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THE! MERRY SIDE OF LIFE. -3T0BIE3 THAT ABE TOLD BY THE YTTNUTT LtEW OF THE PBES3. JL Very Different flatter Mathe matical The Way of It She "Would Manage the Bu9ine9s,Etc. j 1 am married, dear father," I cheerfully wrote, To the truest, most loving of wires; 3ij income is ugh but the wealth of our lore Will Jast to the end of our lives." "You're discarded forever!" he hotly replied, "How dare you wed poverty, shame' Tbt a sin uncommitted by all until now Who have boasted our family name." 3y the way of reply I indicted him thu3: "There's a misunderstanding I fear; 31y income Is ugh but her income, dear dad. exactly five thousand a year." 5-Toronto Mail. Mathematical. " Visitor "Well, my little man, have foiiany brothers V Freddy "Yes, I have one, but my ?ister Stella has two." Visitor "Why, how can that be?" Freddy (ia some astonishment) i'Me rAstd my little brother of course." Grip. The Way of It. a?as asked of a prisoner in the Police j GS-ourt the other day. "Becau-e he said I was no gentleman." ""Well, are you a gentleman?" "I don't suppose 1 am,sir; but it made ! -.stfaS mad to be told of it, all the same." j D-ettoit Free Pre ?s. ihe Would 3Ianasje the Business. -"John," she said softly, "have you tieaca saying anything about me to moth ear lately?" -"No,! replied John,"why do you ask ?"' Because she said this morning that she Srtlieved you were on the eve of propos ing to me.-' Now I do not wish you to K3eak to mother when you have any cthiajj of that kind to say. Speak to me, ;td I'll manage the busmes with moth- And John said he would. BoitonCou- No Time to Lose. Convalescent (to physician) "I see 32faur bill, doctor, calls for $10. How much do you charge a visit?" Physician "Two dollars." -Convalescent "But you only called 5ire times." ysician "Five times, my friend, thzez times for treatment and twice for s&y money.". Convalescent "I guess I had better fcgxry and pay up." Epoch. Brothers and Sisters. Now, Bobby," said his sister, :&arply, as the boy opened the parlor tjtaar, "you get to bed at once!" Then tjt& went on : -"No, Mr. Sampson," she said, gently, can only be a sister to " -"In that case, Miss Smith," interrupted gating 'Sampson, chokingly, "I may as Ttfall-get to bed at once;" and winding Zlxc Newmarket around his form, he atrSode mournfully homeward. Life. I In Business Circles. Coal Dealer (to capitalist) "I'm try-: ttE.g to organize a retail coal 'Trust,' and want your help." "Is there any money in it?" "You bet there is! 'I'll do all the work jsaui take seventy-five per cent, of the cUteiGends, and you furnish the capital take the other seventy-five." -"But, my dear fellow, there can't be atsre thanne hundred per cent, of divi Itda." "Rats! You don't know anything J26ut the coal business." Pu:Jc. TBlessed be the Peacemaker. ' Fred D- , five years old, had to SiSarn a verse to recite at Sunday-school. ' :Hii verse was. "Blessed are the peace- .MJlL- lrlJ 11 TT rlii nnf . 4-1 . .3 i J wunvio 116 uiu uui, c;oiiy uuuersianu cwliMt it mpant. and liia m r t Vi olnlJ ' - - - ...w VAIitllUCU t to him, telling him that whenever he ,r3fi.w wo boys quarreling or righting, he must be a little peacemaker and try to ,-top them. "The .next, night as he was being un iressed he said: "Mamma, I was a little ?g acemaker to-day." "Were youf"said his mother, "how?" "I saw two little, boys righting in the -street and I stopped them." 4 'That's a good boy," said his mother, giving him a kiss; "and how did you jji&rt them?" "Why, I just ran up and fired stones at them till they stopped fighting and ran away." Boston Globe. Move's Fear. .' Dear Friend "That gentleman who boards at your house seems to be very attentive to you, my tear." Sweet Girl "He is and I I love him. but, oh, what a risk I am running. We are engaged." "Risk?" "Yes, it nearly breaks my heart when thn thought comes to me that he may not love me for myself alone but boo too!" "Calm yourself, my dear. Wuy should he marry you if he does not love you?" "He he owes mother three -months1 board." Oma 'ui World. Life in a Village. Stranger "Pretty little village this." Native "Yes, we pride ourselves on its beauty." S. "I have always lived in the. city, but when I see such a charming place as this I sigh for the quiet and repose of village life. One, however, get3 so used to the excitement of a large city that life in the country would be tame, dull; in sbort, one would die of ennui." IS'. "Think so?" S. "Oh! yes, village life is so calm, ho peaceful, one would forget that one belonged to the world and leave it." (N. "Well,' stranger, I don't know much about the excitements of the city, but I know something about those of a village. .We've got two sewing circles here, a church choir, a brass band and an amateur dramatic association, and if you move out here, it won't be with ennui that you will die. you bet." Boston Courier. Warned. "Who is that lantern-jawed old chap standing over there, eating;pie?" asked a facetious young man from the Ea3t of the belle of the evening at a Missouri ball. "That's my brother, Hen," was the icy reply, "an' when I tell 'im what you've said, he'll lick ." "Oh, you misunderstood me, I meant that long.. lank dandy with the clay pipe there by the window." "That's my beau, young man, and he'll dandv you in 'bout a minit an' two seckinds! Oh, he'll " "You. surely misunderstood me, I meant that gr.nning old cuss standing by that fat, ugly old woman in the green dress." . . "Them's my paw an' maw, mister, an' if you want to git out of this county alive you'd better start fer tall timber right off. I'll give you fifteen minutea start an' then I'll turn Bill an' my beau an' paw an' maw loose, an' they won't leave a grease spot where you stood last if they kitch up with you. Now you clear out fast !" Tid-BiU. Eagles Fight to the Death. As Hardy Delong and his son Reuben, who live, on Black Lake, about eight miles from Ogdensburg, N. Y., were driving along the high way, they saw a large bald eagle sitting ou the fencer He was covered with mud. His head was cut and bleeding. Arming them selves with sticks they pushed him off the fence. Though he fell upon his back he showed fight with his talons, but the men captured and put him in their buggy. Upon closer examination they came to the conclusion that this bird had been engaged in a life and death struggle with sometning to them unknown. They then began a search, and in a field close by found another bald eagle lying dead. It also was covered with blood and cut and torn about the head and tody in a way that must have caused his death, and showing conclusively it hat he had succumbed lo the superior endurance of the bird just captured. Both the live and dead eagles were taken to Mr. De long's home. The dead bird measured six feet six inches from tip to tip of his wings. The live eagle was shut up and fed, and has improved in strength quite rapidly. Neva York Herald. In the Market Place. "You have a very ..sour look this morn ing," remarked a cucumber to his neigh bor, a dyspeptic strawberry. "Yes." was the tart reply; "one is necessarily unp'cipantly affected when compelled to associate with such a seedy party as you are." Vaulirlower by any other name 'twill smell as sweet," shouted an onion near by, with a peel of laughter. Nev York sun. : - IN A SCULPTOR'S STUDIO. the crnaiosrrr shop that aut ISTS BTJTUD AND WORK IN. Away From the World What He Does Up There Clay, Plaster and Marble Death Masks. It was an ideaL The very "atmosphere "was different from that outside. Span ish moss hung in great wavy bunches on the wall, while here and there were photographs and medallions. Bits of bright ribbons gave a coquettish effect, and contrasted with the sombre drab of the moss, just as summer, does with winter. The mantel was covered with pictures, bits of sculpture in clay and plaster, and a score of sea shells. The room was full of models, easels, cast3 and busts. "Where are your hammer and chisel, and marble? asked a reporter for the Atlanta Constitution. She sculptor laughed heartily. "Now, how many people in Atlanta do you suppose think that a sculptor's first and only work i3 in marble, and with a hammer and chisel? No, the art is au in clay every bit. rutting it inj marDie is merely mecnamcat. it js jusi as if we molded in. clay, and then by some chemical process could change the clay into marble. There is no art in that it is all in the clay. Afte a deah mask is perfected, a mold in plaster will be taken, and then it will be put in marble." "What is the use in changing it into plaster? Why not take the measurements direct from this?" . "It's too soft, and you cannot allow it to harden, for it will crack and draw. There is the death mask of Judge Loch rane. I am making a marble bust of him, and it is being pu; into marble now." : The mask referred to is in ; plaster, and being taken by direct impressions from the tace of the dead," the mask is a vivid reproduction the whole effect being heightened by the pallid color. The features were perfect. The eyes were closed as if iu sleep, and the; general ex pression is one of peace and of rest. This was taken soon alter death, and the features are perfectly natural. "That is taken," explained the sculp-, tor, Mr. Franzee, "by impression, the soft plaster being spread over the feat ures, and blown carefully into each crevice and wrinkle. That form3 the mold, and the cast is taken by simply running in plaster."' "How do you makea-medallion?" "From photographs, and then perfect them from life." 1 "Suppose the model is dead?" "Then the best of all aids is the death mask. That's true in making a bust as well. Butif we haven't that we get as many photographs a3 wo ; can front, three-quarters and profile, if possible. Then we work in clay until it is as near perfect as we can make it from what we have to go by, and then get criticisms upon the work from those that knew the dead. After the clay model is perfect the art work is complete." "Is that clay in a solid lurrrp?" "Oh, no. We build a frame of straw usually for a bust, and for a larger statue a frame or skeleton of wood or iron. Gas pipe is splendid." "Where doe3 the clay come from:" "It is potters clay from Ohio. I like the New York potter's clay better, though, and we shall begin using it soon." "Can you use the same clay over and over?" "Oh, yes. The same clay would last a life time, but, of course, it is wasting continually." "Why not use the common clay?" "It is never free from mica scales and grains of sand. That ruins an artist's tools. Then it is not so pliable nor so cohesive." "Where does the marble come from?" ' 'Italy. We can use only Carrara mar ble. For two thousand years those mines have been worked and therehas been no substitute. By far the closest imitation comes from Western North Carolina, and I believe that a? they mine deeper, the marble will bo some as pure as Carrara. " ; A Fine View of Hnmor. Dumley-"Doyou knowanything about Grimesby, Brown? He asked me to lend h'm a hundred dollars this morninir." Brown (laughing uproariously) -"Haw, haw, haw !' asked you to lend a hundred dollars ! Well, well ! If I had Orimeby s vein of humor I wouldn't be in the fish business, i He U a funny dog.'' Neut York Sun. Vfhj Bain Does Not Fall Equally in All Places. We have learned that rain is caused br the coolinsr and condensation of the moisture in the air. Bearing this in mind, let us study tne surtase of our country and see why the rain docs not fall equally on all parts of it instead of falling very abundantly iasome places, as in New" England and iome of the Gulf States, ana very sparingly in many parts of the West, as in New Mexico and Arizona. The winds which blow to this country from the south and cast, being 'warm tropical winds, can hold much moisture, and are full of this invisible vapor of water which they have taken from the Gulf of Mexico and the ocean. Coming to the cooler land, they gradually cooled. Their moisture, therefore, falls as rain while they pass , over the land, till, by the time they reach western Kansas and' Colorado, the moisture being gone, no more rain can fall. But the winds which borne to this country from the north and "west are colder than the land, and, as they sweep over it, toward the south and cast, they gradually become warmer; so that instead of giving up their moisture in the form of rain, they are constantly taken up moisture from the earth. It is for this reason that our north and west winds are dry winds, and mean fair, weather ; while the south and east winds bring rain. For this reason, also, the Eastern and Southern States have an abundance of rain; whiie the Central and' Western States are very dry. And there is still another point to be considered. "We already have rioted the fact that at great heights the air is cooler. Hence, when a warm wind full of moisture comes blowing across the country and strikes a mountain range, it bend3 upward and rises high in the air to pass over. In so doing it becomes cooled, giving up its moisture, and passes over to the other side a dry wind. It is for this reason that some islands, like the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean, where the winds blow almost always from the same direction, are sub ject to almost continuous rain on or5e side while on the other rain is exceedingly rare. This also shows why California, west of the Sierra Nevada mountains, receives sufficient rain to make the soil fit for cultivation; while Nevada, on the east, is nearly rainless and barren. The moisture coming from the south aud east is all condensed by the Alleghany, the Uocky, and the Wahsatch ranges ; while that from the west is cut off by the Sierras. Hence, thc great extent of country known to geolctn gists as the Great Basin which reaches from Oregon on the north to Mexico on the south, and from Colorado on the. east to the Sierras on the west, compris ing an area of not less than 200,500 square mile?, which is nearly equal to the whole of France receives over a great part of its surface an annual rain fall of not ovr four inches, and is there fore a desert. " A Comfortable Room Secured. A gentleman from Fresno, Cal ren- r istered at one of the principal hotels in this city, but as there was no room3 va cant at the time he was told to return in the afternoon. His luck was no better on his return, as more rooms had been engaged by telegraph thun a hotel of double the size of the one in question could contain. -He was a little indignant, rand told the clerk at the desk that, by Jove, he would stop there anyhow, and offered to back his boast with $100. Among the guests of the hotel was a young lady from the same town as the gentleman, and for whom the would-be-guest of the hotel had a liking. He went to the young lady, told his predicament and determination, and asked the young lady to marry him, ' She consented, and together they went to the parson and were married. It is sufficient to say the gentleman made good his boast. J3qa Francisco Alta. When a Great Artist Begged Tor Bread. Jean Francois Millet, the greatest of all modern artists, lived a life of poverxy. A sad story of the lack of appieciation of that which is truly great was told to the lecturer by Mr. Quincy Shaw, of Boston. That gentleman possesses about thirty of Millet's finest works, and among them a little picture of a peasant girl, with a head chat might be a Leon aido. This picture Millet had taken to every picture shop in Paris to sell for thirty francs only $6 to buy food for; h.s starving family, and now the picture! would fetch $1.3000. This was onet reason why the lecturer advised any one! oi his Hearers wrio wished to. paint to! paint for love of tho art only, San Francisco Alta. i
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