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. . • «5vf<55 I P -TJMOROTJS ' ftitreaf- [ROM Ilun- ther Fj(a6 'Facodjp 'si&'jSarfc aid f sowing • i there. fikland Tribune. FOLD. u are here as the oats. What did \Wei} pretty lv ha| \Yes II \Ffoshly : show, and whiJ jjcach, which \V was about as intended it for Mis way home, wishing i playfully. \Open your mouth and shut your eyes. And I'll give you something to make you wise.' \Then he gave her the peach.\— New York Press. A HA ; \Fillsbury painted.\ V' \ghat's trni -white as ho MEDIUM . black as he is rut neither is shed.\— Judge. ho as Kohb»: ? TACITURNITY. di(l the Sphinx get tho .vise, papa?'' By keeping his mouth ee thousand years.\— Life. SRRED'TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY. Poet—'1 have a little poem hero, sir, that has been indited—\ Editor—\Well sir, I would bo glad •to see it convicted, but I can't try it.\ —Life. A JUDGMENT . ^ramp— \Madam I'm slowly starving toVeath.\ Hired Girl— \Scrvc3 iain't tit to die all tu onct like decent folks..\— Life., ye right. Ye OUIt COPPER-PACED RACIAL TYPE. Mrs. Bacon—\Here's a papor speaks f.'our copper-faced type.' What doo3 k Van?\ Bacon—\Oh it's referring to the [ins I suppose.\— Statesman. laud- OP ANOTHKlt FEATHER . 3. —\George has the oddest terms adearment; last night he called me little duck.\ e—\Well my dear, you know !t-jou are no chicken.\— Pud. m ARABS. CUBIOtfS\CUSTOMS OP TBE SONS OP THE DESERT. A JBlUonnire's JF] The §30,oj)0 wall around kins castlo at Great Barrin i is not a new idea. About fifteen Hop- Mass. Tho Women Hav e a Thankless Lot— AxaTb Houses Aro ot Ono Room -Curiosity an d Suspicion Are Universal. HE OOT A TI P FROM HtS FATHER. A fourteen-year-old boy at school wrote this sentence in an exercise: \Ten n and four woman.\ His teacher pointed out to him the sentence with the remark: \Is it possible that you do not know, after all these years at school, that the plural of woman is women?\ The boy scratched his head in a somo- what disconcerted way. \Well ho said, \I've otten heard my father say that woman is a singular creature, and I guess he knows I\— Mew York Mercury. To tho Arabs, men and wonion alike, lovo of flowers is quite foreign. About the doorways of \gourbis\ or on tho roofs of better-class dwellings, mint for tea, orange3 for eating, and a littlo cori- . . ander and parsley with which to flavor | people of that vicinity were astomehed their soup may be seen in cultivation years ago Charles Crocker, ono ot} tho \big four\ ContraPPacitic railroad magnates, made a similar \improvement.\ Crocker built himself a mansion on the brow of 'Nob Hill,\ Ban Francisco. The pal- ace covered almost an entire block. A gentleman whoso name is lost to fame had'a modest mansion in a corner lot of that block. Crocker coveted that lot, but could not get it at his own price. He was somewhat incouscd because he, a millionaire, was balked in purchasing what he wanted at his own price. The •AMJ^sAU 1 DOCTORING THE WITjD BEASTS IN CAPTIVITY. They Aro Moro Tenacious ot liito Tha n Human Beinffs—Setting a Broken Leu — Dressing \Wounds - Dental Operations.. SOMETHING OFF . A Maine man, notorious for his \near ness,\ lately went into a meat shop and inquired the price of a curtain soup bone. Tho proprietor of tho shop is a gener ous fellow, and in answer to tho old man's question he said: \Oh I'll give you that.\ The customer put his hand to his car. He is hard of hearing, and had missed the reply. \Can't you take something off of that?\ he asked. The dealer took pity on him. \Yes ho said, \call it tea cents.\ And the old man went home with a com fortable sense of having driven a good trade.— Kenneb:c Journal. AjitJLTV FOR DISTANCE , NOT TIME. like fun as well as anybody,\ he antly, \but I always take caro E >i »t.ho i wfnr to g°-\ sho answered with a yawn, how early.\— Washington Star. THE AMENDE HONORABLE, here, barber, you've •it of my ear.\ : But it's all right. cut a It isn't boy, wrap up this lobo in a \* be quick about it.\ don't it up for tho .out?\ out.\— New ce-Oream Man— ur best customers Aro thoy going \to. get marriod.\ UN WELCOME. |iu r —\Beg pardon, ma'am, but I fit for DoctoYFeedcr's Spice Root and I'm suro if the members of • would try them they would [he (inest appetites—\ j^oor (severely)—\This sir, ;-house.\— Good News. ITIII S BE THE CASE ? [There is one objection to the legal profession by b—\Nam e it.\ IWheu elevated to the 1 jurist would find it neeos- pxs«ripts to her opinions.\ CITIZEN . it happeVp,\ inquired the \that all the imWftvoments are : mado on this ono strewt?'' t doesn't happen at all, sir,\ replied the citizen, who was showing him about the village, majestically. \This is tho .street I live on. I am president of tho town board, sir.\— Chicago Tribune. 'Itc to WHAT DID TH E FARMER SAY? Hired Man—' 'May I havo a horso ride to town?\ Parmer—\I don't know; we 're pretty busy now, and I hate to spare one.\ Hired Man—\I'll ride awful fast and get back like a flash.\ (Thoughtful Reader, wo failed to ob tain the rest of this conversation, and wo must leave you to satisfy your own mind as to whether tho Hired Man got tbo hor30 or not.)— Puck. WOMAN'S INCONSISTENCY. A well-known St. Louis man gave vont to the following philosophical reflections: m-\ \Call n girl a spring chicken and sho I • will laugh; call r. woman a hen and she I gets mad. B \Call a young lady a witch and sho H will enjoy it; call un old woman a wit:h I ; and your life will be in danger. Ik \Call a girl a kitten and she won't ^^^ake it unkindly; call a woman a cat and he will hate you. Remarkable sex.\— fct'eajo Neat. TRUE TO HE R SEX. f to'nchero—\I can tell you, wo see >me mighty curious sights out West, vofore I left n woman was arrested for iqisoning her husband and several small hildren. She was tried, convicted, and bteaced to be hanged. She mounted le scaffold with a firm step. Before tho lack cap was drawn over her head, tho lerilf aske'd her if there was any last voM—.» \ . Listonor-i\WeU?\ I iRanchon 1 \\' - \'-> pmoved wfaty.\-—. WHERE WORK I S PLEASANT. \Neglected Wife—\Whydon'tvou go to work?\ Husband (a ne'er-do-well)—\I ain't got no tools.\ Neglected Wife—\Deacon Smith of fered you five dollars to fix his fence, and you have a saw, and a plane, and a ham mer, and nails. What moro do you want?\ Husband—\Tho saw ain't no good, and I ain't got no file to sharpen it. Ole Smith can fix bis fence hissolf.\ Same Husband (ten years later)— \Hist\ Say, wife, I've e3caped from the penitentiary. Gimme some other clothes, so I kin light out again.\ Wife—\My my! How did you get out?\ Husband—\I dug 40 feet underground with a two tined fork, aud then cut my way through two feet of stono wall and ten inches of boiler iron with a saw made out of a tin dinner plate.\— Good News. Stood Up for Their Nalivo land . A good story is told of Phillip3 Brooks, Dr. McVicker, of Philadelphia, and Mr. Robinson, tho builder, of Bos ton, attending a lecture in Leeds on America. Unhappily the lecturer stated that Americans were, as a rule, short of stature, and if there were any in tho au dience he would be pleased to have tho opportunity of demonstrating the state ment. Phillips Brooks rose to his feet and said, \I am an American, and as you see, about six feet in height, aud sin cerely hope that if thero is any other representative of my country here he will rise.\ After a moment's interval Mr. Robinson rose aud said. \I am from America, in which country my hoisht, six feet two, is the subject of no remark. If there is any other American hero I hope he will rise.\ The hou3B was in a jolly humor. Waiting until tho excite ment could abate in some degree and the lecturer regain control of his shattered nerves, Dr. McVicker slowly drew his form to its full height of six feet four and exclaimed: \ I am an—\ But ho got no further. The audience roared, and the lecturer said no more on that subject. Uo;v Clilcha is Made. Tho Indian method of making chicba is truthfully described by a gentleman who recently saw it done in this part of Araucania in Chili. He says: While tho women were engaged at their usual avocation one of thorn brought out a dish of meal, slightly moistened, and a stnal' earthen jug, both of which she set upon the ground. One of tho girls ap proached and took a handful of meal and made it into a ball, which sho stuffed into her mouth, and, with both cheeks distended, returned to her work. An other followed, aud other, until all— from children to blear-eyed old crones— were busy munching and chewing, with their faces puffed out like balU, but still managing to keep up a ceaseless jabber ing. In a few minutes the first returned, and lifting up tho jug emptied into it the whole contents of her mouth. Sho took another mouthful of meal and went eff, chewing and jabbering as before. The rest followed iu due time; and so it went on until tho meal wa3 exhausted and the jug was full.— Philadelphia llccord. ^TT ^i An Oddlly in I'nlutinif. The provincial cities of France are juso now being entertained by a remarkable artist, ono who displays wonderful skill in her own peculiar stylo of painting. With plates of various-colored sand be fore her she takes tho sand in her right hand and causes it to fall in beautiful designs upon a table. A bunch of grapes is deftly pictured with violet sand, a loaf with green sand and relief and shadows with sand of the colors to suit. When this has been admired by those artistically inclined it is brushed away and is soon replaced by a bouquet of roses or some other object, all dono with great dexterity and delicacy. Even the finest linc3 aro drawn with streams of sand, all as distinct as though mado with an artist's brush.— Chicago News. This completes their ideal of a garden. It is a pleasant novelty to meet an Arab with a sprig of jasmine or a violot iu her hair in tho spring-timo. An essential quality of a flower is sweetness, if it is to interest them. The growth of any thing just to admire is entirely beyond their estimate of things. Whoa tho Europeans introduce flowers for this pur pose tho Arab3 aro always surprised und require training in ordor to appreciate the charms of beauty. In all the North African regions the women havo a thankless lot. They aro oithor shut up in what may be termed prison houses, or made to \labor in tho mo3t degrading fashion. From earliest childhood hundreds of women in Tun isian villages never leavo their cheerless, whitewashed homes, not even to go to a public bath, which their moro favored sex havo tho privilege of using. Neces sarily these poor creatures are of a sad and forlorn typo and so enslavod to tra ditions that if a Buropcon ventures to enter their domicile thoy promptly close the door behind him to avoid the risk of a man happening to pas3 at tho time, an incident which would bring disgrace on tho female inmates. From a member of the family a visitor is tho subject of all kinds of interrogation. A contrast to thi3 imprisonmont is seen among the women of tho tribes in Algeria. Their existence is toilsome, although they aro permitted outside tho tents. Thoy guther wood, draw tho water for tho household, they aro tho potters, tako chargo of tho flacks, and regularly milk the cows and goats. These burden-bearers weave the men's haiks, and, as skilfully, the mats and baskets which aro offered for sale. Their houses scarcely deservo tho name. Described in a sentence, they consist of a largo room, seldom more than ono, which is scantily lurnished and utterly lacking in cleanliness. The Arabs, from a sense of fear, common in every part of North Africa, all sleep together, and with them, as a rule, calves, goats and camels. In tbo remote, barely civilized districts, tho women put off the face veil. Tho Kabyle women, whoso race in thousands occupy a largo province of Algeria, skirting the blue waters of the Mediterranean, are more kindly treated than any other class of females in North Africa. Unliko tho nomadic Arabs, the Kabyles aro a settled, home-loving people. Their orderliness and taste, in spite of their darkened livo3, are noticed iu tho well-tilled farms and fruitful market gardons. Tho women are not vei'.od after the custom of their Arab neighbors. Ono of tho interesting adornments of woman in Kabylia is a brooch attached to her forehead, which denotes that she has had tho distin guished honor of having a son. If this favor is repeated she adds to tho num bcr of her ornaments in true native fashion. Curiosity and a less pleasing character-, istic, suspicion, are universal. AYhen a stranger is invited into an Arab tent and ha3 put off his shoes before stopping on on seeiDg a board wall being built be tween Crocker's paloco and tbo gentle man's modest two-story fiamo. The wonder grew with the /once, which was built to the height of tho roof of the cottage. s This wall totally shut out tho light from the west, also the sun after mid day. Tho gentleman appealed to tho courts, alleging that no person had tho right to construct anything, even though upon his own premises, which would in terfere with tho right3 and liberties o! another. But tho courts held ditlorontly, though it was admitted by Crocker that tho fence was useless and ho could give no other reason than spite. Tho gentlo- mau removed his laundry from the back yard to the roof, and every day tho fam ily linen was flaunting in tho breeze from his own housetop, which somewhat spoiled the view of tho Crocker family as they gazed out upon the bay and dis pelled the romancn of their evening promonades on tho oasteru piazza. Under the ruling of tho court tho gentleman had tho right to make un unsightly nui sance of the roof of his house. But ho proposed to do moro. He inscribed onhis banner \No compiomiso\ and refused to sell at any price. Ho was on tho eve of renting his house to a Chinese theatri cal company when tho proud Crocker ordered his wall to bo torn down. This wall, known as \Crocker's Folly,\ was one of the objects of curios ity of tho city and was on tho list to be shown to tourists. It was visited by thousands of citizens also, and was op portunely torn down just before tho Dennis Kearny communistic uprising.— Chicago Times. Chestnut Culture. Cultivation of tho chestnut is often ad vised as a sourco of profit from the fruit and wood, but chiefly from tho former, for there isalwaysa large domund, which trees growing naturally in tho forests and fields do not fully supply. Tho tree is rapid in its growth and is easily propa gated from the seeds, and it would seem that a very considerable increoso in the number of bearing trees might be proQta bly made, especially on rough pasture lands whore the soil is not unfavorable to their growth. In a bulletin published by tho Penn sylvania station, Professor W . A . Buck hout, tho botanist, gives some informa tion relative to tho habits of this trco. It is said tho chestnut cannot be grown successfully on heavy clays, wet soiU or limestone land. It prefers loose, sandy soils, or such as have been derived from the decomposition of slates or shales. In Ohio it is found nativo on the sand ridgC3 which border on tho lake shore and on tho shady hillside of some of tho hill counties in tho southern portion of the . . . State, but nover on tho limestones which h « strength to get his foot back, but b< cover tho western and southwestern por- I S 3 helpless in the hands of his keepers, tionsof the State, nor can it bo cultivated [ in this region with any prospect of suc- niourn lacks coss. Tho che3tnut grow3 readily from tho seed, but great caro must be exercised tho mat, the eagerness to know all about nQt to p erm jt tho nuts to become dry. the newcomer is astonishing^ Of this the They should bo planted as soon as gath- ladies of the North Africa Mission givo some laughable stores. In certain parts where a foreign lady may not havo pre Viously been seen her drejs is the object of minute and incessant examination Tho quantity of flannel worn takes them .by surprise. Hats, too, are respectfully inspected and the under-garments scu itinized by the native women, who wear ered, orobc must bo kept in moist sand Until ready to plant. If possible plant in tho place where tho tree is to stand, as the chestnut has a loug tap-root which renders transplanting difficult.— New York World. I,. little besides two or threo cotton folds. Uses of tho Bayonot. \Those painters of battle scones make ;When this inquiry is finished the ques- I ,^^a'ca^ conversation to tho war scenes on exhi bition in tho art gallery. \When men tioning proceeds to tho life-history o |the temporary gucsc. As with Easterners everywhere the Arab3 aro painfully sus- ipicious. Deceiving and deoeived they aro loth to commit themselves to a fresh face. Much effort is required to per suadc them of genuine friendliness, but as soon as confidence is secured . their kindness in tho country territories is a praiseworthy feature. Pathetic to the last dogreo is tho death scene among these children of tho aro shooting at each other in a battlo they don't havo their bayonots fixed on their guns. It would bo almost impos siblo to load if they did. During a fight a soldier's bayonet is supposed to be in his scabbard. Bayonets were used only for making a chargo or in repelling one, but nover in battlo where much shooting was dono. Thcso pictures you ueaiu scene uuiuu^ luuac uuuuiuu ui , .. . u„„ rt desert. When the°dread hour approaches «» ° £ tr °°P 3 marching with flad bayo- ii nets are all wrong. The bayonets, how- \She hadn't finished when .\—Life. , /.. )\ENQAG£ jyment;betw<i tsrbee'iT'broli Its OFF. ^eshly and •Tlio Parson's Prodiction. A train was carrying in a compart ment of the third class a ciorgyman and five or six young ragamuffins; the ras cals, to annoy tho minister, kept up scoffing at religion and telling disagree able stories. Tho good man endured it all, hearing everything without nnswer-- ing, without being moved. Arrived at his journey's end, he remarked to them: \We shall meet again, my chil dren.\ • . - . r A-.-'-\ •'Why'shall, we meet again! the leader of tho band. \Because I am .priaonyc] ly;— Dubtin_ **\*\ tho suffering member usually rests on a mal tress in the middlo of the floor. In slide friends and relatives to watch, un til the apartment is crowded. Thoir ap pearanco is very strange and uncivilized. Thoir hair jet black, their faces painted, and their clothing, made up of loose, dark bluo garments,is thrown up on tho shoulder or across the chest, fastened by a huge pin adorned with a large silver ring. Thero they remain hour after hour and only turn away when Hfo has fled. In their customs the Bedouins differ littlo from the stationary Arabs They are Mohammedans, densely igno rant and superstitious in tho extreme, though more open to Europeans New York Observer. Wator-Washed Smoke. A smoke and fumes annihilator is now being manufactured in Leeds, England, and it is reported to have worked satis factorily under a varioty of conditions. It consists of an exhaust fan and a wash ing machine and tank. The fan draws tho smoko into tho tank, where tho water, bcatsn into spray by paddle- blades, washes out all carbon and dust hold in suspension, and absorbs the sul phur and other gases solublo in water, leaving only a pure white vapor to es cape into tho chimnoy. The cost of tho apparatus is not great, and it is calcu lated that tho residuum collected— which may be used as a fertilizer or for f rom the classical period he learned that electrical and other purposes of a higher t ]j 0 sculptors mado considerable differ- grade—may bo made to repay tbo ex- cnco j n tno forms of tho malo and female pease.— New York Journal. eyes. While tho eyes of the male were ~ — ~—\ rounder and more arched, those of tho Oldest European Hotels. females wero longct; and flatter. Thcso \Tho oldest of all European hotels,'' observations agree with tho measurements ever, Are quite handy. As a cooking utensil in camp life it served a better purpose than in tho battle. It made an excellent candlo holder by simply stick ing tho sharp end in the ground and putting the candlo in tho holo made for the muzzle of tho gun. It could also bo used for frying bacon. Moro than one soldier has fastened a pieco of fat meat to tho ond of bis bayonot, hold tho meat in the flro with outstretched arm, and shaded his face from tho heat with bis other hand, while the bacon cooked over the coals. Sometimes when the weather was damp we would grease our guns all over with hog fat, fix tho bayonets and then jab them in tho ground and lot them stand upright. In this position the moisture could not get into the gun and cause it to rust. The bayonet was very handy in camp, but did not seem to be much account in battle.\— St. Louis Star-Sayings. The wild animals are more tomcious of life than human beings, and very few of them dio early of a natural death. They would require no medicine or doctoring if they wore in thoir nativo forests, but the chango in their mode of life frequently induces diseases that could easily bo cured if they were al lowed to run about at will. On tho other hand tho mortality among the caged animals is not as great as among those loose in the jungles, for accidents and injuries from fights and bullets are never hoard of in tho caged life. Once in* a great while one of the wild animals escapes from his pen to another, and a fight ensues. After such a con flict, lacerated limbs, bloody jaws and injured bodies mutely appeal for some soothing hand to allay tho pain. Broken legs and claws, and even loosened teeth increase the list of injuries. But they aro not submissive to their doctors, and they resent any intrusion with growls and snarls. A broken leg of an animal is a most difficult thing to cure, but it is often dono when tho animal is a very valuable one. Straight-jackets or slings are pre pared for tho injured animal, and when this is strapped around him he is hold a tight prisoner. Tho brokon log pro trudes from the cago, whllo tho big ani mal is lashed close to the iron bars. In this position he can do nothing but howl and growl at his persecutors. Tho leg is set properly and bound up with splints, and then so nicely attached to the straight-jacket that tho animal can not use it if ho would. Lions, tigers, bears and similar wild animals have their broken limbs tres.ted in this way. Tho sling is so arranged that they can go to sleep in it without seriously disturb ing tho broken bone. It is not a very comfortable bed, but it is better than to havo the broken leg grow together in a deformed shape. Wounds aro dressed in similar ways. The animals are tied securely to the iron bars so that thoy cannot snap at tho. sur geon, and then the wound3 are washed and dressed. The baudages are tied on securely, but frequently a very wild beast will tear them off as soon as put This only nggravtes tho sores, and if they continuo iu this perverse mood thoy aro sometimes tied up in slings, where they cannot touch tho bandages. Animals frequently havo to havo their toes cut, or the nails pulled out. In their nativo jungles they wear the strong claws oil so that they never need trim ming, but in their quiet cago lifo thero is nothing to keep them short. Proba bly once a year they need trimming, and this operation is often attended with considerable fun. Tho lions and tigers object seriously to having their feet manipulated with, and they fight and growl savagely until the operation is .over with. Tho operation is really very simple. A strong rope is secured to the animal's foot, aud thon several men pull the foot through tho sido of tho cage. Tho ani mal kicks, snaps, howls and exerts all of 0 I to get his foot back, but he . helplo iWhile two or threo bold the foot between tho two iron bar3, another ono quietly .trims tbo nails to suit himself. In growing toe-nails aro cut off, too, oi extracted by means of strong pinchers. When tho animals havo the tooth ncht ithey suffer tho'samo as human beings. In •their greediness to eat their dinner thoy may snap a bone so hard as to loosen one of their teeth. This givo3 them ex cruciating pain, and the tooth must bo extracted beforo they can find relief. Now a lion or a tiger hates to havo a tooth extracted as much as a boy, and sometimes tho operation hurts a great deal more. Very frequently tbo tooth has to be knocked out of tho jaw with & hammer or at least loosened so that tho big pincers can pull it out. The animal has to bo tied and tho jaw hold wido open with a gag before the tooth can bo taken out. It mig bt well seem to his lordship thst his persecutors wero about to kill him, but when the troublesome tooth is finally out ho shows bis relief by wagging his tail. nis intelligent eyej seem to say that he understands now why they made such n fuss, and\bo ii thankful to them for it, but when it comes to havo another'tooth extracted he is just as sullen and angry. The small animals arc treated by tho samo physician, but they can be hardlcd with less trouble Still tho wildcat, with its strong, lithe body, is as disa greeablo a customer as any of the larger animals, for doctoring. They are never tamed so that they can bo handled with impunity. When sick thoy snarl, snap and scratch ovon at their keeper. Gen erally a dry-goods box of the right size is taken, and two of tho top bonrds aro pulled off,and half a circle cut into each When they nre nailed down again the two half circles leavo a hole in the top of tho box about the size of tho cat 'i neck. Tho wildcat is put in the box and tho neck is in tho holo, with the head outside, so that the cat cannot get in or out. She is a helpless prisoner,and tho poor thing can be forced to tako any medicine.— 1'he Epoch ita own Ho'\Sa lacks tine to mend. If you feel angry, beware le3t you be come revengeful. The frown of a friend is better than the smile of a fool. Want of caro does more damage than want of knowldge. Ho hath a good judgment that relieth not wholly on his own. A man is littlo tho hotter for liking himself, if nobody likes him. Denial is based on ignorance. To tho informod mind possibilities are unlim. itcd. It is well to bo dethroned boforo one has dono anything to deservo dethrone ment. Talking and eloquence are not tho same; to speak, and to speak well are two things. There is a brand of humility more of fensive than the arrogance it usually accompanies. Avoid circumlocution in language. Words, like cannon balls, should go straight to thoir mark. Enough discomfort may bo gotten out of almost any proposition to meet the ibsolufo^necessities of life. Tears alleged to flow from material :auscs occasion no discomfortable sur prise among tho materialists. Tho verb \t o bo happy\ has neither present, post nor future. It should be conjugated in the conditional. As birds traverso tho air and^ioets speak in rhyme and rhythm, so nature perforins her daily acts in miracles. Sou had n p^pr^p^ri.^M^«', % ho hi \ ' Per books Wbnsn'^'»npitfc»u ) ^|t^'flgiiti' hasn'tlwonf' ' 1 ''\T '^^j^Sil Ths waters may lopjr placid on ths^surfiic u allaroun', *); ^ ^-\V 4n' yet there may hi jindor-tow a-%pW£i Mm down. v^fr\^ Since the days of Evo aufy/Jianlj^noa; flKht of life bejaD.r\\ ' It ain't been safe, ray brethren, for to, lighi ly.judgoa ma'ji^f.- • Ho may bo tryin' jfaithf ul fer to mate life ago, / J &n' yet his legs git tangled in tho troi our under-K>w. , , -ji Ho'roay not lactJ in learnin\ an' ho'i ^ want for bramk',« Ho may bo always Iworkin' wltallio jiatfou£ est of pains,>- s 1 An' yet RO unrewarded, an', my friends, how can we know Waal blights ho might a-climbod up to but * for the undor-tow? You've heard the Yanlteo story of tha hen's nost with a hole, 4.n' how tho hen kep' layin' eggs with all her might and soul, Yet never got a sottin', nor a slnglo eggl I trow That hen was simply klckln' 'gin a hidden undcr-tow. There's holes in lots of hons' nests, an' you'vn.i got to peep below To seo tho eggs a-roltin' whero j ought to go. Don't blame a man fer foilin' laurol crown Until you're sure ijha under-tow ain't drag- gin' o£ him down. —Chicago Tribune. The silent man may bo a reservoir ot experienced knowledge, but tho world will bo no wiser for having him in ita midst. Profanity nover did any man tho least good. N o man is richer, happier ot wiser for it. It commends n\i one to society; it is disgusting to refine't' peoplo and abomniablc to the good. There is nothing which helps\us to feel that our lives have boon wortn liv ing so much as tho humblo but grateful consciousness that we havo helped sooae other soul to fill its destiny. Surprising Results In a Prone Orchard. Colonel A. E. Cochran, a San Diego (Cal.) lawyer, owns -a pruno orchard in Sonoma County, near Hcaldsburg, which has astonished him. Ho told about it at tho Palace Hotel: \ I havo discovered that by cutting pruno trees back in a now and rathor peculiar way it is possible to got a tree / which will Jivo twice as long as nn ordi nary tree and bear heavily every year. ~ learned this secret from a gardenor who had been employed during most of his lifo in the best pruno district in tho old world,and who was hero only for a visit. havo eleven acres on my ranch which show well how tho experiment succeds. Ordinarily, of course, prune trees boar in tho third year. But these were not permitted to produce fruit at all until tho fourth year, nnd then only a small quantity. This is tho fifth year, and off tho trees on the eleven acres I tako moro than twenty tons of prunc3. But this is nothing to what I expect noxt year, for if tho season is a good ono thoso trees will yiold not less than sixty tons. \The secret is all id cutting back to get a largo trunk. Tho trunks on tho pruno trees on that eleven acres of land tire nil half again as large as ono would expect. The object is to givo tho tree body and power so that it will not die easily, and will bo capable of supporting an enormous yiold. The cutting is dono from the centre, the largo limbs being cut off close to tho trunk. The tree is not clipped at all on tbo top, and a little on tho sides. I am convincod that if the pruno raisers of this Stato would uso the method tho prune crop of California would soon bo doubled on tho present acreage.— San Francisco Chronicle. Differences In Halo and Female Eyes. Ernst Curtius, tho renowned Groek scholar and archaeologist of tho Univers ity of Berlin, has made an interesting discovery regarding tha knowledg3 of tho Greek sculptors. During the exam ination of n number of heads found in Greece, Curtius devoted much time to a study of the eye. On extending his ob servations to tho eyes of perfect figures Scasido Scientific Station?. Tho following list represents tho num ber of laboratories of marine biolo which have been established in tho dif ferent foreign countries: Italy, one Austria,two;Francc,eight; Holland,two Belgium, one; Germany, one; Sweden two; Groat Britain, five; Russia, ono Japan, one; Now South Wales, one. Tho most important of these stations, mat of Naples, Italy, cost $100,000, and ' maintained at an annual expense of over $20,000. In tho United States there are two laboratories—one under charge of the United States Fish Commission—at Wood's Hall, Mass., and a new ono has just been established at Sea Isle City, N. J.— Trenton {N. J.) American. JV asKcd was i tho American Hegisttr tells \us \is tho Hotel des Trois Rois in Bale,well known co travelers of every nationality even at tho present time. It dates back to A. D. 1026, in which year tho Emperor Conrad H., his son, Honry HI., and Ru-, dolphe, tho lost king of Burgundy, wero quartered in what was thon a simple tavern. Tho piescnce of theso three monarchs gave it the name—a name, it has retained over since.\ ( -Xj ,( of anatomists to-day. Tho dijeovery that the Groeks wero liware of this dif ference also will bo valuable in dotcrmin ing the identity of many heads in the museums of tho world. 1 In numorous cases/ it has been impossible to say whether tho . heads havoj belonged to statues of. men or statues of women. Professor Curtius .will 'soon •publlsh-fari'-'- accu: -•'''-'-v-vcs.^ii^-.wrt^ No More Artificial Toeth. Old ago is robbed of half its horrors and much of its deformity by tho brill iant discovery of a Moscow dentist. Dr Zuamcnsky, who, according to a pos sibly over sanguine Russian contcmpor ary, has delighted tho civilized world by his skill in making teeth grow in toothless gums. After experimenting on dogs ho tried tho effects of his method in human beings, and the success was com plete. The teeth are mado of gutta porcha, porcelain or niotal, as may bo desired. Tho root of tho false tooth has some holes borod in it. Holes arc now bored into tho jaw, and into tho holo tho false tooth is stuck as is a nail in wood. In a short timo a tender growth starts up tho cavity of tho false tooth, and this growth hardening, the tooth becomes fixed in position. These now teeth can, according to tho inventor, bo placed in the alveolus of a natural tooth, and thus, whon a diseased tooth is pulled out a metal or porcelain sub stitute can be inserted in its place, with out incurring any risk of transferring disease, as happened in Hunter's days', when the apparently sound teeth of poor persons when transplanted, not infre quently conveyed disease. Thero are several minor inconsistencies in this statement, but it would be ungracious to look such a noblo gift in the mouth, cs pecially as, according to dentists of nu thority, our raco is destined eventually to become edentulous.— Medical Press. Disappearance of Birds. Attention has been called to the serious diminution of birds in France through destruction of the nests. Some insectiv orous species are becoming very rare, bile plant parasites aro increasing. Cats nid boys aro tho chief destroyers, and it ,suggested, that tho\boys*De \puni8hod- ; | Oy ,hiw ,vtliat 'thi*'keeping of cats .be. made'.\' 'UIe^<^'iandj;thax'.'prizcs be ''offered<for\.'.' Qneen Victoria's Old Cook One of Queen Victoria's most lovable traits of charactor is her kindness to her servants. Among thoso who visited Her Majesty during hor stay in Frauco last spring wasM. Trastcur,who for a quarter of a century filled tho post of head cook nt Windsor Castls. About twclvo years ago he resigned his office and withdrew to Colic, a littlo viliago in the vicinity of Grasse. A few days after the queen's arrival at tho latter place he called at her hotel. Being informed of his pres ence Her Majesty summoned him to her apartments aud received him with the utmost kindness, going so far as t o even insist on his sitting down by her side— an honor rarely conferred upon tho high est nobles and dignitaries o£ her empi ' —while she chatted with him at consil erablo length, referring several times his long and honorable career service. ,^M:>Trasteur is inrecef han'c^ome-t.pe'miibyif'ro^ JL listSa\ pension'''\ twice*ftho\:' am'f genera «,ad—' ,.for\dUturj'\' J PITH AND POINT. Capital stock —Extract of beef.— [hick. Nothing succeeds liko a successor.— Puck. Alphabetical order—Send me a set of child's blocks Life. Tho mane feature of the lion is his- ueard.— Galveston, News. ) To tho indolent mnn every movement is a labor movement.— Boston Courier. The wheelman's tournament generally takes place when he's learning.— Colum- ius Post. \ I havo a picture in my mind's eye.\ \Drawn upon your imagination, I tup- i ose.\— Puck. ! Tho campaign spoaker with the big gest mouth is not always tho best orator, i '—\Neu York Journal. . / Operating Surgeon—\Is the next on-( tient ready?\ Hospital Patient—\Yes;\ I've made my will.\— Puck. An old squaw counting her wampun was probably tho original Indian surr uicr.— Binghamton Republican. A horse may lower his recoVd, but -ocsn't follow that's, man can do it wj Impunity.— Rochester Post Express. The man who skips as he reads a bi _annot bo a good judge of it, iilthou] he passes many a sentence.— Puck. Flats—\You are not playing with sand to-day?\ Sharps—\No; I sent ubstitoot.\— Binghamton Republican. The first thing a poor man docs and ;ho last thing a rich man does is to rush jato a law suit.— Binghamton Republican. Tho Lick telescope shows 100,000,000 jtars, but a hck without a telescope frequently does as well.— Chicago Times. It is well enough to tell a man when he is in troublo to look on tho bright ,sidc. The rub is to find tho bright sido. to look at.— Atchison Globe. ' A packing-box dawned on his sight; The tramp exclaimed in great delight: \I seo where I'm to sleep to-night— Eicolsior I\ —Pucfc, / A Massachusetts man recently killeci his wifo with an axo. Still this thin] ~^ being married first and axed aftcrwj will never become popular.— Texas >' ings. ' \The Very Latest.\ There's a ra.; our club who is always'tbo. )ast t< the point of oithor joko or e<| call him \tho latest intelW Judy. V The experienced flirt novo righteous indignation becom^ boforc tho kiss. It looks joj well afterward and it dosn fun.— Somerville Journal. 'HowTMnfoa ever hnppe^ so lean?\ inquired tho visitor \at the dime museum. \ I was born so, air,\ 'replied the living skeleton with dignity; \I began lifo a poor boy.\— Chicago Tri bune. \It is all very well for thoso fellows to say that they can create a' rain storm at any time,\ said M. P. Ounious; \but what I want to 'co ^s a man that can 'raiso tho winr) whon ho wants to I\—— Boston Bulletin. \And yoti rejected him?\ \I did \He has the reputation bf being a largi hearted man.\ '\That'^ tho troublo T'' him; ho is too large-hearted. /Ho lovo half a dozen women timo.\— Cape Cod Item. A woman runs a locomotive on th» Cairo & Kanawha Valley Railroad in West Virginia and makes schedule time notwithstanding the impulse sho must anve to hold up her, train at every cros* Ing.— Detroit Free Press. j \Dobb of tho academy is a great stick- cr for tho proprieties,\ said Sincere at tho studio. 'Why, when he,..painted his famous marine, 'Tho Dyinfl^ Whale.' he did ti'o whale in oil and- tfl^,sea wator colors.\— Chicago News. ~f Customer-W-'Er, howabout the lasting qualities of this hat?\ New Clerk— \Oh that's nil right. Wo've had it i» iho store for more than fivo years, and you can seo for yourself it is as good as new.\— Indianapolis Journal. Collector—\I have becn'to your office i number of times, but££-o never suc ceeded in finding you in. Whero can| you be found?\ Impecunious Debtor \ I am always in financial distress. You ;an always find me there.\— Texas Sift ings. \Didn't tho poet from whom you wera; £«\ reading refer itff' dtthis linos to the ; & ' ?erm/of imr»5:...lity,\ inquired,iSsjf\ yV- of her husband. \Yes;' but^t^iti •kes me as carrying tho microbe.theory far.\— St. Louis Medicaimn'd^Siit ^iiM <burnal. •• .« £$'p^#ljg§gl^ n PassengorI(atier v bdUSi»v?fi'Sl^\ ^-\1 thinlc^li^'&ln ^SjIg \ *r'charged%y|Sjgh'B|j'^ tice:\ \lets he» apparent exactly as spojl thp to become. at the
