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VOLUME IV.
Where the Heart Is.
Fomc 'lay, at the -unset, the fret shall
rest)
Oil the height whose rugged ascent
jr j'l'ed with heart-weary throbbings tho
I l east,
Ai. I the bloom of the cheek hath blent,
", t' :io whiteness of rnoon-kissed snows.
Jlp-ting there, then, in fame's radiant
plow,
jl . t r tveler shall sadly look down,
P. boldiMg the vale where love's blossoms
-Cow,
V 1 nging to yield fame's crown
F r one breath of love's tender rose.
I" ,-. ever it seems, where the hill tops lie,
A most glorious place to be,
Wrii the white-capped clouds swift hurrying
by
And tho break of griefs throbbing
sea
Fir mounding as in misty dreams.
And tho snow-touched blossoms that
crown the height,
Seen tho fairest of all that blow;
"Vvitho feet that climb are weary at
night,
And the vale that lieth below
Sings of home in the sunset gleams.
Olla Toph in Courant.
ANGELA.
I am a poor, paralyzed fellow -who for
ii.rnv years past has been confined to a
he i or a sofa. For tho la3t six years I
have occupied a small room, looking on
to one of tho narrow side canals of
Venice, having no ono about me but a
1 ;af old woman who makes my bed and
rttends to my food; and here I eke out
a poor income of about '30 a year by
Liakinn- water color drawings of flowers
:.:ul fruit (they are the cheapest models
in Venice), and these I s-.nd to a friend
hi London, who sills them to a dealer
for small sums. But, on the whole, I am
happy and content.
It is necessary that I should describe
tho position of my room rather minutely.
Its only window is about live feet above
the water of the canal, and above it the
house projects some six feet and over
hangs the water, the projecting portion
being supported by sWut pilc3 driven
into the bed of tho canal. This ar
rangement has the disadvantage (among j
others) of so limiting my upward view
that I am unable to see more than about
ten feet of the height of the house im
mediately opposite to me, although by
reaching as far out of tho window as
my infirmity will permit I can see for a
considerable distance up and down the
canal, which does not exceed fifteen
feet in width. But, although I can sec
but little of the material home opposite,
I can see its reflection upside down in the
canal, and I contrive to take a good
deal of inverted interest in such of its
inhabitants as show themselves from
time to time (always upside down) on
its balconies and at its windows.
When first I occupied my room, about
six years ago, my attention was directed
to the reflection of a little girl of thir
teen or so (as nearly as I could judge),
who passed every day on a balcony
just above the upward range of my
limited field of view. She had a glass
of flowers on a little table by her side,
and as she sat thero ia fine weather
from early morning uutil dark, work
ing assiduously all the time, I con
cluded that sho earned her living by
needlework. She was certainly an in
dustrious little girl, and as far a? I
could judge by her upside down re
flection, neat in her dress and pretty.
She had an old mother, an invalid, who
on warm days would sit on the balcony
with her, and it interested me to see
the little maid Avrap the old lady in
shawls, and bring pillows for her chair
and a stool for her feet, and every eoav
and again lay down her work and kiss
and fondle the old lady for half a min
ute, and then take up her work again.
Time went by, and a3 the little maid
grew up her reflection grew down, aud
at last she was quite a little woman of,
I suppose, sixteen or seventeen. I can
only work for a couple of hours or so in
the brightest part of the day, so I had
plenty of time on my hands ia which to
watch her movements, and sufficient
imagination to weave a little romance
about her, and to endow her with a
beauty which, to a great extent, I had
to take for granted. I saw or fancied
that I could sec that she began to take
an interest in my reflection (which, of
course, she could see as I could see
hers) ; and one day, when it appeared to
me that she was looking right at it
that is to say, when her reflection ap
peared to be looking right at me I
tried the desperate experiment of nod
ling to her, and to my intense delight
her reflection nodded in reply. And
so our two reflections became known to
one another.
It did not take mc very long to fall in
lovo with her, but a long time passed
before I could make up my mind to do
more than nod to her every morning,
when the old woman moved me from my
bed to the sofa at the window, and
again in the evening, when the little
maid left the balcony for that day. Oac
day, however, when I saw her reflection
looking m mine I nodded to her and
threw a fljwer into tho canal. She
nodded several times in return, and I
saw her draw her mother's attention to
the incident. Then every morning I
threw a flower into the water for "good
morning," and another in the evening
for "good night," and I soon discovered
that 1 had not thrown them altogether
in rain, for one day she threw a flower
to join mine, and sho laughed and
clapped her hands a? the two flowers
joined forces and floated away together.
And then every morning and every
evening sho threw her flower when I
threw mine, and when the two flowers
met she clapped her hands, and
so did I: but when they were
separated, as they sometimes
were, owing to one of them having met
an obstruction which did not catch the
other, she threw up her hands in a pret
ty affectation of despair, which I tried
to imitate, but in an English and unsuc
cessful fashion. And when they were
rudely run down by a passing gondola
(which happened not infrequently) sho
pretended to cry, and I did the same.
Then, in pretty pantomime, she would
point down ward to the sky, to tell mo that
it was destiny that caused tho shipwreck
of our flowers, and I, in pantomime not
half so pretty, would try to convey to
her that destiny would bo kinder next
time, and that perhaps to-morrow our
flowers would be more fortunate and
so the innocent courtship went on.
One clay the little maid did not appear
on her balcony, and for several day3 I
siw nothing of her, and although I
threw my flower as usual no flower
came to keep it company. However,
after a time she reappeared dressed in
black and crying often, and then I knew
that the poor child's mother was dead;
as far as I knew she was alone in the
world. The flowers came no more for
several days, nor did she show any sign
of recognition, but kept her eyes on her
work, except when she placed her hand
kerchief to them. And opposite to her
was the old lady's chair, and I could sec
that from time to time she would lay
down her work and gaze at it, and then
a flood of tears would come to her re
lief. But at last one day she roused
herself to no 1 to me, and then her flower
cam'. I) y after day my flower went
forth to join it, and with varying for
tunes the two flowers sailed away as of
vore.
"But tho darkest day of all to mc was
when a good looking young gondolier,
standing right end uppermost ia his
gondola (for I could seo him in tho
flesh) worked his craft alongside tho
house and stood talking to her as sho
sat on the balcony. They seemed to
speak as old friends indeed, as well as
I could make out, ho held her by the
hand during the whole of their inter
view, which lasted quite half an hour.
Eventually ho pushed off, and left my
heart heavy within me. But I soon
took heart of grac.-, for as soon as ho
was cut of sight the little maid threw
two flowers growing on the sami stem
an allegory of which I could make
nothing, until it broke upon me that
she meant to convey to me that ho ami
she were brother and sister, and that I
had no c:. use to be sad. And there
upon I nodded to her cheerily, and she
nodded to me and laughed aloud, and I
laughed in return, and all went on
again as before.
Then camo a dark and dreary time,
for it became necessary that I should
undergo treatment that confined mo
absolutely to my bed for many days,
and I worried and fretted to think that
the little maid and I could seo each
other no longer, and worse still, that
she would think that I had gone awav
without even having hinted to her that
I was going. And I lay awake at night
wondering how I could let her know
the truth, and fifty plans flitted through
my brain, all appearing to be feasible
enough at night, but absolutely wild
and impracticable in the morning. Ono
day and it was a bright day indeed
for mc the old woman who tended ine
told me that a gondolier had inquired
whether tho English signor had gone
away or had died; aud so I learned that
the little maid had been anxious about
me, and that she had sent her brother
to inquire, and the brother had no
doubt taken to her the reason of my
protracted absence from the window.
From that day, and ever after, during
my three weeks of bed keeping, a flower
was found every morning on the edge
of my window, which was withia casy
reach of anvonc in a boat; and when at
last a dav came when I could be moved
I took my accustomed place on the sofa
at the window, and the little maid saw
me and stood on her head, so to speak,
and that was as eloquent as any right
end up delight could possibly be. So
the first time the gondolier passed my
window I beckoned to him, and he
pushed up alongside and told me, with
many bright smiles, that he was glad
indflrd to seo me well again. Then I
thanked him and his sister for their
kind thoughts about me during my re
treat, and I then learned from him that
her name was Angela, and that she was
the best and purest rnaiden in all Venice,
and that anyone might think himself
happy indeed who could call her sister,
but that he was happier even than her
brother, for he was to be married to her,
and, indeed, they were to be married
the next day.
Thereupon my heart seemed to swell
to bursting, and the blood rushed
through my veins so that I could hear it
and nothing else for a while. I managed
at last to stammer forth some words of
awkward congratulation, and he left mo
SCOTLAND NECK.
singing merrily, after asking permission
to bring his bride to see me on the mor
row as they returned from church.
"For," said he, "mv Angela has
known you for very long ever sir.ee
she was a child, and sho has often I
spoken to me of the poor Ktigiishman !
who lay all day long for years and years
on a sofa at a window, and she sai 1
over and over again how dearly sho
wished that she could speak to him and
comfort him; and ono day, when you
threw a flower into the canal, she asked
me whether she might throw another,
and I told her yes, for he would under
stand that it meant sympathy with one
who was sorely afflicted."
And so I learned that it was pity,
and not love, except, indeed, such iove
as is akin to pity, that prompted her to
interest herself in my welfare, and
there was an end of it all.
For the two flowers that f thought
wero on one stem, were two flowers tied
together (but I could not tell that), and
they were meant to indicate that sho
and the gondolier were afliinced lovers,
and my expressed pleasure at this sym
bol delighted her, for she took it to
mean that I rejoiced in her happiness
And tho next day tho gondolier came
with a train of other gondoliers, all
decked in their holiday garb, and in
his gondola sat Angola, happy and
blushing at her happiness. Then he
and sho entered the house in
which I dwelt. and came into
my room (and it was strange indeed,
after so many years of inversion, to seo
her with her head above her feet and
then she wished mo happiness and
speedy restoration to good health
(which cou'.d never be) ; and I, in broken
words and tears in my eyes, gave her
the little cross that had stood by my
bed or my table for so many years. And
Angela took it reverently and kissed
it, and so departed with her delighted
husband.
And as I heard tho song of the gondo
liors .is tliev wnt their wav tho song
dviti"- away in tho distance as the shad
ows of the .sundown closed around me
I felt that they were singing tho re
quiem of tho only love that had ever
entered my heart. W. S. Gillert.
The 3Ian Who Invented the Monitor.
Captain John Ericsson, the illustrious
engineer and inventor, was born in
Wermland, Sweden, July 111, 180:5, and
at the age of ten began, by the con
struction of a wind-mill and pumping
engine, the creative work, that at the
age of eighty-four, lie briskly continues
His father was a mine proprietor, and
the boy's earliest experience was with
machinery. At twelve lie was made
a cadet of mechanical engineers, and at
seventeen he entered the Swedish army
as an ensign. lie rapiliy reached a
lieutenancy i:i consequence of the
beauty of his military map', which
attracted tho attention of King Charles
John (Bcrnadottc). In 18-G, while in
London on leave of absence to introduce
a flame engine, he sent his resignation
home. It was accepted, after he had
first been promoted to the rank of
captain. He never returned to Sweden
but his native country has sent him
many honors and decorations, and in
18G8 a great granite monument was
erected in front of his father's house by
the miners, bearing tho simple inscrip
tion, "John Ericsson was born here in
1803." He is living quietly in New
York, aud is still an indefatigable
worker.
An Oregon Patriarch.
Tho oldest married couple on the
Pacific coast lives at Greenville, Wash
ington county, Oregon. Peyton Wilkes
was born in 1701, and so will be 07
years old next May. He is one of tho
fcwr pensioners of the war of 1812. His
wife Anna AVilkes is 01 years old and
they were married in 1815. They came
across the plains in 18-15, and settled in
Washington county in 1 S1G. They
were both born in Bedford county,
Virginia, camo to Indiana in 1820 and
to Missouri in 18o. In following
the star of empire they kept ahead of
the iron horse uutil he overtook them
at the "jumping oil place."
They have three sons living, twenty
peven grandchildren, forty-one great
grandchildren, and eighty great-greatgrandchildren
liviag.--Portland (Ore.)
Dispatch.
What is a Blizzard!
Imagine, if you can, a frozen fog
driven with the velocity of a hurricane.
The air is so full of minute frozen parti
cles which strike your faco like pin
heads fired from a musket that you can
not see twenty feet ahead, and all this
in an atmosphere from twenty to fifty
degrees below zoro, and you can form as .
clear an idea of a blizzard as you'll ever
care to get. Its blinding, bewildering
effect is first felt. The intense cold
brings at first the pain of freezing, then
numbness, then stupor, then a sense of
blissful sleep and close upon its heels j
death. Atlanta Constitution.
Sufficiently Refreshed,
Gagley. "Won't you have some re
freshments, Miss Wiggle?"
Miss Wiggle. "Thanks, no. I'm
sufficiently refreshed now. Miss Ilowler
has 3topped singing." Judgs.
N. ('., Till ItSDAY.
TATTOOING.
J
How the Men of Burmah Are
Adorned with Figures
Covering Portions of the Body
with Pictures in Ink.
Of all Burmese cudom, one of the
most singular is tha
f tattooing the
person, from tho waist to below
the
knees, with figures in b.ack mk. Every
man in tho country is thus adorned,
and unless his skin be unusually dark,
he looks at a little distance as though he
were clothed in a tight-fitting pair of
knee-breeches. The custom is said to be
falling into disuse, but I have scon very
few Burmans without this "mark of
manhood," which is conferred upon him
when he i3 about 12 to 11 years old.
The operation is a painful one, and I
was glad of the opportunity that now
offered to see it, though aware that
takes at least two or three days to com
plete. Pho Myin. the subject, is lying on a
mat quite nude, with a dazed look in
hia half-closed eyes, and breathing
heavily. Moung Daw nods at him
meaningly.
"He has taken much opium," he says,
grinning to mo.
I am not surprised at it. If the
Iltokwinsayahgyce wa3 going to exer
cise his art upon mo for four or five
hours, I should follow tho B irman s
plan and take opium by way of an anti
thetic.
The tattooing will show well upon tho
plump, fair-skinned lad before us, and
the professoi evidently thinks he 15 a
cnlii.fh in tike nains with, as he sits
OUV.v. . J ,
carefully mixing his ink in a joint of
bamboo, and preparing his weapon.
This is a brass rod nearly two feet long
and about half an inch thick; it is
weighted at the top with a little orna
mental figure, and at the other end has
a hollow point divided by two cross
slits. The professor examines the
"business end" critically, and, having
satisfied himself that it is sharp enough,
tucks up his putsoe and squats at Pho
Myin's side. Selecting a spot on the
thigh, he places both feet on it a few
inches apart, aud stretching the skin
tir.
;ht, draws the outline of the first
urc a tiger rampant with an inky
fie
splinter of bamboo; this is soon done,
and relieving himself of a large mouth-
of betelaut, the professor settles
down to work in earnest. Leaning for
ward through his widely parted knees,
he balances the brass style daiutny, and,
clasping it with the finger and thumb of
the right hand, makes a "bridge" of
the left, which he rests on the surface
between his feet. After sliding the in
strument through his fingers onco or
twice, as if to take aim, he makes a
start and pricks away steadily with a
light, firm touch that is wonderfully
quick and true. In less than five min
utes tho tiger, with its surrounding
border, is finished, and the artist re
moves his fect from the distended skin,
and washes off the superfluous ink to seo
how his work has come out. Every
body presses forward to look at tho
picture, which shows up in bo id relief
on the rapidly formed swelling. Moung
Saik exchanges a remark with his
wife, and the tattooer resumes his work
ing position to draw the outlino of the
next figure.
The boy, stupefied with opium, lies
insensible to the pain, while one figure
after another gradually appears on his
skin. Deep as the points of tho style
sink, they draw little blood, but the
limb swells in a manner that would
alarm any one who did not know it
would return to its normal size in a day
or two. Fever sometimes supervenes,
and in that case the patient waits for a
time before the work of illustration is
resumed, so it often extends over a
period of a week or ten days, during
which the inconvenience suffered is con
siderable. Without the aid of opium
the process would be much longer. I
found that I could not endure the ap
plication of tho style for more than
thirty consecutive seconds without
flinching so much as to interfere with
the operator's movements ; for the skin
is pricked over so closely that it be
comes too tender to sustain their repe
tition. Eiht rupees is the usual foe pail to a
tattooer for endowing a lad with
breeches. The figures that compose
them varv little, consisting as a rule of
timers, "uagas'' (dragons t, and "be
(devils). Each one is surrounded with
a border of sentences, generally illegi-
ble, invoking good luck upon tho owner
of the skin whereon thev are inscribed
The waist aud knees are neatly finished
off with a tasteful edging of point or
scroll pattern; theso sensitive parts of
the body are the last to be done, and
tattooers have told me that tho pain
caused frequently arouses the patient
from his torpor. Cornhill 3Iagazine.
Comparative (Jnilt.
Father What do you think of a boy
that throws a banana skin on the side
walk? Son I don't know. What do you
think of a banana skin that throws a
man on the sidewalk?
MAY :t. Iss-S
Diary of California's (,vld IMMVjwre r.
Sua day, Dec. 1M7. ---Lat week I
worked five days tin the Calif ernia
Lii'-s). On Christmas a party of us
climbed a peak, from w
hieh
we c ' i
1
see many mountains covered with snow,
and from which we started nistiy Urge
rocks rolling down into the st".'p cain'ii.
For dinner besides bread and meat, we
had apple and pumpkin pie.
Sunday, Jan 2, IMS Mr. Marshall
has been away for s:uo tim and now
the cook saves the pumpkin pie and
so forth for herself and the second ta
ble.
Jan. 11. Bain began on the !Uh and
continues to fall.
Sunday, Jan. 10. The river is very
high. Since Monday the weather is
clear. Marshall left us a month ago to
get tho mill irons anl has not returned
Mr. Bennett has got out cf patience
waiting for him.
Sunday, Jan. CO.- Marshall having
arrived, we got his permission to build
a . !.) tijr- mse near the mid, so as to get
rid of tho p-.'iai :ui.C;.
ourselves. We moved
mitt locf Tnls
:, and cook fur
into it on Sun-
week -nr. .Marshal
found some pieces of (as we all sup
pose) gold, and he has gone to the fort
for the purpose of finding out what it
is. It is found ia the race in small
pieces; some weigh as much
piece.
Sunday, Feb. C Marshall
turned with the fact that the
r.s h. j
lias re
in ctal is
gold. Captain Suitor arrived on
Wednesday with Johnston for the pur
pose cf looking at tho place where the
gold was found. Ho got cuough to
make a ring. Ih brought a buttle of
whiskey for us and some pocket knives.
This morning I found my basin and
knife in their proper place. Johnston
had hidden them away, though he de
nied knowiug anything about them.
Lucky Strokes in .Mining.
St. John's mine in Summit county,
Col., was purchased 15 years ago by an
English syndicate for sTOOjmo. Near
the mine was located a magnificent
castle which was used only to accom
modate tho directors during their an
nual visit. To-day there is from 000, .
000 to $5,000,000 in sight. Tho Col
orado Central mine has been worked foi
2G years and now employs between 200
and 1500 men. The mine has already
pail $7,000,000 in dividends and a tun
nel has just been sunk into tho moun
tain G00O feet to facilitate the work.
Senator Hearst, who is interested in
nearly all the principal miuc in tho
west, has not lost a dollar in mining in
15 years. Two miners located the Cjiu
stock mine, and gave it to two Penn
sylvania oil men for i debt of $00
which they owe 1. The oil meu did not
want to take it, became they did not
believe it of any account. Eess than
four months ago tho owners refused
:JOO,000 for it, and to-day there is 75,
000 insight. The Lily Franklin mine
was originally sold for 15,000, and a
very short time ago tho purchasers sold
one-half of it for $2')), 000. The Brush
heap mine was discovered by two boys
and was developed by their muscle. It
now pays an annual dividend of $70,-
000. Tho Virginia mine at Kingston
was owned by Charles Wallace. His
wife turned the drill for him until they
struck it rich and sold out for $125,000
cash. Kansas City Times.
The Latest Thing in BliniK
English Venetian blinds are becom-
f 1 - 1 1 il a
in"- very lasnionauic in mis country.
Outside Venetian shades have always
been in use, particularly to keep out
tho hot rays of the summer's sun. Tho
English Venetian blinds are made of
slats similar to the outside simile, but
are arranged with cords, so that they
can be drawn up or lowered at will
just as a liuen shade can. They are
more expensivo than tho linen shade?,
bvit they last longer. Linen shades hold
the dust and fade, but tho Venetian
blinds do not. These blinds are male
of thin wooden slats, about two and a
half inches wide and about an eighth Gf
an inch in thickness. They are sun
ported by tapes arranged like ladders.
A cord runs through a hole in each slat,
and by this means they are drawn up.
They are mile of white pine, bass,
cherry, oak or ash, and are stained or
varnished any shade or color that is
wanted. They cost from eighteen cents
to twenty-six cents a square foot. The
most fashionable colors now arc gray,
plain oak or green.--Boston Tran
script. Piute Epicures.
The Piutes are feasting on rabbits
nowaday?, the bounty on thtir scalps
being an incentive to tho red men to
kill them. Pinenut soup, a concoction
made of the oily nut3 and rabbits, is a
favorite dish with the Indians in cold
weather, and they say it makes them
"heap fat.'7 Nevada Silver State.
The Leopard's Spots.
Keeper (to stranger looking at the
animals): "Do you observe, sir, how
restless the leopard i.s, and how cease
lessly he changes his position from one
spot to another?"
Stranger: "Yes; but gosh, mister,
I've aller3 heerd that a leopard couldn't
change hi3 spots." Epoch-
m 1 1: Mine sc i:rs.
A scientist declare thst fih can hfr:
a i:..4n talking half au.ile away.
S..u;h Africa n comparatively poor
in bm'L-r a -cent iit by Mr.
K-bert Triinea enumerating only abviit
sp'Cle.
It Lai long been known that crbor:ic
acid ga pro luces nvitioa ef greater
wannth oa the skin than air of the same
temperature.
The poison of diphtheria inha'.e-l
and c -rr.mi: its ravages in th" repira
torv trr.ct, the no-tril, fauces, laryux,
trachea and bronchial tube.
A kind of ortiruial rabies ha leen
produced in rabbits and bird by in
jections of oil f lmy. ThU malady
uas overcome by treatment w ith chloral
Pa i icr-:r.aoh'' ii made by palin or
gluiiig fhctts of straw ir other thick
paper together when Nct and pressing
to the shape cf the mold, cr making
pulp of the paper material and pressing
the pulp into molds.
Australia has M.ma giant caterpillars.
Mr. A. S. OlhlT of Sydney mentions one
ir.oth larva, abundant during tho past
season, as being seven inches long, and
specimens of larva- of two other species
measure eight inches in lenptli.
A writer i:i Science cotivs to tho con
clusion that it seems l Ho to discus
further the influence of forests upon
rainfall from the u-momie point ot
view, as it is evidently too slight to be
of the least practical importauce.
By experiments on young animals
Dr. Kisel, of St. Petersburg, Bussis, has
found that phosphorus never exerts any
beneficial effect on the growth of bono,
but that, on the other hand, quite small
doses produce various symptoms of poi
soning.
There arc ninety -seven artesian wells
in Dakota, (xtenliug in a line frorr
Yankton to Crafton. They have cosl
from $:'00 to .7'M each, and range in
depth from 52S feet to 1552 feet. In
several of tho towns the water from tho
wells is used for fire purposes.
The efficiency of oil, when dropped
on the water to calm boisterous wavos,
may now be regarded as established. It
is astonishing how small a quantity ol
oil will answer tho purpose. Admira
Clone "ives the amount as from two to
three quart an hour dropped from per
forated bag hanging over tho sides ol
the ship in positions varying with tin
wind.
A French physician, D; Felz, men
tions a curious a-iparent cause of left
handedness. One child in a ccrta'tr
fa mi ly was left-handed, and the scconc
appeared to be so at the age of one year.
It was then learned that the mother al
ways carried her children on her left
arm. Sho was advised to change, and.
held on hr other arm, the infant,
having its right hand free to grasp ob
jects, soon became right-handed.
The theories expressed in tho Popula:
Science Monthly by Mr. Eaton and Mr.
Oouinlock, that constriction of th?
blood-vessels of tho head by tight hats
is the chief cause of baldness, have beer
reviewed by Professor T. Wesley Mills,
who only partly accepts them, and hobb
that the principal root of tho troublo is
in nervous strain. Men, by their posi
tion and more intense responsibilities,
are more liable to this disorder thar
women, because they are more subject t
mental overwork. "Baldness," thii
author conclude, "is ono more of tin
many warnings of our day ono o'
nature's protects against the irregula:
and excessive activity maintained ir
this rcstles nge.''
Scientific Privilege of Country Bojh.
"Nor is the study of natural things, j
and the making of dheoverie,"
Professor O. P. Hay, in a paper on "Th ,
Amphibians and Bcptiles of Indiana," .
"the exclusive privilege of those wht j
have received a scientific training.
There is not a farmer boy in In liani
who may not make solid contribution
to science if he will but use his oppor
tunities. Ir-:ons who live in tho coun
try are in direct contact with nature.
Tlic-y seo a thousand things that th
natcralist would delight to see, and yd
may never be permitted to behold. Th
time of coming and going of the various
species of birds ; their curious habit,ai ,
shown in red-building and obtaining
food; and tho occurrence here and ther?
of rare species of various animals, ar
examples of matters which nil rny ob
serve and report, and which science
needs to know. ''--Popular Scienci
Monthly.
In the British Army.
A soldier enlists for seven year's' army
and five years' reserve service, extended
to eight years' army and four years' re
serve service if the period of army ser
vico expires while ho h abroad. In the
Foot Guards, however, the period 1
three years' army and nine years' re- ,
serve service. During the first three
months of his service he may claim hi :
di-charge on payment of 10; after- ,
wards the amount is 13, and the per- '
mission of the officer commanding hai
to be obtained. The rule is to allow
discharges by purchase to the fullejt ex
tent consistent with the requiraments of
the service. Scottish American.
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Still up ia arms--The inf.it.! Kieg of
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pain .
A model man - A i ;:-t of
patents.
A draughtsman U generally a d.Mgn-
j:ig man.
Legal incon-idi r.cy -Call's : ; foity
pages of foolscap "brief.
"Apple green will le the spring
color," says a fishioa note. It nm.1 nl-o
bo the summer chol-ra.
It now appears th it th- -da! '!! nt of
a sea captain that th- 11 uu;.i:v if
dying off with sc my w:u liur-'v a i-a't
rhcumor.
They have a way ut in K -itnas f
bringing to time unruly m-inher of thn
legislature. Mr. Fun -dun, member f
tho committee on ati u'tiire, was Ut-?
at a committee meet ing, .and tii- hur
nuin fined him m an t of r-i.
Oh, no, I can't your leid.an'l, N i
U hiii.l, lis h- Ke'itly lus ! h. t ,
But I will 1 a brother to yu.
For I'm going to ninny yon:- si-t.T.
Mr. Jinks fto landlady) "What kind
of a duck did you say this was, Mr-.
Dinkly?' Landlady-- "I diir-. t sny.
I simply ordered a dink ft-iu th
butcher's." Mr. .links .drugging "dli
a second joint ) "I think h-3 1. u m-i!
you a decoy duck."
The Academy at I'ekin liu got up a-i
encyclopaedia in BJimi'M v., him W.
don't know what happen-; to the.lipi-.
esc book agent who goes urouiel s.,.n it
ing subscriber. for an cm ych.j a liai i
100,000 volumes, one to be d : i -. -re-l
every other week, but in thi oeintry hn
would bo killed .several law a d is.
Moritz Saphir, tin witty Au-triuu
journalist, was i:ue stAiiii.g m a
crowded theatre. S un- : b :c."l i.n
his back, thrusting hit Ip-.i-I ,r i.n
shoulder. Saphir drew out hand
kerchief and wiped tho ir.an'.i oh
violently. The latter flu'. I bwk.
"Oh, I beg your pardon," sui l S.iphir,
4I thought it was mine."
Carried His Ilur in Ills Vest Porket.
Occasionally one rea'ls ,a thing h
ridiculous that lie cannot h; !p Inu;; lunr,
even when tho artic le he read h most
solemn. I was reading an aoi-Tit of u
murder at St. Joseph, Mo., in which
an account was given of a yo re inaa
killing his wife. everything a!... it it
was ghastly, particularly a 'l"-.a iptio-j,
cf tho characteristic of the murderer,
lie was a son of respc table parent', but
was a tough. One thing n.M.t ionc-d in
regard to him stru' k me as particularly
ridiculous. In a fijht a year r v, a ;i
lie had an car cut oil, and :iivo then hs
had carried the ear in hi ve,t pocket
as a "mascot," and if he was playing
cards or shaking dice lie would take the
car out of his pocket ar.d lay it on ti.o
tablo to give hirn luck. If anybody
kicked on having the dried-up ar
around the owner of it w-.ul 1 dnw his
revolver and make the kic ker apo'.ogi.
or fight. If a man apo'.oV.ed he was
compelled to kiss the ar. Whr a com
panion Hi'h a man won! 1 be f r a tci
party ! It is said that he w . u d t;.ks his
car out of his pocket at the hrc-ikfnst
table in case the steak 'vn t-ei '!;, or
tho biscuit lacked horti rdr::', cr tho
' pancakes were heavy, tod hU wife: had
to look cheerful and pleasant r ho
would draw his revolver and d;o ,t at.
her earrings. She final y got tno-u-n of
hirn and Lis dried car and left him, and
he followed her and kid-d her. M'-n
will have their little fa Is, and tho prac
tice of carrying around a dried car or a
rabbit's foot must be overlook':!.
f Peck's Sun.
AltO'-rether Too Prviotn.
Naomi George, you know thi is
leap year, and women i-.re nccor led a
privilege to exercise which at othr
times would seem immolct. Now, I
want to say to you
George ('nervously; Keally, Naomi,
this is extremely fid lc-n, and er - you
know, that I am already engaged.
"What have I to do with that? I
war.t to say to you that I .scul l nther
dio an old maid than ask a man t
marry me, even if it w..r: customary to
do o." Nebraska State Journal,