some one coming iti the stops.
With one bound she broke from Dot's
hold and flung herself tempestuously
into Uncle Ned's arms, crying out;
"l'nclo Xod! I nant to go home.
I won't ever bo Hot's monkey any
more. "
"No, yon (dull bu iniiio," l'nclo
Ned said, swinging her u;ion bin
shoulder nml w alking away in triumph.
--Outlook.
SALIi OF SONGS.
Unknown Coiiiposfirs Pay Uie Co::t
of Publication.
Som.'i Popular Sour Writers Can
li'jt Kwul Music.
"In publishing n song its hu ss
depends a great deal on the reputa
tion of the composer and tho title of
his composition," said Louis Herge,
the composer of the Herald's march
"On Tune," to tin yesterday. "Tln r.;
is magic in a name, with all du ;
apologies to Shakespeare, and even if
a song amount s to nothing a reputa
tion can go to make it a financial if
not an artistic success. "
"Do publishers pay for u good
piece of Hew intlsie?" 1 asked.
"Very rarely, and then only if the
composer is it man or woman we')
known. In such cases ft oin irl'O to
jj'fi'H) nre paid for a song, ami the com
poser gets ten p. r cent of the loyal
ties." "lo publishers take songs by un
known writers if the latter pay for the
expeiin; of print illg, t ie?"
"C it n i ii iv. That is done ev.-ry day
in the week. If thesoiig is not a suc
cess the publishei s lose nothing nnd
the Composer lots had some experience
for his money. Now the Herald's
march 'O.i '1 inie' lam d'lighte I to
t-ny, is proving a great mi.v.-s., 1 urn
at present g. -tun;; -out a s. cm. I edition
and the com ;io -it i.ui is only three
mouths old. And In re is a song by a
lady whos; name is only known to
lu r tri. n.l.. It is a pretty, si iiliiinli
tal fouipo-ition, and her lii'sl attempt.
It has caught the town and old. IS are
coming for it by the dozens. She
gets three cents loyalty mi every copy
sol I and I think she's goin - to make
a snug little sum out of it.
"I uud.r-tau I that many com
posers of soti; catiiiol read a lioto ol
music. I.s t hat so?"
"Yes," replied Mr. Herge, "some
of I he .most popular songs Were writ
ten by men wilh no knowledge of
eouipo -it ion. Ii i.s not abs.duicly
ueec.'i.-ary to be a musician in order I
wrile n song. If y..ii have talent
enough to conceive a melody und can't
write it down according to tlio rules
of liaruioiiy, nil you have lo do i-. o
go loom; of tin: litany m isielaiis in
th a cily who earn money by writing
scores. You whistle or hum your
tune to him, and he puis it in writing,
ready for tho publisher.''
"il u do you push a song iu order
to in-tl.e it popular, if there is any
I popularity in it'.'"
"Well, be lore we put lilt! son.; on
sale we tli- ti ilullo nearly a tlo u- iiiil
copies of il among singers and orches
tra leaders. Those people, you i.io'W,
are always ou the .lookout l'..r
thing new. If they find Iheni.l .dv
g 'od and e. itchy, they sing or play it
to their audiences. T;.e sue.v: s ..f
the sollg then lies with the public."
"Wieit i.. tin: cost of pulilishiuj
Boll','.'"
"A son; w i;h th re.; or four sh . ts
of ie.us'.e nnd an iiliimiiiate.l eov t r
Costs ll'olll .T-lo to sj I. So you see a
eoi.ipo-or .1 es u it risk much il his
com posit ion is u liilure; nnd if il
prove- a success, he is apt to Make II
fortune. - N.-w York Herald.
HtiW Pulque is Mailt'.
Pulque, the native drink of Mexico,
is extracted from the maguey plant, a
species of the American aloe, that
i;rows readily in an ari ! soil. Web
ster calls it of the genus agave. An
incision ii m i In into the inner side of
the thick, pointed blades, grow nig up
right four or live 1" -1 -1 . to the number
of a 'io.en or s i, Irolii il eoiiimoli
t.talk. 'The liquor when extracted i.s
emptied into pig. kins, iu which it is
taU"!l t I til.' p i!. tin - pulque
s.iloou--. It is often hauli d iii wagons
but the pulque laliwnv trains I . j-: 1 1 r
great qu lUI les daily t
citv.
th
4 i;.tl
hi. .iii
Pu qu - is of a milky c
'the eoiuustency of butt, ruulk, an I
having an agreeable taste to those
who like buttermilk or koumiss, which
. resembles. Its pungent odor is
sickening to the stomach uii:i"cu--toiii
'd to it. The pro luel ion nnd
Mile of pulq ' i- ail extensive lei o ness
in M.-xieo. The hi,. ,,f , ,,;,(. i
am told, is about eight or nine years.
It i- replaced by volinger ones when
slit. a iug signs of fh.'tu-tioti. Pul
queries abound and are I irg. l v pa! roii
ized by the , icons. The d.ink se Is at
tii.c to thre.i cents a glass or bottle
contnit iu ; a pint or over, the bottle
o he furnished. A peon's -ileal w ith
out pulq1 io would be like an Ainer.ean
breakfast without eo!V-e. It is cla'nie.l
to b heillhlul. It is pill icul.-u ly in
t" ..' it in ; on an e.npty st u i telt, and
as t'l.' s'. intaeli of llio mild-m i'i:ie-,..
peon Iron, his light diet is tdwas
more or iep;i vacant, pulque makes
him very nlfeetioiiiite.
After a tree indulgence, together
with his female consort mi l perhaps
male companion, ho goes along tho
street with nlternnte staggers and em
braces. He is not molested by tho
ollieers, but allowed to proceed on his
homeward way. The aristocratic
Mexican classes may drink pulque, but
generally they disclaim doing so, as
it is unpopular to conform to the cus
toms of the inferior masses. The in
come froin a good-sized pulque plan
tation is S lid to be as much ns SIHO.IIIM)
annually. 'The 'ibro of th s plant is
utilized lo in ii k ! thread, and out of
this thread strong rope is made. A
tough paper is m ido from it. Wash
ington Star.
Iblitilies of the A relic.
In spite of latitude and Arctic cur
rent, L ilea lor is tin; home of much
lint is delicious iu tho berry world.
Lvcti the out-lying islands furnish the
curlew -b. try and bake-iipple in pr -litsioii
; ami upon the mainland, iu the
proper month, September, u v riiuhin
feast .iwaits one. Three van. Ins of
liliit'-l'. rt ii i-, huckleberries, wild led
currants, having a puiig. nl ni'i iiiilie
lltvor, uuequali'l by the cultivated
iiri. In s ; iiiardi-bcrncs, iicpli rrii s,
tinv w hito e.ipilliiiro tea-berries, with
a llavor like so rare perfume mi l
hating ju-t a faint suggestion of wiu
tei gi'.-i-n ; squash-In rri. s, penr-bcrries
curlew-berries, the latter led so grate
ful as th.: others, but a prime favorite
witii the I-'.-q'tiiuaus, who prefer it to
almost any other; nnd lastly, tho
typical Labrador fruit, which, except
ing a few scattering plants in Canada
and Newfoundland, is found, I believe,
nowhere outside of the Peninsula
the gorgeous bnke-apple.
'These cover the entire const from
tho Saint Lawrence to I'ugava. 'Their
beautiful geranium-like leavt s strug
gle with the reindeer uiosm upon tho
islands, carpet alike the low valleys
and the highest hill-tops, and even
p. ep from bunks of everlasting snow.
Ouiy mi: b. rry gnu.': upon i nch
plant, but this one makes a most deli
cious mouthful. It is the size nnd
form ot a largo dcw-hcri v, but the
color is a bright crimson when half
ripe and a golden yellow nl maturity.
Its taste is sweetly aci 1, it is cxO'fd
uigly juicy, and so delicate that it
might In: thought impossible to prc
s rve it. Yet the natives tin preserve
it with all its freshness and original
llavor throughout the tuliro winter,
in. rely by covering it with fresh
water and heading it lip tightly in
casks mid barrels. Outing.
The Urate Little Pcec.iiy.
Of the lew American quadruped
for which an intelligent hunter enter
tains a certain am unit of respect the
Collated lYeciry is .me. Although be
is only a little tlnt-sid. d, high-shouldered
hog, wild and nil. -.bloated, yet ho
li a plucky lighter when iingry -and
like a true child of the Wild West, be
gets mad quite t ilsily. Il always imi
tiovs him very much that any t.no
should dare to eo ii-guuning for him,
and M :. A. H. Haker of th : Washin
ton "' io" p i ills, to a long siit in tho
.-ide .. I his leather league's as nu il
lustration ol w hat a Texas I'eec try can
do when he is very angry.
This species has a very wide range,
being found fro in the Hod llivef of
Arkansas as Inr south i.s Patagonia,
Iu 'Texas it is no longer abundant save
in the low jungly bottom lauds along
the llio Iratide. It does not go m
gnat droves like the White-Lipped
Peccary, iiu-1 it is seldom that more
than eight or It n individuals are seen
together. 'Tho time was when they
were much more ready to tieht than
they are now ; but like all other d-ti.-g.
l tuis minimis, tin y have learn. .1 to
fear men and their dea liy firearm-.. -St
Nicholas.
Traii-liTs in the at).
It appears to lao that there is not
the same sent iiiieiit iu the navy that
existed when i. nr vt s-eis wire built
of wood and eiiried something like
s. v. nty lour tons. Then etery captain
loved his ship ns he 1, 1 his hie,
Today there is not the miiih; let line.
Our commaii leri; seem fond of being
ir.n.sV-r. I. 1 1 re is "Fighting H..I."
Kt til. ticked lo dentil at the idea ,.
leaving the New York t" e,, (,, i),.. M.
liana. How many eommaiultrs has
the New York had since she w nt into
commission ? I have forgotten. Is she
hoodooed ? The superstitious of sail
oislcad them to do a great ninny
things tint .e landlubbers cannot un
it -island. New Y'ork Press.
Proof T Success.
"lo youoiU Peary's latest expedi
tioit to tint Arctic regions a successful
..ii.-?" a Led 1 1 1 1 lit it I.
"I do." replied II ilket, "lie g..t
i. aclt alive." -Pitlslmrg Cnioii;.'lt
f 1 1. ci itph.
Hi cause I I.ovc Vim.
Kicaiis'! I iuv" you dear,
Jliieli sorrow do I In'nr;
Yet joyfully tlio-n sorrows ni"'l.
And with my li"iirt I Iml l lliem swe t -
Ilwaiise 1 love yen tldir!
ii..-:is.- I love yntl, i"'lir,
No j .veei erewas I wears
Pal crow ns of erne 'est thorns to in"
Are suit ns ro-iest wo'.-itlis could be
l.i'i'.uise I love y.ni, ir!
Jlivnus" t love vf I'-nr.
I ir.'ii I tlm .lnrkii"-s Icic ;
Jim sweet llow.'rs hlnssom in the snow,
And loveiii-t Unit m in ilnr!iii"s9 glow,
Lui'inu. 1 lovu you. dear!
F-.1ANK I.. NTANTnir.
Ill MOKOl S.
.1 izliu "Whoso make is your
watch?'' Hrazlin "The fellow who
sold it to me, I guess. He nia.lo about
45-0 on tin: transaction."
I.ixh.v- "What idiots girls are when
they imitate men!" Mtrio (llnttored)
-"Do you think so? That proves
how excellent the imitation is."
This la ic a.- "ii"W woman"
Slill eliiiriiiing appears.
Ss'l " tlt'lll"" I" ill I'li'lf.
llul nevr in yo.-irs.
"They must be having electrical
storms at home," said Mrs. Hurley,
rending n letter from Iter sister,
".lane says they mo having shocki:;,;
went her. "
Yeast -1 n. t or saw Hicli a man ns
.Limply. lie seems to g. t n new
trunk every month. Criiu-oiibenk
Vis; he changes his hoarding place
every thirty tluys.
They .set ,t on nl'iey.'le l.iult for two.
Ala.-, er 1 th" yeitr wa- .oii
. ..tin. I 'lis vry sad, lmt true
Hu a s.ilaiy l iull for oil".
"Is l li.il performer familiar with
your iim-ic?" she asked i.t tho coti
concert. "II" must be," replied tho
composer, who wis writhing; "ho
t ikes such liberties with it."
Mrs. P.rowu "You really must join
fiur sew ing circle. "
Mrs. doiies - "M dear, I haven't
.het'iiie to spare. I have to do so
much ill 'ii ling lor the children."
t nice more unto the play g""s sh",
.-."r.'ii 'iv conscious that
'the man ln-lnnd Icr cannot s"n
A lilill except li'T ll.lt.
A iu n. I. -ii writes; "Can you tell mo
iiow to change the color of my hair,
which nil tho young men 1 - 11 mo is
r d?" Certainly wo can. (i"t rich;
they will then call it golden or au
burn. Mrs. Minks -Is'nt it queer that
su di a little bit of country its F.iiglnnd
can rule such a vast amount of terri
tory? Mr. Milks- Well I don't
know. You're n it very big yourself,
my deiir. ''
t-i.'Ill" jot - .( Ilf" 111 Ik'' III" lll"-t sad,
lien 1 thiii" of how I miss 'cut.
The iiii I I want t" ki-s nre tlio-n
ho . I . . i . ' t want in" to kiss 'em.
"No," said the vt ry advanced wo
man, "I shall not wear bloomers any
mole." "Why not?" "The pockets
arc s sv (.. liiid that my husband
has golleii nilo the habit of going
throiieli in-lit w hen I'm asleep.
Stout man (whose appetite bus been
tite envy of his Icllovt-boar.lei ) -I
leciarc, I have three buttons oft my
vest. Mistress of the house (who hns
been aching to give him a hint) Y'ou
.Mil probably liud thein iu the timing
rooi.i, sir. "
"What uia. 's you look worn mil weary,
As it v. mi were . jti iti tired of life."
'Ala'" I,.- sig...l m a '.'.'tits dreary,
"I've j. ist i a shopping with my wile."
(In the Kailwny Train. -Young tiinu
(to clerical - look nig gent I email in front)
Pardon in1, sir, but this young lady
mid I are elopers and anxious to get
married. Cun t you perforin the ecr
nioiit? Conductor (over his shoulder)
Hold on, young feller! The manage
ment don't allow any tie-up on this
rond I
Cliuiitmy "What would you think
of a in in that always went rouu 1 t ill k"
ing to himself?"
irii01v -'T should say if he did it
to listen to himself he was a fool; if
he .lid it to avoid listening to his
friends he was a genius, and tf ho did
it to -ate his friends trom listening to
him he was a philanthropist."
n nliiiic Mummy.
The oid' st person in tho country is
sui t to live in Harrison County, Ken
tucky, an old colored woman, who is
known to nil the inhabitants as
"Mammy." "Mammy," Bays tho
Cytilhiaini Democrat, "is believed to
lie 12llor Uo years old. She has al
ways lived in the Carroll family.
Mrs. Carroll says that through tho
family l ccords 'Mummy ' can bo traced
back considerably over 100 years, pud
estimates her age at the figures given
above. She camo from Virginia to
Kentucky and was always coiisitlered
a delicate woman, but even now gives
promise of lasting many years
lunger. "