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I This is a great country, and in nothing
ft. greater than the diversity and remarkabl
t oftginality of the names bestowed on
some of the towns. Sometimes these are
J embarrassing, but the San Francisco
Chronicle shows how unpleasant sugges
j Hons may be avoided : t 'Some day when
I the'people begin to study . the Bomencla-
ture of this country they will be puzzled
J. considerably to tell where some of the
1 names came from. Quite likely they will
go clear away back centuries before '49
i and prove that America must have been
i known to the ancient Assyrians. There
f - will be lotsof fun for the future archaeol
1 7 "ogists." There is a station on one of tht
J railroads, ; and a town with a church, a
ealoon and the usual camp followers of
civilization,- which bears the euphonious
name of Eltopia. The ancient Greeks
may, perhaps, be held responsible for it
in the future, but the plain fact is that a
congregation and a minister wandered out
to that place and found it all too incor
venient to address their religious reports
from a place bearing the name given to
it by the miners of Hell to Pay,." so
they changed it into Eltopia."
Police Sergeant - Brooks, who nour
ished the Department of Information at
infancy and brought.it up to be a neces
sity at the New York Police Headquar
ters, has compiled ax statistical table,
Vhich is interesting as pending to show
how erratic are the habits of some of
Gotham's people. It is to this depart
ment that all mysterious, disappearances
are reported. The method adopted to
discover person lost is to telegraph a
description to all police precints, exam
ine the records at the morgue and hos
pitals and inform the press. From Ser
, geant Brook's table it is learned that
about 600 persons are. reported as miss
ing each year. Of these 100 are between
the ages of fourteen and twenty, 200 be
tween, twenty and. thirty, 100 between
thirty and forty, 100 between forty and
fifty and,100 fifty and over. About seventy-five
per cent, are males and belong
to the poorer classes. An average of
ninety per centis accounted for. The
cues of disappearance are domestic
difficulties, home restraints, lack ol
work, debauches, mental aberation arid
occasionally defaults and-. embezzle
ments. - f
Faintin?.
The word swoon means the. same '.as
the medical term syncope. It is due to
"irthe 'failure . of the heart to send the
'necessary supply of blood to the braiu.
It may be partial, or complete. In the
f latter case, the .person suddenly turns
pale, and soon falls, with a loss of con
sciousness and ah apparent stoppage ol
the pulse and heart, fv The breathing, too,
is either imperceptible, or occurs only in
occasional weak sighis. The patient, to
the ordinary observef, may seem to be.
dead. Of course the action of the heait
has not ceased, but it is feeble. This
condition may last only a few moments,
or it may continue for hours. It gener
. ally ends in recovery, beginning" with
slight movements of the features and
hands, and deep sighing. The pulse
becomes more distinct, and the heart
beat stronger. Golor andwarmth return,
and consciousness is gradually restored
in full.
Among the caUse3 are organic disease oi
the heart, especially fatty degeneration,
extreme heat, combined with impure airj
loss of blood, or impoverished blood (as
in anaemia) ; the reflex action of certain
conditions of the stomach or - other " or-
gans on the .heart. More or les3 of these
causes are sometimes combined;
Some
persons faint from very slight cause;
an unpleasant sight or odor. We have
known persons to faint easily and often,
and yet enjoy good health to extreme
age. But when fainting is due to or
ganic disease of the heart, or to loss oi
blood, or to extreme heat, it may prove
speedily fatal unless soon relieved.
In its treatment, lay the patient fiat or
the back. This favors the flow of blood
the brainy We had friend who could
generally anticipate an attack, and check
it, or cut it short, by at once taking a re
cumbent position. Never allow one who
has fainted to be lifted into a sitting pos
ture, or to have even the head raised. Ii
.theNfainting is due to excessive loss ol
blood, this, of course, must be arrested
' Meanwhile manage to place the heac
lower than the rest of the body. Tht
heart, too, should be stimulated witt
some form of alcohol, ammonia, ether, oi
cologne-water. In all cases, 'secure tht
purest air, and loosen the dress, espe
cially about the chest and. neck. ,
A writer in the Lancet says that ir
many cases a person accustomed to f ainl
from slight causes may avert the attaci
by applying heat to the head. Touto
Comvanion.
. It is reported that a deposit of genuine
meerschaum has been found on the beach
Mar Yaquisa, Oregon. acfl
Issued Every
HAD ! BUT KHOWNl
Ilad I but known that, nothing is undone; '
From rising until setting of the sui.
That full-fledged words ily ptt beyond oa
reach,
That not a deed brought forth to lifodiac
ever, - ' - ' I
I would have meaner ea out and weighed
voj speech; '
To bear good deeds had been t ty ol
endeavor, , " -
Had I but known!
Had I but known how swiftly speed awayv
The living hours that make the livings day,
That 'tis above delay's so dangerous slougb
13 hung the luring wisp-light of to-morrow,
r 1 have seized time's evanescent NoJ j knew we had au appointment with mad
I would be spared this unavailing sorrow, and he talked such nonsense abojit
Had I but known !
Had I but fefiown to dread the dreadful fire
That lay in ambush at my heart's desire,
Wherefrom it sprang and smote my naked
hand j . "
And left a mark forever to remain, l ' "
I would not bear the fire's ignoble brand ;
I would have weighed the pleasure with tht
pain,
Had I but known I i
Had I but known we never can repeat
Life's springtime freshness or its summer
heat, 1 ' '
Nor gather second harvest from life's field,
Nor aged winter change to youthful spring
To me life's flowers their honey all woultS
yield; v
I would not feel one wasted moment's stin$,
Had I but known !
Hunter "Mac Culloch, in Lippincotts
MISS FORTUNE'S ROMANCE.
It was a hot day in May one of tHos
early hot days that are so exhausting
and Miss Fortune Wayland, tired with
that provoking- kind of shopping that
consists in "matching things," turned
into a fashionable ladies' restaurant for
rest and refreshment. She was a calm,
equable girl, not readily irritated, but ii
was a trifle annoying to have her quiet
interrupted by the rustling, laughing,'
and chattering of the very two ghi9
whose company at that hour she would
most of all. have deprecated. .
For she was dusty and heated, and not
in her freshest toilet, and fda Vincent and
Kate Croye had just stepped from their
carriage in all the lustre and freshness
of elegant spring costumes. : They, ;of
course, could afford to be pleasant; it was
a much harder thing for Fortune to smile
and say: "is it really you? I am glad
to see you."
They sat down together, and began' to
eat ices, and discuss toilets and summer
plans. "We were going to urope,"
said Ida, with a charming frankness,
"but some one is going- to the Braneil,
and of course ' we follow in bis wake.
Mamma thinks he admires me, and I am
under orders to captivate him." . ,
'Tknow whom you mean, Ida; there
is really no heed for ydu to affect secrecy,
t is Ray Symington. My mamma thinks
he admires me, and I am under orders to
captivate him also." !
And pray who is Ray Symington?!
As if VOU did not knnAV. Fort n in M
Why, your father is his lawyer. He haa
been back for a month, and was at the
Nobles' and the Hilliards' and" f
"Now I know whom you mean,", said
Fortune. "He used to come a great deal
to out house before he went abroad.
That is six years since. I was only s.
school-girl then, but from what I re
member of Ray Symington I think he will
aeverfall in love with any woman excepl,
one made to order. However, he does
uot concern me; I have fringes on my
mind at present. So I will say good-bv,
girls." f"
"Wait a quarter of an hour, and wc
will take you as far as Aitkin's." -
"Thanks; I cannot wait; I am to mt
mamma and Gertrude at Madamo D
cimers. Adieu."
Fortune was walking down Broadway
Attain
&na this time without the least
aense of heat or fatigue. She was calling
Jo remembrance some autumn days six
years ago, when she had . first seen Ray
Symington. What a happy September
nd October it had been !, She had come
Into town early in order to enter school
At the commencement of the session, and
had been alcne with her father. During
ihese days Ray had been much . with
them, and she had sat listening happUy
to his travels by land and sea, and Heard '
oim discuss with Mr. Wayland scientific
ubjects in which both were interested.
How often bad she brought them tea' or
,2offee while they sat talking, and what
pleasant words and looks he had given
her! .
Nay, there had been something more
than this, One night when Mr. Wayland
had been called out on business, and they
two sat alone by the little, opeii fire tjiat
the chili October night made necessary,
Ray had held her hand and said, sorrow
fully: "Fortune, will you forget me when
go over the sea, and never remember
the pleasant nights we three have had
together?"
"If they were pleasant, why do you go
away?" she asked, softly. -
'You almost tempi me to ask to stay;
mlT TT All 1 -l .
.v.-j JUu aiesu joung u wouia De untair.
I am an old man, child, traveled and dis
illusioned; it would be unfair. You must
see the world first, Fortune; and then .
and then if you remember me, ah, how
happy I shall be! Give me the rose at
your belt, dear child. Perhaps you will
think of me till it withers."
"I shall never forget you." . . ' x.
But Ray either misdoubted the young,'
inexperienced heart, or he feared to trust
the future with it. He only kissed? the
rose, and kissed the hand that gave it,
and in an hour there was an end of For
tune's young romance. .
f Perhaps just in this very hour her good
fate had turned toward her, for if hat she
had failed to find andv failed to I do; aU
morning now came easily to her hand;
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and even such straws as finding the exact
trimming wanted! may show that the con
trary wind has changed and a ; favoring
gale sprung up. She was not conscious
of jreasoninfir in this way, but she felt a
chlinge, and under its influence looked so
bright and happy that, "when she met'
he" mother and sister at Madame De-,
rimers, Sirs. Wayland chose to feel irri
tated at it. ; c
I'Ypuare so contradictious, Fortune V
she said. "Here you arej looking as
fresh and happy as possible, while poor
Gertrude and I are worried to death. It
is 'too aggravating!" - .
pVYhat is the matter, mammal"
;"Your father is so provokinsr. He
rmiB linmp Afirlv n-rlnv ittsf. Vipiika T
not being able to afford this and that, aa2
itjreally took all interest out of our spring
costumes. Beside, he actually waa led
mje to stay at home thjs summer, a ad
send you and Gertrude with i tout aant
Lucy and it's Gertrude's m first seasoni
He never has a particle of conaidera
ti6n." j "3Iamma, I do not care about going
away. I have had six seasons, and, as
yjm.say, done nothing with them. Spend
what money you have on Gerty." ,
j 4 But what will people say?"
j "Never mind people. Papa is far
rom well say that 1 am staying to take
care of him. Iam sure someone ought
to do it, especially as he cannot possibly
leave the city." ! '
Fortune was quite reconciled to the
16t she had proposed for herself when she
siw how happy the' plan made her
father..
j "I have "not forgot, Fortune," he said,
'fwhat a splendid little house-keeper you
made six years ago."
j So ifrs. "Vayland and her younger
daughter we?t to the Branch, and For
tune and bW father lived together in a
regular quiet fashion that was the great
est luxury to the Overworked lawyer.
Twic&Mr.ymington had called before
the ladies left, and both times Fortune
rbis-ed bin. The call seemed to have
made Mtt fe impression on the family. Mrs
Waylandy said j he had aged' a greal
4eal, ana Gertrude said he was ugly and
drjss and old. -v
I "He asked after you, Fortune," said
(Gertrude, carelessly, as she was examin-
mg ner new riding nat, "ana mamma
told him you were absorbed in toilets al
present. So he said : 'Pray do not disturt
tl'ie young lady ; I dare say she has for
gotten me. ' "I
In about two; weeks Gertrude's letters
bcjan to name IMr. Symington' very fre
qjuently. He and his cousin, Colonel Hill,
had called on them, and Gertrude
thought both gentlemen "very nice.'
lretty soon' every letter wa3 full of the
tivo names. They were the ke-note tc
AAfhicL all Gertrude's life seemed to be
st. and Fortune noticed that Ray Sy
mington Avas the prevailing refrain.
I Even Mr Wayland began to speculate
oh the probabilities of so intimate an ac
quaintance. 'I do not think it. would
do, Fortune," he said one evening, aftei
hfe had read and re-read a letter from his
tife. "Gerty and Symington I meah.
She is so fond of society, and he nevei
citied for it. It would not do; all the
money in the world would hot make
them happy. Mr. Symington is " !
I "Here, my dear old friend. The "ser-
vant told me where vou were, and I took
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the liberty of coming without 'announce
nient as I used to do." ,
1 He had taken Fortune's hand, and
stjood looking in her face. Tlea he drew
a fchair between father and daughter, and
sat down. had come on business, he
satid,' but it would keep till next day;
there was plenty else to talk about, and
it! must have been very interesting mat
ter, for the three sat together chatting
happily until the church clocks . were
striking midnight all around,
Jit was about the alteration of some
property that ; Mr. Symington ha$ re
turned. There were dwelling-houses to
be turned into stores, and he decided to
stiy in the cityuntil the architect hafi fin
ished the plansi It wa3 verv hot weather,
and the architect could not be hurried,
and Ray was in no mood to hurry aim.
Sd the days came and went in a slow,
dreamy monotony that every one seemed
pay generally strolled in to Mr. Way
land's as they were taking breakfast, ind
Fortune gave him a cup, of conee. He
Eipped it, and talkea over the news in
mfti-Tiinw nflwananpra' Tiipn tlifi twn
pitlmn wnt down .town torrptf&r
.nd Fortune took her sewing into the
; odlest room, and found her own
thoughts pleasant enough company until
afternoon. Before dinner she went with
hei! father to drive in the Park; and
they generally met Ray before they re
turned home. Sometimes he rode home
at their side, sometimes he gave his horse
to his servant and tedk a seat beside For
tune in Mr. Wayland's carriage. Whin
he jiid so he stayed to dinner, and whtn
he stayed to dinner he stayed until mid
nirfit. ' .' ' ' I
, 'They did not even talk together ; he
had fallen into the habit of asking her
assent to any of his opinions by a look,
vhfch she renerally answered by a bright,
Intelligent little nod of acquiescence ; aad
when he had received this he went on
with, his argument. ,
But perhaps this silent understanding of
jjach other wasmore dangerous than words ;
at any rate. Fortune felt it to be so. She
;6uld not disguise from herself that Ray
Symington usurped more exculsi vely than
s veil all her thoughts and hopes, and yet J
sue was iorcea. xo aumn iuat nc eemcu
ancCmscous of his power over her. ' She
aotfeed that Gertrude had never named
himl since he left the Branch, and she
wondered what this apparent indiffer
inc could mean. It must be one of
twojthings either Gertrude car'ed noth
ing at all for him, or she cared a great
'iveat: M - - .
One .morning, as she was handing Ray a
,cup pf coffee, he had a number of letters in
his hand, and in his effort to relieve ha
speedily hilet them drop. They cat
red ufficSntly to allow' hjer to see that
two ottherwere directed by Gertrude.
Thereiwaa ,tio mistaking her small, run
ningl insigitificant writing.
After ths: discovery she withdrew
nore. and ntbrfe from" the conf ersation of
ihe gentlew&en, and the bright, intelli
gent looks lith which she had used to
inswer' iBi inquiring glances were
aiore and i lore at fault. He saw and
felt the chf,n&e, but failed to draw the
proper inference..
, Things hid indeed come to a position
mwnicn seemea to r prtune louyto
aurse longed a sentiment which it was evi
ient Ray h$l hot the slightest desire to re
ciprocate.' IpShe would at once give up
3verythingthat encouraged so barren a
love.c Letiirs to destroy she had none,
Ind :&i for okens. of souvenirs, she had
3nly one lacient brooch of a dead world
to give up.!$ft was not a pretty ornament,
indcShej haft never worn it; but Ray had
told herthft it was very precious to him,
ind yalued-lbove gold and silver. Yet
he had ma &k no inquiries about its wel
fare, and n remarks about her not wear
it. If he "lliied it so much, he should
have it?baci;" it was the only link be
tween then)! and it should be broken at
Dnce r;
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S&e walked to her desk and took it
out of thektle box in which it md lain
for .yean 0 She laid it upon hei palm,
ind it seemM to glow and burn md re
lecit a ihoiBsatid lights.' It waalovely.
ft was yerdear to" her. She Mssed it
tvithpassidlate fervor.' She threw her
selfiOn thefiofa and wept some vry bit
ter tears f(j-the death , of a dr am so
tender undo lovely, and she fet that
ill ;of 'the sweetness and dew of her
yoxii'i wenjwith it.
But as sie lay weeping,. Ray iitepped
quietly up33 her side. He took her in
Dis arms, taid tenderly kissed away the
4adi'"large4ars. "Darling," he said,
'I have set hi all. You have kfept my
;okett;;you2were weeping over it.
.eve mev 4rtnne -you love -me.
oeloved; di not now deny it?"
You
Oh,
i'Ho-pr dfel love you, Ray?" J
' 'Rov dlire you not love me? Have
not carriH'your image in my heart for
six years'' hi won't have; my token back,
ind liwonlf leave you until you say that
you will bljtny wife. Think of it a mo-aaent."-
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-"It is; eough, Ray. I: have thought
only of yo&yfor six years."
, Then;- street Fortune, let us be mar
ried" to-marrow to-day. Why delay
longer?". JJ : , ' '
. HOne thg, Ray, I must ask you I
saw two lexers from Gertrude among the
papers yol5?dtopped one morning?"
"GertrUfle.haa written me in all six
lettersi?
"OH" s,
'About,i;rny cousin Hill. Hill loves
her Sdespertjtely, and Gertrude has been,
teasing hitfj to the point of distraction.
I have wrijjen and giyen her some good
advice shneeded it." . ' '
There " ate no advocates like lovers.
Thy speaJwith the tongues of men and
angejs,4 ansCs Ray won his case in a man-'
ner." .' Tlier' was a hurried visit of Mrs.
Walandfipid Miss Gertrude to New
York, and'be next day all the fashion
able wqrldknew that Ray Symington
had been lirried in the most unfash
ionable seat an and in the most unfashion
able mannlPf .:to Miss Fortune Wayland.
7ft At. Ht-sUn
Eis.
ow!ththe aversion to batrachia for
food-has bi&n overcome to a certain de
gree, 'it is' be hoped that the indisuta
ble delicti of the eel as a palatable fish
will be mbjtj generally recognized. ; The
Egyptian? jere the only ancient people
who didncjv consider the eel fit food for
kings and $ Hnce3. In the light of pres
ent science the eel is shownHo be a most
cleanly feeder, living upon the, spawn of
! fishes.-. .lt'Vjll tou:h nothing, that is un
clean c taiated, nd will at times nib-
rble the: plants that float upon the surface
VI iae water., vvneu lenuia are ripe, ui
whieh theylre especially fond, they have
been seen & h foraging expeditions in the
Jr tield3 adjacent to the river banks. Dr.
Marshall Bill, to whom the science of
medicine oes so much, discovered that
eels posesJed, a "caudal heart entirely
dependent 4pon the pulmonary heart."
It is sappo&d that this second heart
causes t he Extraordinary 'stren gth of the
eel's tHUv A comical incident befell me
in uermanjv : inere, nsn oi an sorts are
sold aICve,;ina are KUiea intne mtcnena
I few filomeHs before .they are to bo
cooked. Ees are considered a great dain
ty, antl are'old at fifty and sixty cents a
pound. BViving received an unusually
large fish !;from the neighboring town,
and,, wishing to keep it until the next
daythecolk took it in a large bucket
with, wateito the hotel, that it might be
kept, in tlx& "fish pot" in a running
streaht vmtA wanted. A moment or two
after she Teft'the house with her shining,
steel-blue -ttirden, I heard a swish of
water,? andboking out of the window,
saw his. eeShip seize the edge of - the
i bucket; byfto tail and throw himself
on tb grbHnd. Kow began a chase such
as is Sseldoi seen. The astonished cook
'attemptedllto catch the great creature,
forgettingpin her zeal that "slippery as
an eelwabno vain adage. Away over
the Sa?d rfctd wriesledthe fish, with the
cookfii frantic; pursuit., .By this time I
quite nut4,Dr oi persons jomea in.me
chase, Aut'ro ho purpose. Fearing to
injureBthe Jireature, there was no force
us, AndiiHy fifteen ' minutes elapsed
before the)cl was captured and replaced
in the billet. The precaution was'
taken s to- over the top of the bucket
with net:fe6 that, any further attempt,
to espapeas precluded. New York
Aso tje relative merits of hard and
soft seel s, the investigation.3 in Ger
many seento . leave the, matter of weai
indetgrmijkaie with the conclusion- that
the wtar t rails depends more u)on tho
impuiity el the steel than upon its hard-
sid sltness.
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THE VERACIOUS BILL NYE.
THE HUMORIST TELLS OP VARIOU8
AJBIaE-BODIED CYCXONES.
Stories which. Show the Power of
-i the Western Wind, Both in Na
ture and in Man.
We were riding along on the bounding
"train in Wisconsin, and some one spoke
of the free and democratic way that peo
ple in this country got acquainted with
each other while traveling. Then we got
to talking about railroad sociality and
railroad etiquette, when a young man
from East Jasper, who had wildly jumped
and grabbed bis valise every time the
train hesitated, said that it was queer
what railroad travel would do in the way
of throwing people together. He said
that in; Nebraska once he and a large,
corpulent gentleman, both total stran
gers, were thrown together while trying
to jump a washout, and an intimacy
sprang up between them that ripened
into open hostility.
From that we got to talking about
natural phenomena and storms. I spoke
of the cyclone with some feeling and a
little bitterness, perhaps,' briefly telling
my own experience, and making the
storm as loud and wet and violent as pos
sible. Then a gentleman from Kansas named
George D. Murdock, an old cattleman,
was telling of a cyclone that came across
his range two years ago last September.
The sky was clear to begin- with, and
then all at once, as , Mr. Murdock states,
a little cloud no larger than a man's
hand might have been! seen. It moved
toward the southwest gently, with its
hands in j its pockets for a few moments,
and then Mr. Murdock discovered that it
was, of a pale green color, ab put sixteen
hands vhighJ with dark blue mane and
tail. About a mile from where he stood
the cyclone, with great force, swooped
down and with a muffled roar swept a
quarter section of land out from under a
heavy mortgage without injuring the
mortgage in the least. He says the peo-
f pie came for miles the following day to
see the mortgage, still on file at the onice
of the Register of Deeds, and just as
good as ever. , --.-,
Then a gentleman named Bean, of
Western j Minnesota, a man who went
there in an early day and homesteaded
it when his .nearest neighbor was fifty
miles away, spoke of a cyclone that
visited his county bef ore the telegraph '
or railroad had penetrated that part of
the State! j
Mr. Bean said it was very clear up to,
the moment that he noticed a cloud in
the . north-west no longer than a man's
hand. Iti sauntered "down in a south'
westerly direction like a cyclone that had
all summer to do its chores in. Then; it
gave two quick snorts and a roar, wiped
out of existence all, the farm buildings he
had, sucked thewell dry,soured all the
milk in the milk house, and spread deso
lution allj over that; quarter-section But
Mr; Bean said that the most remarkable
thing he remembered was this : He had
dug about a pint of angle-worms that
morning, j intending to go over to the
lake toward evening andf catch a. few
perch. But when the cyclone came it
picked up those angle-worms and drove
them head first through his new grind
stone without injuring the worms or im
pairing the grindstone. He would have
had the grindstone photographed, he said,
if the angle-worms could have been kept
still long enough. He said that they
were driven just far enough through to
hang on the other . side like a, Lambrequin.
The cyclone is certainly a wonderful
phenomenon, its movements are so er
ratic, and in direct violation of all known
rule3. i ; '
Mr. Louis P. Barker, of Northern
Ohio, was also on the car1, and he de
scribed a cyclone that he; saw in the
seventies along in September at the close
of a hot, clear, day. The first intimation
that Mr.! Barker had of ah apprdaching
storm was a small cloud no larger than a
pan's hand, which he discovered moving
slowly toward the Southwest with a;
gyratory j movement. It then appeared
to be a funnel-shaped cloud, which
passed along near the surface of the
! ground with its apex now and then
j lightly touching a barn or a well and
pulling it out by the roots. It would
then bound lightly into the air and spit
on its hands. What he noticed most
carefully on the following day Was the
wonderful evidences of its powerful suc
tion. It (sucked a milch cow entirely
dry, pulled all the water out of his cis
tern, and then went around to the waste-
pipe that led from the bath room and
drew a two-year-old child, who was
taking a bath at the time, clear down
through the two-inch waste-pipe, a dis
tance of 150 feet. He had two inches of
the ,pipej with him and. a lock of hair
from the child head.
If is such circumstances as these, com
ing to us from the mouths of eye-witnesses,
that lead us to exclaim : How
prolific is nature and how wonderful are
all her works including poor, weak
man ! Man, who comes into the world
clothed in a little brief authority, per
haps, and nothing else to speak of. He
rises upjin the morning, prevaricates,
and diesj Where are our best liars to
day? Look for them where you will and
you will find that they are passing away.
Go into the cemetery and there you will
find them mingling with the dust, but
striving still to perpetuate their business
by marking their tombs with a gentle
prevarication, chiseled in enduring stone.
I have' heard it intimated by people
who seemed to know, what they were
talking about that truth is mighty . and
will prevail, but I do not sea much show
for her till the cyclone season is over
BUI Nye in Chicago News.
Cape May's famous lighthouse, Witt
its wonderful French lamp, the only om
of its kind in this country, was erected ai
long ago as 1764,and by changes wrough
by the sea It is a. mile south of where i
originally stood : 1
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For a long time Mr. E. J. Balwin has
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Mr. R. P. Ashe, the well-known Califor
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far ahead of the cars of the Santa Anita
stable. This car was built in California
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longing to Mr. Ashe. In appearance it
very much resemblies a Pullman palace
car. It is seventy feet long from buffer)
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to the other measures a little less than
sixty-five feet.-N It has commodious
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The excitement about the Canadian
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value of. one of the undeveloped re-,
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side, is of sufficient importance to bring
the United States and its neighbors to
the verge of a quarrel, bat it is a small
matter1 compared with the opportunities
open in the Northwestern waters on this
side of the continent. The mackerel,
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dispute, is of less importance than the
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of the Newfoundland Banks is only,
about 0,000 square miles, while in the
Pacific and Okhotsk we have 300,000
square miles, in Behring Sea almost as,
much more, -and around the Choumagia
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times thp area of the Atlantic Banks.
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