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lvo's Millioiiairo.
I Say; "Tim worM is loiiWy;
I'lio hearth lit homo is cold,
And sn l 1 lifo to child and wifi
Whim lift) hath little gold."
Hut soft Inr arms ut round my neek
My comforter so dear;
Aud "How inil''li do you love iin-V"'
AU'I Iiit sweet voice answers clear :
'I lovo you, I lovo you
A liiiiiJn'd million -there I"
Aud thi'ii I'm poor no moro-no moro.
For I'm Love's miliiotiulrt-.
Tlieu sweter seems 111" lrvik!ii;
Of Poverty's sad bn'iid.
And rotes bloom from out tli" gloom
Anil crown the curly head,
And if souii'tiinoi it thankful li-ar
My dreaming eyes shall fill.
Hit Mift arms steal around tin,
And slio whispers sweetly still :
I lnv you. I love you
A hundred million -there!"
1 weep no moro : Oil help tin poor!
I'm I. otii s own millionaire?
F. K. Hl.'iiitoii In Ladies' Homo Journal.
A MODERN L0CHINVAR.
iiy nits, m. i.. nAvsn,
A ILOIliilll flMltlllO (if tilt) tlMHIIIl of
r 1 1 1 it 1 1 1 i youth is tliut Known h the
clopnieiif period, wln-u Y'otitig Loohin
v ir has reached the conclusion that lio
Ins more right t" tli'1 girl of his heart
than her father, mother, brothers,
si-tors, inn all oilier relatives com
liiin'il. Hi; does ii it 1 . 1 1 to airily zo
feelings or motives, so do s not make
the disoovci v that his c in liid is the
res lit of a lapse into savagery, his
earlier ancestors having doubtless
been harhai ian ', who snatched their
savage In itios from I ho family, Imt iu
o'iryilllCV of lilt! Illieiollt III UTiuge CIH-
turns. N'.i, our milium H iehi:i var
i 1 1 1 ; i i 1 1 1 m Inm.i'lf a valiant kni;lit who
hurries to save hi s h -loved lady from
tlm phi I re d rid ions of doting hi -
its, who kn.i'.v tint her esipiire bis
11 it a ll it to bis name or 1 uoii rli
of tlie realm to sustain life in I wo per- j
sons i it Ii average ii"'ietitos. 'I'll" v 11 si It 1
Ii 1 1 11 to w ilt, but, In) Ignoring tin) poet
ical truth that all thiiigt come to him
w ho w.nl i, doe i 11 it h ivi p iti.'iicj to
clnllire the long I'eoilt of lime.
( i iiher t liar, ling a in I ( iiissie Ma is ton
w 't o lov era and thoy had planned an
elopement.
, H was a stuire of hli;h de jrei,
Blm WM a lady fair lo a n.
This is a trill) ov rdi i vu, but il
npplii'S to their e 1 .e Ii -It 'r lliali any
ntllel' Iw 1 II I 's ill po ''i.'ll lilelatlll'e.
Ho na, I'.-. illy a clerli 111 a lialu i d isli
cry sto;v, and she Ii id just graduated
il! II sweet goMII 1 1 i 1 1 1 : 1 1 ' 1 with real
hit1 ', S iu knew ji I iii I ti 1 1 ly nothiugof
f.nythlii but school lore, it ill wilt as
In Iplesi iiiitl ignorant as a '.;ul 11.11 illy
is w ho intliii'iict s a Miun.' man to be
gin his career by ruiiniii:; 11 way with
h r. lie Mils tpiile .sure, hov.t Vt r.thiit
ho knew cllollgll for two, 11 in I what
was a man good for anyway, if he
couldn't f ice t he world aud light its
battles for the ;nl lie loved .' S the
tune wits set, the parents refusing to
coiisid. r his suit, because ho was
poor.
Hut (iii.-.io loved him ail tilt) hotter
for his poverty. Slit- hid heard il
S'litl that her father was p mr when he
married her mother, and they bad
beell happy und prospered. f;he did
Hot relied that young people of to
day want to b'gin life where their
parents left nil'.
It was the night of the chiouieiit.
There was no moon, 11 11 I thu electric
lights were dim utid Dickering, (iil
bert had eiig iged t!u s -rvit't's; of a
best man his chain, I! i'.i K mtietlv,
who was also a friend of (iussit.'s,
and wh win to pilot (iilbert through j
the wing of the house where (in .sic
was to meet them, when the two
Would escape bv a side door.
The girl had taken her f ivorite !
brother Tom into her conli lencc. but
(iilbeit did not know this. Tom wis ;
to entertain the old folks and keep
them iu tie family sitting room until
lifter nine, the hour which Was set for
the elopement.
"The great mistake that ptple
make when they elope," Haiti (iilbei t.
'is in settiug the hour t .0 la'c, when
the least s.nuitl attracts nttyntioii to j
II,,,,,,
It might have been supposed from ;
those sage remarks, that he was an o'tl 1
hand at tin business. Put he had yet
lire e a to learn.
I have not stated the fuel that (im
hit 's father was wealthy, but i.lbcrt
vtoltlil have seoriieil tlio iuiputat ion
that this had any part iu Ins plan of
marrying her i ll' hand Ho knew Unit
in -lead nf the paternal benediction nf ! mmodiatcly wrote himself down a
tie' hotel, "bless you, niv children;!"1""0 ' letters. IVlrnit Free
bless ynit!" be might leeeiv the na- 1 ''ress.
tt llld taboo, aud lie left to love,
I', dies und a el list in a cottage. II 11
he was williit-', 1 rave boy, to ii,k it.
An open wn tl ov iu an uiiiis, ,', un,
iiuo.viipie.l wing of the bud ling is al
Mai s a suspicious incident. A police
li nt wn regard'iig ti is o 10 from a
convenient trco on tho opposite side
of tho street, lmt luvo is blind, so
Gilbert did not boo him. Ho wont
through tho window with tho agility
of ii lireiuan.
"Jl-i-s t" canm from within,
"W-h-i-s-f."
These wero tin; pass word ,
"Is it you'?"
'Ye-: it's iiit','' was thu bendy and
uugramiiiatieiil reply,
"Where's Oussie !"
"(iiissit! w ho
This time tho voice w- n growl,
Gilbert haw the form of a man, but it
did not resemble his friend Rub.
"Whit wiil weoirry tho swag iu?"
usked tho Voice with ii'growl.
Good heavens! a burglar I Gilbert
loll that his only safety lay iu keep
ing up the delusion of the oilier that
In; was 11 juil ho must get out und
till. I Gllssie.
"Give it to 1110," he said in 11 1 i -guised
ton-., in rough as he dared
111 ike it.
"Slow that, pur.l, 1 ain't (join to
inn no risk of that Hort I've got tin
silver, but the jewelry "
Flash went 11 pistol, it 11 1 Iho report
had scarcely ceil til whi n (iilbcrl's
liaii'ls wero pinioned, and the police
Hutu was calling for he
The real
burglar hail iniido a d ish for liberty,
and escaped through the window.
"W'-W-h-a-t tines this mean':" tie
maude I old liiati M uston, as, purpl .'
with luge and excitement, he came
hurry. 11 ; in with a light.
"One of 'em's gone oil," siid the
policeman, 'iuil hero's t'otlnr lined
safe enough," and ho showed up tli)
si.ikly f 'iilurcs of (iilbert H iitling,
who was re idy t faint, but made a
blllll' to lll"ot (1 l.sie's father.
'Hi, ha, .Mr. Mirstoti; tpiid) 11
iile. taking in: for it buiiilir I ha!
i . , ,
"I I tlo 'sti't look very iiiueli like a
j do) to ill', young iiiiu," said thu
father sternly ; "wh it were you ti ling
entering: my house felonioilily in the
night V"
Sure en nigh it didn't look much
like 11 joke now that he saw it on both
sides. Where was li.ib Kennedy, that
ho did not step forward It) help bis
f lit 11 I out? Where was (iil-sie?
Where w is Ins ow;i vaunted courage ?
lie ilal etl not lo.i't ( i issie's fat iu-r ill
t he iaee, 11111I s.iy ; "I fame to steal
your daughter.
"Will you kindly xphiiu In the
polic 111111:1 that oil know me, sir, and
that I am lmt a burghilV he managed
to say at last.
"1 know yen, certainly," croaked
the old man, "but if Vou are lmt 11
burglar what me you doing with my
lalilllv ..liver plleil Up lien loll call
explain the mutter iu court, (Hli.vr,
tlo vour duty. Take this mini to the
Still loll !"
H.l (iillielt lear might? He hud
not tlui" to ill-cuss the matter, or
deed to hi v aiifither vord. Home,
philosopher has remarked quaintly
I hat w hen it man begins to go dow n
hill, it seems us if all creation was
greased tor tin occasion, rso the way
for the departure of the policeman
w Mil his prisoner was mat,.) i rv ex
pedition". The other nieniluis of tin
family mile themselves invisible, so
there wis no 0:1. to whim he could
nop ill, an I doors opened 1111. 1 shut
I k magic for thorn to piss through,
And it seemed no time at all before
the 11 11 tin 1 i v lover was locked inn cell
at the police station.
Hut he did not luhguidi tliet j nil
night. Kill K.'Uiiedy, win) had b.-eii
lute iu keeping the appointment np-
1 to bail htm out, and after
rousing sevei ill oiuei.us each ol w hom
w is the w rung on .'--from their beds,
Ii; le e, led his fneliil, and then c
H ,V'1 " ti" '' '"'"'
h 'Yd
holll
11 ' u"'k n ,''rt ll'hi'-'! " ll'v" ""n
nil a busiii hi t ill!', and to r
. nt tin 11 11-
tilsuc'.t tiuii us Father Mirstou's
wrath hud cooled. 'I'll err) wh 110 no
tice of t he burglars or Ins arrest in
tli! newspapers, aud lie I It it to Hob
to explain away any liug. ring s.is-
I'''"'""' against him.
H ' as to say that (iilbeit saw the
(.pen window, and followed the burg-
' t ere t him, or any other
" ,,mu'SH 1"'"'""1 ' scetuetl to lit
Rob did his part so well that before
Gilbert returned he read in tho society
fiduuiiiN nil iiIilUMiiieeiiu nt of that
faithless I'i iend's engagement to tle
versatile Gussie. And then it downed
upon him that there had been no
burglar as well us no elopement. Ami
A l.iir'ty llun'er.
"I h Mir your hiiibiu I has ben ont
sho.i'.ing. I 1. 1 ho hav iiuv luck? '
asked Mr. Fitzroy, id Mr.. K'titties-.
"Oil, yes he h id bio!., if yo'i plt'iise
to ctll it s i. H i stv ol two Ii ig 1 1 in'
bis l ight hand. "
The San-Whet 01.
One feels 11 far greater uttachinciit
for those of our birds which bruvo tho
rigors of our Northern winters than
for the gay-coated songsters tint lleo
Southw.ii'tl at the lirst coming of frost.
Our owls.giim and itulovuhlu though
they iiiny hcoiii, arc still very sturdy
neighbors, ami the little saw-whets
pai'tieulai'ly htay with us all tho win
ter through. Though Ktrietly noctur
nal in habit, these little birds will
not hesitate to venture 011 day tiuio
hunt if hunger moves theui. GuuneiM
Into in tho full or w inter fret lently
flush olio from a bunch of cedars of
thick bushes where they Irivo been
dining 011 u f it luew or venturesome
stjuiirel.
This is tho small reddidi owl whono
strange note, "lee-bee ! lot-hee ! tco-
hee!" mi raspingly nut.illie,
earned for it the sttatigo limit) of
"saw-whet." When the dull low.
chid landscape is so tlrear thellishof
an occasional saw-whet's ru 1 ly wings
across the drifts is not au unw do onto
sight. We cannot disliko tln'in so
strongly lis the others of the tribe oil
the score of murdering t la 2 sin ;-
ing birds, been 11 to they cut but
little. (Ino mouse m- a chickadee will
1 siillieo the saw-whet for 11 wnolo week.
Often they tlo not t iste bird llesh for
weeks nt 11 tune. In Warm weather
crickets, J icusls, grasshoppers and
toads furnish the chief bill of fare.
The fohl weather seems to render
the ow ls inor .' tame and sociable, so
that farmers see them often nowadays
sunning on the warm side of the barns
or rousting iu the orchard under Iho
southern side of the hill. I'siially
the rusty obi miiz'e-loader is brought
out, and the dozing saw-ihet is
slaughtered. In killing tho lielph-.-s
owl the grain 1111 I fruit grower has
damaged himself far moie than ho
knew. Ily proper coops he coal I
guard agiinst the nightly raids on hi-t
poultry, while the saw -whets would
kill oil' the mice, rats, snake-t, grass
hoppers, crickets and other obunxioiH
vermin. New Ymk World.
He inarkahlc ('nine itlnice.
In September, IMH'2, the duught. I
of the blacksmith iu Ciiiua, tin I u
hiiidofth) II -brides, was wandering
on the shore gathoriiig tlriltwoo.l for
fuel, when in a small bay about it hun
dred yard s distant from her f tther'n
house she picked up a piece of woin'i
bearing tiie inscription, cut with e
knife, "liiicMuu Campbell, llilliuo,
March 'S, s:l'." On taking it to her
mother she becanie c uit'erue I, a.. thi
was the name of her own son, who was
a boiler-maker in Spain, and, as would
bo the c ise with most people, certainly
with Highlanders, she could not get
over the Hiiper.-tiiioiis dread that thi.i
message, from the sea was thu harbing
er of evil tidings regarding her son.
Tin; family of the proprietor did ila
b"-t lo calm her terror, exhorting hot
to wait for an explanation. When
writing lo her son .she told him wh it
had happened, an I wh greatly re
licvetl on receiving a reply assuring
her of his well being, but was aston
ished that In" perfectly reineiubeiv.l,
how, when 011 11 holiday In had writ
ten, us il '.scribed, on a piece of wood
1111 I had idly thrown it into the sea
from a rock.
We all know the power of oceim
currents and need not be surprised at
tiiis piece nf wood having been carried !
about six months, but the marvelous,
and except for undoubted evidence,
the incredible circumstance in this
ease is that I his piece of wood, after
its long ili'il'tin j, should have been
washed 011 the .shore within a hundred
yards nf where, tho writer's mother
lived, and tint it should bo picked up
by one of his own family and taken
home.
Had any novelist dared to pictnro a
message delivered as this was by m-atis
of an ncean current, every rentier aud
rlainly t ver critic wo:i!d have t!o-
hoiinoed the outrageous demand on
fui'h. And yet the apparently im
impossible actually occurred m Catnoi
(loud Words.
Fancies in Fool,
M.i't people- have some c-pcMid
fancy in the matter of food, be it lish,
llesh or fowl. Charles Lumli s.voio
i'V ptirk, s lys the Itntoli Traveler.
R. Hi-ted pig served with apple sane-
was to the author of th essay.- ol F. ii
the -tiiuMinui b mom nf thin ; e lible.
lehalin to conjure Willi. Cold sheep's
j head tickled tin; appetite ami urous d
the admiration ni S r Walter Scott.
It, sloti, the actor, would ;:t i:it i .
stacies nver tripe and onions. The
tr igodiiin, Charles lilloii, was exceed
iugly fond id' a Yal nioiilh l lo iter.
Neitily SIDil.lM) it the 1111 Mint o!i
t tin ol from tli hcto'o tax iloiiu;
s;li by the French (i 't r.imeut, the
number nf machines declined being
just iiinler '-!'t,(Kii.
(JIll.DKI-N'S (01,t.M..
'ran rAi K viin 1 n.v.
I knor a cow, Tln-e lot it s"i'iim
'J'o me i very Imtd ;
For she is forei'd her life to f on I
la a s:n:ill and tlrear liai'k-yar I.
No How r ever if ws in it,
Nor y't a hl.ide of Krass
Ami. if I were that eow, iast.':id
Of .Muo" I'd say "alas:''
Why. straightway when w think of oow?.
We think nf ine.idows green,
Where tliiek aiming tlio summer gra-s
S weet elover-lilooms an "1 11.
Poor liaek-yard cow! and yet slit; elievvs
Her end so patiently,
Fm sun) she . jiii"t really know
HOW Mil sllf Oligllt to he.
I itrrr'. ree Pre'S.
WHAT THE .II tli AN IIRINIlKK Illl.
A U'chteru paper tolls the following
e- jiiHutnt) story; An organ grinder
is ! stopped to play in fiord of a tenement
house. A iiumlier of children gath
ered to hear him. Presently u group
j of larger boys gathered. There was
I snow on tin ground. Ouo of the
larger boys said:
j ",see me hnock his hat off."
1 lie picked up a handful of Mlow find
threw it at the organ grinder's hat.
1 It struck the hat and knocked it in tin:
i gut lor. The organ grimier picked it
up, In ushed it nil' and put it 011 his
; head. Then ho tui 11 'd to the boys
! mi I - id :
I "Now I will play you a tune to
! liinke you uieriy," and with a bow he
j began playing a guv tune,
j The lug boys sl ink away, ashamed,
j The little children danced gayly to
j the merry tunc, but when they looked
; iu the organ grinder's face, tiny
showed th ti lie hi I given them a new
thott'dit.
SII.KI'.N TKM'S.
It hail rained live days iu n steady
drizzle, 11 1 1 1 1 out 011 tht! terr.ico the
spid -i t Im I crept into tiny holes in
the ground, where I hey sullenly re
mained all d ty 1"iig, not even ventur
ing forth iu tpie t of a stray Ily for 11
meal. At dusk 011 the fifth day the
rain ecu-oil, h aving tho earlh ami its
iitmo sphere full of moisture.
The w i e little i pi lt-rs came out
then, wnrkol in the mystic silence of
the night a wondrous spell, and In,
w in 11 1 he morning sun began to dis
pel tho dense mist, there, in the grass,
iiun.bci le-s white silkt u ti nts were
spree I. They hud been pitched 01, e
above each hole iu the ground. At
I'irsI one received the impression that
some I reapass.-r ha 1 scattered sheds
of white paper over the terrace, but it
took but a second glaiic : to r -ve il tht!
truth about I he silken webs
Had the spiders gone into camp
during the night ? Chicago Time-' -Herald.
SCI IIIVr of IIKINti I'OITt.AH.
(iweiitlolili writes that she wishes to
know Iho secret of being popular.
"I'd like to bo a popular girl," she
says, ".1 gjil belovetl by everybody."
This is .1 natural wish, and iu itself
not wrong. There is a temptation to
wrong iu it if the desire be carried so
far that, in order to becum popular,
the girl sacrine 's valuable 11 uilities
(,l
character, a-, for instance, independ
ence of judgment and .-inc. ii ly.
Ihit there is no need nf tint. The
girl who chooses to be popular needs
lirst to be unselfish. She must not
consider her own ends lirst nor
chielly. Th .' atmosphere enfolding
her must be tint of lovo and kin Iness.
I You know how some girl- always try
I to have tho best things, tiie best
! places, the pleasant things, while they
I tin not try to pu-s the good tiineR
nloiig to oliurs. These are not popu
i lur girls. Nobody can be fond of 11
selfish person.
i Again, a re illy popular person must
I have courage. Courage enough to be
; 11 leader. Tu re are only a few lead-
ers iu any city, or school, or 1 ther
corner of the world. Most people are
: followers, I heard a leader recently.
I Slio went to a boarding-school a long
I way off from home. Among tho
teachers was a little shy M;ss Some
I body whom the girls did not ic.
They made fun nf her prim manner
an 1 her tpicer tow-colored Lair, ami a
! sort of mincing walk the poor ladv
1 bad, and they did not see that she
: was really a very learned wniinin
who could teach them n great
tlenl if thev Would attend to her.
Maria Matilda observed the stato of
affairs, ami decided that it was unjust
so she championed the little toucher.
She sent flowers to her tb sk. She
listened respectfully when Miss Pilli
d' lieo was in tho preceptor's chair.
Shu began to be very fond id her.and
discovered that Miss Diffidence was
really a dear, only frightened out of
her wits-, among a crowd oT unfeeling
girls. Ileftire long .Marian Matilda
changed the whole situation, and, sln
being a born lender, tho rest followed
her willingly. 1 need not add that
Maiia Matilda is jipular, very popu
lar. Harper's Round Table.
LIFIi-SAVING KITH.
k Puzzling Problem That Has Been
Solved at La.st,
Effecting Connections B.-twccn
Vessels an t Shorj.
How to effect connection In twitn
he shore ami 11 wrecked vessel is a
j aroblem that for many years has tried
1 ho ingenuity of engiut ers and iinvi
i (altiis. Tiiotisiiu Is of lives have been
I 'o-t from vessels that have broken to
I'icees within sight of lii' ii who, being
j tniiblo to bridge over the intervening:
1 1 a. 'e wero power!e'-s to render a-sist-i
11 lice.
J When life-saving station were lo
j fated at viiriotH placet along the sea
1 loard tho rat) of mortality in coast
j wrecks was considerably diuiihidfd.
j 1'he eh. nice of losing life iu stieo
' J.isitaltii.s instill large, however, for
; .lie reason that ve
lo not alwavs
jtVleck themselves within coliv
,
nient
I
reaoli of a life-s 1 v i n station. The
. liethoil of shouting life lines from a
'.not t tr or cannon has bo 01 tried mil
! jus met with some siit't'.'ss, tlio i ;li it
1 oosse.-.ses serimn drawba-'ts, a'liou.;
I which may be mentioned the dillieuity
if trim-porting the neHlar rapidly
ro.'n one place to another along the
' rliore.
I ,1. WoodbridgO Il.ivis and William
: . V. I-ly have devi-e l a plan whie'i
.ley have lately been subjecting to
,.horou;!i tests. I'al r certain cir
' !iliie:'mliee.s it promises to be valuable
if a means of conveying life lines
' roui tho shore to 11 v. ss d iu distit'-s.
: toiii the shore to a v. ss 1
For several weeks they ,uv
! 1 rimciit ing with kites an 1
. II ivouue, N. .1. They now
;hnt thev have br-ui ;lit tli
b 'en ex
biloys till"
u'nioitir'o
upp 1 rut 11 1
1 ;o a desirable state of 1 Hi Money. I'm
lided the wind is blowing off shore,
.hey can convey life Inn s and messii
p'.s to a wrecked vessel m ieli 111 ire
surely ami tpiickly than by any other
netliod. liven when the toll is ill
terse they can direct their buoys aceil
iitely to the point tli1.-i n il.
The kite used ill the experlui -tits is i
't ry large, lielilg over seven leel 111
height,, ami is made of oilskin. Four
!i lies are attache I, the strongest of j
which, corresponding b the ordiu try 1
l.ii'bne. is li-'bl bv a tersoii on sbol'e. i
im . , ii ,. I , , , 1.
lac'ied to ell Inr side of the kite's
frame, and also reaching to the shore,
l'iiese iiie 11 s 1 for ste-ritu lit'; kite
t'l'o'il si Ie to sill 1 . ft s 1 1 I-1 11 line ill'olis
lowu to 11 buoy which is sent out from
shore at the critical moment. This
line is really tin life-line, and if it
wore allowed to Inn.: at full length
the weight would be too great for the
kite, big us it is, to support. The
kite is relieve 1 of this burden by
mi. ins of the buoy to which the life
line is attached, ami tin1 rest nf tho
lope's length is allowed to trail in the
water. The mode of operating tiiis
ingenious device is tpute simple.
When the lines have been pr, p. rly
; adjusted the kite is nllowe 1 to riuo to
tiie .le-ir, d height. In cits; the
1 wind is lrom such 11 tpiurter in to take
i the buoy to one side or the other of
llit; wreck, tin kite it in uineiluted
by the side lnt s. It will thus be seen
that it retpi res three 111:11 to Ily di
lute anil ill reel it.
Tho contrivance may be described
as a boat with a kite for a sail. Tho
tendency of the kit is of course to
blow away with the wind a'l I H is this
ton leiicy that carries the buoy along
through the water. It was feared that
t e buoy would be aide to 111 ike little
prngtvsi again-t a Hooding lido, or
that currents and eddies ami the Inr-
ii'iiem con. niious 01 im water winch
is likely to iiecituouny a wreck w Mild i
ic.iously interfere with the -ucee-s ol :
the experiment. It has been found I
however, that itltlem . !i these are lac- !
t u's iu the pii'b!' n that must be taken j
into ctinsid 'iatio 1 th -y are by no j
means fatal to a satisfactory working
of the apparatus.
On the la-! day of lii experiments i
at rivo!iuo. the w ind lotlle I 111 buov 1
111 one diive! :o:i, while th : tide flowed I
iu another, at a sh 11 p .ingle across the
.alii desired 1 1 be foil iwo 1. It wis I
a condition ol affairs thit off Ted a
pure example of tin "diagram of '
forces." lo obedione.) to th laws!
w h eh h ivo bet 11 expressly mad.' tori
such conditions, the buoy pursii I a i
diagonal cnur-e, and, as it were. 111 id I
a long tack to t he mnk. fin dis-j
tanee was one nnie and tins w is cov
ered 111 nine iniiiu'es. It 1, true lint, j
iu the case of a wreck, nine tumult"
must seem like nine h e.irs to tho-e
on board, but there is no apparatus
tiiat Could have eilivt ved the life lilies
such a ili-t ince iu such a short tine.
It niilst be If 11 ill e.'.'d. U s., tl"'
by tin- method, th only thin ; t 1 1
eollsld Med l-t till' il'le.'tloit of i;.,.
wind. It 111 ikes no tlilfeitMiee wj -i'ur
the water bo rough or tb tide con
trarytwo circtimstanoaa that would
n idly impede the progress ofalifebout
mid make the work of roscno a difli
cult 011 ". Nor, ho loug as tho wind
holds, does the matter of distanco
have to bo considered, provided only
hat the wreck cm b; kept iu sight
Other e.xp' riiii' iits were tried from
Port Richmond, Stuteti Island, but
tho wind died out aud tho kite
dropped into t'10 water. Tho tests,
however, have proved that apparatuses
of this sort would bo very desirable
adjuncts to life-saving stations. It is
very possible that a kite might suc
ceed whore every other method would
fail. Now Yolk World.
Skunks F.at One Another.
A skunk furin which was started at
: Mexico, Me., recently 1ms proved sue
! cessfiil. About 11 month ago Henry
j Ladd an I his sou, Willis, roped off a
piece of pasture 10 l.x'-i'W fed. They
I ,..l,( M . ,,,,,1 ,,!,,,.. .,1 tli, tn in
' , . , , , 1 , ",
this lii.lil. i lie place was Icltceu 011
... . .
with netting slid boafileil up two left
from the ground. A trench- or moat,
two fed deep was dug around tho in
el'isiire. This was tilled wdli stones
and the posts wvr. set in it. There
are a number of kenm-ls on the
grounds mil one burro'v lets 1 n
111 1 ie under a rock where ne skunk
family liv. s.
The whole Colony is rp'si " l-o!ll'',
ami occasionally they kill 0 .' ol their
number in a row, When tbi- happens
they all full to in cannibal fvhioti and
eat the -bull.
For skunk pelts good pM 'es nrc ob
tain I. Simofth''in 11 'tfti pretty
bits of "foreign sable" as n seen in
Fifth avenue. The pa-tntl skunks
are fed on scrap meat an i li-h offal
from the mountains. O.i this they
grow fat. One that was ii'led this
week yielded ulino-t tw Quarts of
oil.
Trickery must bo used I : Oitoh the
liltle animal without l. tlig it emit
the odor synonymous w.th i'.s 11 line.
The men iho a small steel trap and a
dip net fastened oil pole's to feet long
When one is found in a tr ip oil ) of tho
men attracts its lit ton t imt Mhilo tho
' other lifts it from the groc jrl bv the
1 .
long pole. 0:100 tree lrom inn- ground
there is no danger from the obj -eliou-able
olor. The man who holds the
' dip-net th 11 holds it u nle.' (he pris-
tiin r, releases it from the trap, mil
' catches it as it falls. When n wagon
load hits lee-ii caught tiius.tlie auimils
are taken to a brook and drowned. No
bud
or remains with the 1 fit il the
animals
Press.
are iliowm
d. Nv. York
five I'ii'l Tramps,
Mi es F.I la ami Ida Nelso:, sisters,
aged 21 and Ilk are traveling from
I Chicago to Jacksonville nil it win.er.
j If tiny reach the Florida city by Fob
j ru iry 1 and earn io ) apiece on the
I way by si liiug their photographs,
clerking in stores or in any other
honest way, th 'V will get o')l) moro.
j T o v started without money.
T'.i. y live wit 1 their lath t at 2111
I State street, Cliic ige. T lev started
I on their j I'.ii'iiey nil O -tober il. A
milk wagon to ik tiient to R iby. There
J they boarded a passenger train, and
I when ih conductor prop is 1 t 1 put
I tliem olf some drummers p ud their
; way to II amnion I. With other help
: they it ached lu Ii mapolis, wh-re they
got a job at selling neckwear in 11
, clothing house at f?ld 11 tlay. Tiiey
j pioved a drawing card for two days,
and their employer was 1,-tli to part
j with them. Ft eight, mil passenger
i traiiH took them lo Cincinnati. There
j they began to selling new -papers. At
I Louisville they had a two-days eu-
gagt nit'iit in a dry goods stoic,
j So it goes with th si-tort Nelson,
i When they need new shoes, clothing
j or an thing in tin! line it must be
! begged. In Atlanta, G !., thev have
Ill, who th. v . v, 111II I
see them salt
throii'h. Thev f-el
confident that they will make ths.r
trip with success and leach Jackson
ville l'l.i., before the time specified.
Th '.v wear a costume composed of
1.I1111 waist, short skirt, bloomers, tun
colored leather leggings nml Alpine
hat. and curry each a small hand
satchel, one of the articles 111 which
is a tliii i v-t wo-ealibro revolver. New
York Recorder.
leic.i! Custom.
Sir John M n'd nial I was at a recep- !
tien in the we-t of Canada, and a:
bi-hop from R dgiu 11 was pro ent. '
As the partv was being ei-corto.l bv a j
bo ly of men iu Highlun 1 cosium tho
f..retgu bishop, set ing tin bare leg!
f.il kilts asked why these men were
without tro'isTs. "It's just aloctl
custom," gravely replied S.r J dr..
"In so tie plae 's pen do t ike off their
h its i's a in irk of h Mtor to distin
guished gil sis; tier - th 'V take nil
tbeir trioi-i !, " --C iindiiiu (i tz ttt).
A Song in the Nigh!.
'"Long liuin without a turniu'."
Jiut still the end's in stent :
Far nft ihn lights are burniu'
J.iki beacons in the night.
An' when the storm i- over.
Thu raliiliow'll span the sky.
An- Wf'il alienor, we'll anchor,
Wh'II anchor by an' by !
Jk'rp sfii without a soiindiii'
IJut kflpp your course serene;
Far oft tho harbor's smiliii'
Fur nlTlhe hills are greeu.
An' whn the storm is nv(r
Th" -ailor'll cease to sigh.
An' we'll aneh'ir. we'll arc'linr
In the harbor by an' by?
F. b. Stauton, iu Atlanta ('nnstitution.
HlMOKOrs.
Will somebody please tell mo why
our lawmakers are never arrested for
passing worthless bills?
She If 1 had my lifo to live over
11 gain.
lie I thought that's what
you wero doing ; you said you were 23.
"Wasn't the bride delightfully
timid?" "Very. She was even shy ten
years when it cuu.' to giving her
age."
"Some people," siys the philo
sopher, ' never find out which side of
their bread is buttered until it falls to
the floor."
Friend Win n are yon going to
marry and settle tluwi,'' Wilde Dates
Hy G.. '!'. 1 must tie it p-dlv
so. mi in or. lei' to settle up !
"Henri." said Mrs. Pick. "I am
going to g t a bicycle." "Hoar im ,"
sail Mr. Pick, mildly, "isn't ouo
mail enough for you to run over?"
"I!y Jove, I left my pocketbook
under my pillow !" "Oil, well, your
servant is ho:io-t, isn't she?" ' ' I'lin t'.s
it she'll take it right up to my wife?''
D'Aubcr - Who is that homely
woman rhapsodizing before tho pic
ture of tho handsome society matron?
K'Aiigo'n -She's the original of tho
painting.
Skiiniuin - Remember, if anybody
call- I am in to nobody. Servant intto
voce) -Well, this is the lirst tune I
ever saw you when you weren't into
somebody.
" Ti- in p. in.." th" in ti 1 I'N 'laiin ' 1.
Hut useless did it prov :
lb didn't seem to understand
That p. 111. iie'.in- plea-e m .ve."
Papa f.Miragedi Why, 'o'l-tam in,
daughter, I've never, in a.l lov lifo,
seen as soft, grot n, unsophisticated,
spoony an i Hot a- young Pud lingbMi
--. Mamma (einphnticn 1.) 1 have.
Young wife (at th' fancy balii
You're improving wotnb rtully us a
dancer. Om't you remember how
you used to tear my dresses? Young
husband - Y-o-s; I wa-n't buying Yin
then.
When he asked for lid- hand she
replied, "No, George; my heart is
tjiiite at your sol vit! ; but 1 think I
hail better keep my liau l myself, in
c iso you couldn't supp u t im', you
know.
"i'm sorry now, mamma " sobbed
Hobby, "that I sbd.. tie so apples."
"Gli, yes," said his mother: "your
conscience hurts you. d-icsit?" "No,"
returned Hobby, ".I s my stomach
that hurt-.''
"I can see no reus, n," said tin S.
P. P. A. boarder, "why it should be
thought a Ivi -able to deck 11 horse'.t
tail." "Probably," suggested tho
Clioeiful Idiot, "ihey are docked for
being behind. "
1 'auglio. r -This piano is really my
very ow n, i-n't it. pa? Pa - Yes, linden-.
"And when I lii'.rry 1 can tauo
ii with ni"?" "C'-ituiiilf, my child,
but tloti'l teii liny ndy ; it might spoil
your chance-."
Miss Antupio People are always
talking of sell-made men. I wondei
why tiny never speak nf self matin
women? Misi A i-ti-eie Kocanss u
!f-:nu Ie wiMi.i.n ceil, rallv doesn't
like to have H Known.
t nbl Aic 1111 Tap.
A company has boon ineoi poratt i
iu New Yt : k City for the purpose of
supplying cold air f.-.r refrigerating
purposes to hotel-, restaurants, meat
shops and households, through a pi o
service, siiii. lar to tiui emplove 1 in
thtj ilistribiition of steam. The cold
air i- to be munufiiieiirod by tin anln
tlrtuis ammoniii process as a central
plant, is pip d into mains w h'eh are
liliii beneath tin streets, and the In. use
cniliections are made by service pipes,
w Inch arc carried into the refrigera
tor or cold-storage eoinpai tments.
The degree nf refrigeration is under
perfect control, und any number of
varying temperatures may b 1 secured
in adjoining compartments. For iso
lated customers 111 districts removed
from the pipe service tin refrigerating
material is doliveroo in a steel cylin
der, similar to thoie in whie'i aotbi
water is delivered to drug stores,
New Yoik World.