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i>ij:....n'j!»(iM-, w ». sss niiiiii n t.'i.iuj, . r )) r i.,iy» ft\ ,* -t I * ' Four Ji*'eo. K«le4 and Two Fa- tally Injured. WMHEARD FOR MIL3S AROUND, ^^^ff|^ff| REEtFOQ* PKKg, M«n War* Filling. Ifclhoh Unilirtook ;to Utjw'lnd * • meting Wtlr the Percussion Cap, friction Set Off the .Cap and E* .p-peed -Shell. . 1*9 tjfceat Snnlccji itaVeat Sa« 1fc» Gnnte With HMck: ItM^vuiim. JKisslssippi river sbpotiijg ?» varied with trlpjf to, the sunken lands; which begin near Hickman, JC-Jta. and extend south several hundred jailes on both sides of the r|#jr.. This territory w.a* coveted with .a dense folSea't of large trees before the land waa submerged by the. enrtbijuake of'1811, On tlib. Shells ana\ Tennessee side Beelfoet lake, eighty Fuss* Con. talleajdng, was formed, Ileelfopt lake la only three miles from the river at Opper Slough Landing and the same distance at TiptonviHe, Tenn. ^Clie dense forest Is still standing. The limbs ' and hark have rotted . and dropped off year? 'ago, leaving: tl)8 Ifow T'Ofrt, Feb. SO,—Three *r«ro klUeo^oaWgbt, one roan injuMt blenched 'trunkB^tandlnir jlkenqtarble tu> itot), he died later, iwo other men columns In water; ajxty ,f5eet deep, m aaialiy and at least seven seriously close tpgowerthat it is difficult to ihove &urt,in »a explortkmln the work room a skiff osnong tliem.r Sonus have rotted of the; navalstorage magazine *a£ Fori Leiayotte. The dead: Qeorge RoUmm, Brooklyn. • , <3mt*re Dorier, Bay^ Ridge. Jolin Mason, Brooklyn. , yrank'MujidoB, ordnance man, .<* ISo.aeeriously Injured at Fort Hamll . too tiaspltal weft Jfamo* CWcy, Long Island City; M*rl!n Tnorgonsen, Brooklyn; W, II TT«naurp, Brooklyn; CbarlOB Lonmuj. 'tor, Brooklyn; Eklward B, 'MoRfullon ordnance -man. JkWfal wore taken to their homes oe-jo Brooklyn hdaplwliw All the dew) sad Injured war* workmon at the fort, *flho explosion ootild be beard foi radios around. Accounts as to how Uie fswtsl Meat iras set off differ, One re. port ha* it, tljat tho men wore fllllns * 13'incb. *Jp#|l, wbijo another i« that the inoa |i«io rertovtog a powdoi ' durjo fxoga a shell and undertook ic unwind a two cocnofltinK the powdoi cjkapliftr w!to the iwreusJon csp. Thli KsMnuA swfflclQnt friction to sot «T tin <atp and- mpl jde the «h«Il. Map apoWU, clilof *nr«eon a.t Fori BQuallloa, HfwuBjonithe Uratto reach ' th*Mta#t oCifo catmtiropho a»d wlih t3»e (orttroopa r«q>ov«l tlio dcosl and ialniM from tha Kreckod rna©ixln|,'j Aimbultacea and wrgeotts were alu soinntotMMl from Brooklyn, * yiHlAfiayoito la an old forUHcatlpnl NEWRPAPBR puauiSHERS. Tfc« n«KtJKiJ BartOR, . _^ . -» . . - .^. i *_A man recently wturned ^rorr* tEur»J Jypport of St, toute Estpoiltton. ^^g^- j„ A8 | a wlt B gtiowlrtg Mine »U' R»M|gtIon Adopted tlraWfl t-lboral • Kw Tork, l?eb. 20. ~ T% annua) salting o£ ihe Amortcan Neirapapcij 3Pab|Uhw»* a«ocl«tlor« w« eootinugd, Jt W.KeKliiney of Pbltodclpata. read * ptpr on Dm relation of nowsj^apert to ^io' trusu, . • On motion of A.-A. jHcOorralek ol tfco ChlOMCO Itoeord-florald tho follow $ixK rMaltttkn-was adopted: \Jtftwl^od.That tho Ameflcaa. N0w» p*por PtiblHtlier»* »i»oc'latlon, in con mnllon vsscmbted. rocogxiliJiig tho no, iioail and inlernsiienat tsiponajiect ol tiso lflttI»Uni> I'lirjdiitso csixjsltion, to iMiicld In Si. liouli in, 1S04, uimul xaouily reconunendii tho eifrncst and ItturiU supi»n of IU mombens to te- caro the auccca* of this great onter prlw lotondoil to cotntnotsorato one ol tfco tre*te*t una moil Important ovonlt la tho history of -the United States,\ A full am ol offictm was elected with \ C3b*tl(W H. Ttjrlor, Jr« of tho Boston GBojio, ptesldont; \V. 0. Bryant, Brouk- Ijtn !Wt«e», iocr«|ary, a»d Bdwrard V Call, Now York Mall and 13spress, tuenufer. / Ball Ilifui«d for Tillman. OoturaWa,\ S7 C, Fob. 20.~Fdrmot Jj4outon«ttt floverrior TJllman was to ftual itsll at tho conclusion of the liawltis «Jf ttla ippIlcRtlott for release on* bond, llr, IMUmaa Is ftold on tlu chnrgo ot murdering EXIHor CJoainlM Tllltnan wai not present* In court _ KeadlBK of «lftds.vlU! from botb sides ^ «Kieupte^ tho raomTng eitMslon of th« ©oiiri, ^S* aBdavlla by the ftefonw ii»MM *o ^row tliat TiilHron^aeiwi In •elf-ionaaso, declaring that bb liad re c«lvoil mesldges ajd Inforrantlon thai Editor Gonalea intended to taio hli Jlfo, off at the water level; anfl others nrtf. hollow, making good blinds, .ilie flight of wild fowl oh Reelfbot tetke 1» beyond tbo comprebenaion of tjuo ar«jrage sportsraan. There are duck?, «eeiM>, connorants, oaited^ water turkeys; ormicB, -water heas and snipe, Thoy. all keep tip n chatter whldJ rnnkes the sunken foreat rfrig. Frora. the tops of tho trees eagles, ba-wka aad owls con* tribute-piercing screeche» to the con- tlauouS dfn.—Outlng, Apprentice* For Wfe, \Hnve. ypu .over \encountered!' the ibild who in the matter e»f jmiirt say. tijgs and Btrnlght trotha i» an abaoiqto terror to ail with whom he> piny cfaanco to come into contact?\ .sulci nn nniloim parent recently, \Because if rwt I should like to introdnco yon to that boy o^ndne.\ \What hai your boy-done, tlieo-T' In- quired WH friend. \Wlmt 1ms he doner* t»W tho parent. \Why bo's always ei lfc. OMy tlila morning he came to me and askofl what it meant to be apprenticed. I told him that it meant the binding of onol persou to another by ag«en«3jt: and that oh© iiereon so bound infl to teach the otter all he could of bis trade or profewton. while tho othof nstd to »ir.!«>^«»™ «rfS.^S^^ ftfid^lmd \o make himself tuefiU in •svery way poMjbfe.'» \nvell H Wliy, after a fow naomeSSa the young ra«cal edged up to mo nndt said. SThcn S I auppoae you're apprenticed to ma, ain't you. Oadr° nnilra of bla trip. •Tber^'i ot\e thing E didn't Irrluff back with me, and tbat'i B Bagdad button,'* bo saM, \I'm Jurt as well natianed that I didn't too. A Bagdad butlorn? Well, I'll tell yoa about tfe-- Breryvpenmn *whp goes to Bagdad rind tstnyr there (or nil Ktontha Is atllletcd with n pecuKar \boll that lenvw a scar ftb^Bt-thcstoo of a half dollar It nmy^Co'tilo on Use face or on some part of the body, bat It It fcfound to come If yoti stay there long caough. I didn't. It gpt oat juxt n» loon ai 1 coitW. Children who are Ijotn la B«g- tlad always come into the worldl \with this mark, which Is known na the Bag* dad huUon.VFhllarfelphla KceotA . MartttjrlBK Advi««, A federal oflJeeholdcr telta of -cam- paigiilng in Kentucky with euaothor stump speaker. The latter thottsht to make a good Impression io tho famo&i tUatillery town of Owensboro, and In hi* epeeeb tliere soutuled the praises of whisky, \ifthf gentlemen,\ asid he, \I base noticed In my reading of bis* tory and biography that all great men. arankHqtior. I tell you, *rhliky naskca men smart.\ \What's that?\ said rm old farmtr who was n noted teetotaler. l \Whisky makes toon SMart,\ ireltor- nted the orator, \anil 1 «hallcu£e de- nial.\ \Then said the^farmea\ \you'd bet- ter get a couple of barrels and begin ou It at once.\ . t Ssrl? w.^v'-*-- I- cjy- * Fsrnlllei Llvlnjj In Tents. .TlnrJeittneSi lud., Feb. 20.—High -water which fins turjted to lee and tho bitter, cold hits brought destitution and scJich lufterlhg In scores ot homes In tho Erciberras Bottoms, south* of how anil covering thousands of acres ol Isuid, Thw ^Wabaah. jjlver continues W riao and Add td tho destruction 'in f tiw affecteil dlstxlct Some families jaro llvtoff Iti teny oh tho ShSllsldea •willo scores are (living in (he sesonp atorioa of tJielr homes, the lower ffciOrs belri^ fllled Y'lth Ico. it Is aothlng rtife In cnulna for |jya twelve to fourteen years old to, snatry. The physical, moral and Intellectual de- velopment at the contraotlfig parties fans nothing to do -wltb ther matter. Oth- er considerations entirely regulate the [<&ffitlr. An old Chinese aphorlsjn snya that the great business of life Is ended when thorns and daughters ate mnr- ried. She Chinese parents do hot care to run the danger of postponing the marriage of their chlldreni especially of their sons, mitll after their own death. . V . Shortaflo.of Natural Gas. tPltlabtirg, Feb. 20,—Tlhero fs «o \abaliSmieint of the cold wayo, tie nle^ cuiy In Pittabur andTiclnl^* reglstop teg from a to It degrees ielow aero in exposed piacos* Shortage ot iiatumi caa cauaed mucih. suffering and Incon- •renloncei. -Oiie^death Was reported yes- .Gerday,\ • • . G«megl8 to Buy a Dutch Palace, •;-•' %i 'Bogiib, Feb. 20.—It la reported t3iat hegxjtiatlona have 1»aeh opened jie- Itmm a flnttnclal syhdicats of The Hagtie tod ihdteW CJaEoegle tor tho aaloef ari estate bora, which formerly \ ftolorig^a to,(he grand duca) family of Sn^\fleMi«t i i ttpen -wMob Mx, Oaf- jaailo^propo^os <to tfrect a 'Ipalaco of ipee&ii.\' r- ' - •• Weather'*;lhd!catfoti8i '* • J?«!tty *«loudy and warmer Friday mM Batusd'ay, probaihly llgiht. sno.w along tbe lakes; varlabla winds. V Didn't Seem Fmatny. Little'Jolinny—That yoking man who comes to see you inust tfe pretty poor Tompany, He .basn't any'serise of humor. - • Sister—Why do you think so?. Little Johnny—I told him pil about tho funny \way you rush nboiit-nnd tonttg doors when you get In a temper, anrl he didn't laugh n bit. •'An Ehiptr Amurnnoe, \fie anys he'd share Eds last dollar -with me,\ .. \Jfcjs said the man -who tooks at things coldly, \bat he I s a man who. f -will take .preo.loas* good «are never to get down to his last dollar,''—Washing- ton Star, _ The Rcnl Article, \- Sllllcus—Everybody says he Is a' genius. * ' - Oynlcus—Then I guess he might be. It takes genius to* cenylnce other peo- ple that you are one.—Philadelphia *Eortd Oftbello, Ft't). ao.—-'fhe Vene- Sueian gu'nhoai Bcstaurador, \which I-was' eapteOd; by the German cruiser VJneta on i>6c. ^2, anchored hero still flying the aerWatfliag. The anthorl- Ue3ii«ve not yet been tidtltted!' that shfe^qthi returned-tp yenezuela, A».Sir«,cttT*- f^ttMiUfm^hf.-.- hlne *• tnah's property for debt Js lui^ftsed; -to .b*„s.-lM«tftI : pr^ceaft • 'but. an lneident \wbjtc.1} occurredyear*sgOln -tbeclty of IsJatehejf, np relate^ hy Etayy CroCjkeAin • JMIK-WB rtntt , |lw , ettture|( ( \ aliovr* tta't. th'ere»i|re' otfiec- ''attach- xuents\ which sotoetlmes aecottiipilsh * benetleent purpose, ..,•'•* £ji odd affair \uced.r^eff;wben Was la»t at g*tchc», gays Mr. Groeic»tt. A |.»teawboat stopped a t the landing, and one of 'tite crew\ went ashore -(Sjp pur- ehase pfovisipns, He went into.a. sn< Jooft On the -#ay, aud Tthe adroit in- aajate)! epflfrlveS t,0 'rob him of »li his ^Quey Tfee c^ptaiia of -tiho bolt, a. de- ^rraiiif^ felloiw, went ashore in the nope ef persuading them to refund,.bu,t l -t^eyideellned. - . Without furtfier ceremony, the cap- .Jtair^ assisted, by Ids crew'arVli-jtossonvi! jrerSf somo <S<?0 or 400 hi number, rriade fait'an immense ca.bio to -fhe.\frame hrdidlBB'wftere the theft bad been com- mitted, Then he allowed ; fj|fteea mlh- tttes for the money to.ba< fortbeomhig, •owing that if it were not. produeed •within that time, he would put steam to his boat and drag the house Into the river. The tbloves know, that ho would keep his word, and the raeaey was promptly produced, rmroUtnK Way Fllei, Ou the banks of *tie Blbe a curioin sight may frenucntiy be seen. Men and- women corno there in the evening and light fires, near which they care- fully Bpread spacious clotty, In a few mlnptca swarros of May files, those del- leaf«little crefttntes whoso earthly life |a?ts only for a few Wurs, hover around the flfe*a,.snd speedily .nuudreds—nay, thouMhds—of them are burned and, fall ©n tho cloths.- \ -? After * sunlciont supply of fHcs has been fathered in this way tho fires are axtingnlslied, and the cloths are care- fully raised from the ground ana taken home, On the following? morning they are placed fan'a, garden on a sunny spot, the result being that the bodlca of tho files become thototiuhly pntclioa, Tho files are then ready for tho ranrifcefc and •re gold for ft few cents a rrnart to AN 4R«f*IC and other feathered pets. Only the bodies are used for this purpoae, and thereiforebefore they »K$»ent to mar- ket tljo utmost pains are taken to see that all the wings have been removed. -Watcrpxqsflmr Boot* at H»»e. ^ • I have for years used succcMBtully a dressing; for leather boots amS shoe* composed of oil and; India rubber, keep- insont aiofstttreand unlnjurloua to the itatbor applied, leaving same soft and pllablf. To prcpnr© wnie, ieat to an Iron vawel either Ssli ori, «s«tor ofl or «vcn tsllow- to about-S30 degrees F.; tlien add, cot into small pieces, \vulcan- ised or raw India, rubber shout one- fifth of tht«aec%l(t'6t the oil, gradually stirring utmc with a wooden spatula until the rubber Is complotetyatebtred In tho*oll; lastly, add to give It color a small amount -of, printers' laic Sour Into a suitable vessel and let coo!. One or togb applications of tbts aro'au;fa- dent lo tboro'aghly wsterpwoe a pair of boots or shoes for a, sensen. Boots or shoes thus dressed will taEe corn- Inoa iboeh!acklng-'°with the jcrestcitt fsclllly.-!-SeJetttlllc Awerlcan,* > Il«I««c »«d nwnta*. ' It I»safd that Bafatae detested Dumas, Once ha brougbtto) thp Slcclo tht*man; tiscrlpt of a no?el, *Wch \fa« to follow *'Les Trols Mouso,uettttrw),\ , then being published. He asked to be paid 2K frafid a line. The director of tie iour< nat hcutatttd. \V'ou see, M. Dumas is being paid only 2 francs 1 line.\ \If you are giving 2 franca to that negro, 1 shall get euK\ And Baliae stalked, off. '.' Bumas was -not Ignorant of Bsbwe's feelings toward htm and did not spare him. In the foyer or the Odeoa theater Balttc was talking loudly In m group of literary men, \When.I hsve written myself out as a novelist, I shall go to playwrltingi'! \toii can begin right away,!' called out Bumas, -AM At»U»n Storr, An'Arab and his wife were constant- ly ^uaiteHjijr, ahd the wifo always went straightway to her father and made complain^ One day the Arab hoxod the cars of his better half, Vhereupon\ she went again to her fa- ther and related her grievance, de- manding revenge. The'-father, a wise old sheik, shook his, head. aha. after long reflection, -boxed' hut 4raghte*\a ears and saldr \Now thott art avenged. !Thy husband has boxed the ears of my daughter, and 1 have boxed thte ears of his wifel\-^Luatfge BuvRer. ' He-atetc^r Mt«4* it- \ily-boy doesn't seem to have got along here very weft\ said the office noy'Bifather. - . \Well to be perfectly' frank with \you replfed the employer, \I must say no.*' \Ah! Whafs-his trouble?\ \Ho hasn't any. trouble! l£s the .rest of us who have had 4hat\-<Jh!eago Tribune, ' ISUaSed. Tho angular phssengef sluck her head out through the\ car window. \Why she asked the mdn on the station platform, \did you speak just now Of that singular looking machine ns'sbeV\ I '\Because nin'am,\ replied the man on the platform, \It's a mall*snatcher.'' And she took her head in agahv* •Chicago Tribune.. .mm <S» J?«i»»jj[**,,iiHNit, .^', ' Dogs W*. unlutehed'and'fssteBed, as asnal, 'sudden esclr^rTW'B^Idmoi ,^haiheff'oyer,the.^:foot -yj^^gpow' knife'and dlsapDeared behind the piknu giet, where ths other two wire already : | Wttlnjt Snow biMkii-'^-fi^risdvmy-' 1 4ofs, got put: tl*eir |S|Ioa s^pemmJcsn,. \.cut It up and fed wm,' sotadlng by 1 with Whip in hand to aee -Jbat there wasVnobnl|yihg,'snd'tbat-esch do^gct hts siisrej^hsn I unpaek^^a^e^aksr,'; oil can and Mtehelvbox, pas^diu; themf up the Icefoot as ntgkas 1 1 could resch. 1 did not wait for the. completion of tba. igloo to commence my prepalatlKMis for supper, ?but with a feiw.strokes of thf spade^ekcavated a ntehe in*the snow-: bank, puttbe.r^ke^iaiwt #^ \ftoj* filled the {amp with oil .and the bolj&r with *lc*j .placed a few snow flocks around It for \still better slieltef\;snct lTght«d up,'By the time thelgioo WOJS epniBleted I bad enough water melted for our tea, and supper w*s entirely ready by the time my ihep'hadfed the dogs, and they lost no ttfte^n freeing their clothing of snow And Joining tne in the igloo. Soli less time was con- sumed m. putting away the tea and bis. cult and penimlcan, and lesp again in filling off to ,dmmiess slumber.—Cora- mandef Bobert B. Peary In Outing; y , v (S»««4 •tthe P*I»> ' The rate of pulsation depends entire- ly on the movements of the heart, each beat representing a contraction of the left ventricle. The normal pulse of the sdult male varies from sixty to eighty beats In the minute, The range of the Individual variation Is, however, very great, Tho range in females is tven greater, somOivlng at pulse rate, of' over eighty, others less than sixty, tba majority showing a • higher rate than Tanles,* , » In children the rate is more frequent; At birth, 128 to Mi; first year, 140-to 180; *t sixteen years, ninety, fir pKI sge the puls^js,usually shove seventy- two, but often also between fifty ,and sixty: T'liripulsftjrate is higher In short than tail persons and also varfea-some- the forenoon, rlsjng Ip the. afternoon, sinking during the night and rising In the morning. Habitual pulse rates be- low fifty-six and aa low as_forty-slx have been fljbt«jr*ed Jn healthy adults, hut thexarexsse exceptions. We know of no esse on, record of a healthy pults SOIOKSS thirty. i • linniiu i 'in ii i« ' Kts Hot Bats, . \I.bAd a. law partner once to Missis- sippi,\ said * southern lawyer, **wbo began to feci the effects of long years #f b«rd< work at his profession, and be Wat advised by bis physician to go td the Arkansas hot springs and take the, baths. The day ol hts arrival an at- tendant shut him up in a bathroom and, giving .him a thermometer, told bun to Rt the hot water run until St had reached a ccitsln temperature and then to shut it oft •The old fellow had mors dear grit than any man I ever knew;- When the a.UunTntit went back\ *n horn* later, iny partner was standing up In * tub of betting hot water. The skin was fair- ly cooked off his feet, hut he towsd ht wouldn't get out until the specified temperatort bad litso registered. He was hoWlng the Uiermometer up -In front of his face Instead ot putting It In th» water.\ '-THr4/^yotfer «• is* -w.Mt o«t •« JB»*a^*» :• ,^.'!)ia«'H«|w^; ;i. ,. ,. , Hsrbsrt Allen GKles. to \Gnlna and Uw -.dhimajie'* says .that- ther* : -a**' sMnge mtiwik^ons as to im m«*n. lag of' the'' :Ohiriesefiejua; wj^sfc, has bwaibr.JN«n Forn. by. that ration *«; »aly sboutjr*years.' - i-',; It'wss Imfiosed hy the MsintcJiooTsr-^ *a%'the*presentj:rtti«iii of Ghiha,, as, a, \»Ofaot eonsmesix Previous;;to : .%Qttf <$k Chlnesf cJotSed therfls«r#s iwdii :aH^;$h&r Knir; liks^ba wJirnjJkjK' anese—that is, ltkev ^etjap^sese. w^p, still wear what Is iric<Drrec'tly tooWnf |S tha-%eatitlful native••jarsj*' of JTs-^ pan,'\. «>#r'njatti* otfact,, the JTspan- ,e>e vborrowedi their dresf' si well %$., their Bteraiure, phil^sopby and early art from the OMnessi *h*,'jspsnessi dress Is that Of the'lkCtog ; period ,4P PJtthus,13?8to..lQ^. .. . , . Burlrhlw-dloT'Hii. M#teJbqo)^sr^ tars gst the cue? They depsndid as'a rAce almost, for their axlsteBce upon' t,he horse, .^The accepted,. tbeery,U;tha$ out Ol gratitude and respect for; Ms noble any \the Tartar* so far at-he could, took oaJblmself the eo^lne.forin and grew a cue In imitation of a horse's tslL U'his sotaewhat grotesque theory might, fatt fo'ttie ground, save that It la supported by striking.eyl- denee. * .'•-'' -Official coats as seen in Ghl&k at th«. present day are made withipecujlsr, SUNVSS, shaped like a horse's leg.and. endjng in an UnxnlstalWbia hoof f cov- ering the hand, which,are known as \boraesboe sleCjVes.\ Incased! thereto a Chinaman's arms look much like a horse's fore,legs. The tall.<^rripletes tba picture. , , ^ :, ;. lOft'll'si CJiiwIasr. '• -**Qoft«* chewing,\ says a doctor,,^ a habit easily coatracted,-for the taste of the crtep roasted berries Is not un- pleasant\ and tile exhilaration, the stim-. ulns, that the berries give Is quite Si marked as thafwhlch would be obtsut- ed from a glass or two of beer or from * drink of whlBky, ,-; - .. \It It this exlutoratlon,*! sm conTinc-. •d, that causes the Jiablt to be formed and that makes It a hard habit to break away frbm, x lf-sbould be broken sway from. Its effects are highly Injurious. They-are more injurious than those ot tobacco chewing. '\ <The coffee chewing habit wrscks th* nervas, it make* tho,skin sallow and It dsMtroya the appetke, X have bad, oc-, caslon to treat a number'of men for it I always advise such wen to break off by Imperceptible dsfrees; to give three or four months to tho task, 8om«sue> csed and some do not. Men who work In coffee plants' find it- almost impossi- ble to soc^eed.\r-Kew \fork Tribune, _ m«i>U Ittmt W«r 0r««*«t«. Plants have developed shnost ss many dodges for perpetuating thalr existence as. animals, only we don't so easily rec- ognise them. Bid It ever strike, you thtt every seed, bulb -or tabs* Is not merely s reservoir of material for the plant that Is to grow out of It, but also a mass of fuel for supplying heat nec- essary to the sprouting ajjedtstl Mors than this, If you look at the sarly spring buds and flowers, you will notice that those which are Ukely to be ex- posed to frost, such as catkins or wil- low and hasel, are well protected by a thick covering of soft material, a rog- nhtf glsat avercssi Tao Sauurt. •It does- not always pay to beitoo smart,™- said a lawyer. \At mar board- ing Bouse a. new waitress Was employ- ed,.and a young chap asked her what he should call her. e \'Call me Pearl,' she said. v y - *'Are you the pearl of great p: he asked. , / •\\\'Ko answered theTgirl. *I guess 1 am the pearl that tfas cast before swlne.•'*—New.^fprjc 9MmeSi ^ t\f \ r i'n-'i i ... r w , •wamted- im ..r«r*? * * Very much Indebted, customer enters iliutchertsbop, remarking, **1'11 take a 16? of mutton, and X want.to pay for if. . - •- -A • -,--•'-.\• -, \All riightr** replies the',b.utcher, banoVJ lng forth'the meat, Which Customer takes and starts to go. VLook here,\ cries nie.hutcherj \it thought you said you wanted to pay for? itl\ • ' \ffo I do,\ Was the reply, 'fent I can'f.'J-^Londos telegraph, ' . , \Wlutm In Cmv*t*i. fiaray*. ' Brxring the long tertiary epoch, when opossums disported themselves on th* site of Paris and mastodons tramped- along the valley of the Shames, the earth was In the throes of mountain making. The Alps, the 'Himalaya*, the Alleghankt, the Andes, attest the power of her activity is those days. At: their termluaUon our continent* steed gwotiy.fcTgbtt thstu'they do now» and this aided their glsclsrJon, although,it does not fully account for it Bat as they became loaded with ^ks Kurops and Amer tea gradually, a%& ws may -venture to say cxmtempottnaoosfy, sank/ This was Inevitable. Owing\ to the extreme heat and pressure ptsvau- ingjin its lnftttlor tba earth Is an em- inently elastic body, Its surface tve- tuslty; bulgtsJn or t out with a very slight Increase or decrease of the toad ftpott It—Edinburgh Review, . • » ; Jfmttm His «cat> A certain congressman was very busy at his desk In the house-one; toornlng when a page amaotmeed,,\^5rgentleman to th» lobby to see yon, sir.\ \Teli turn I'm-cot In my scat,\ said the congress- man after looking at the .card. The boy, a sturdy looking chap, did not 'move. \Buf you are to your stair, suv\ he answered IrT matter of fset-tones, •and I can't say you are not\ - Ths congressman looked. at_the lad angrily, but, seeing thai ho was hi csrnwrt, moved into the vacant thalr of hk neighbor. \Now teithim i'm not tomy seat.\ '.'Yes,, str^** sald'the Boy m-Iakty and Went to de!iTer the meesageif MaaUaia SStftpf^iBW 1 ! Bl^if^aS^ifW B4tai#' sa*wJS»l«'» OftKB; The heal Truth. \\Bidn't she miirry a, 'has been ?'\ 1 \NO. 8he thought he wds»twiUtbe/ but he turned out nn 'lshti.r--i(lffe i i , . Chimite. A little change to tie hand to Worth more than a great chahgeih the .weath- ig^Philadelpnia Record. __' t^~ The majority'flt men *ecognib» nois- ing, to iurhsn..afrab:s-*st good 'unless.« yields sohie return, and-they lava those friends, rhost-ras they do their csttie— from whom they hope to obtain .the. most profit, 'Thus they lack that.loveil- I est and most ^pturat form of friendship •• which Is sought for Its own* sake <inly, nor do they know from experience h'ow beautiful 'and.,hcrw' lot^ such friend'' ship Is. •••/'' ' '• Hajsur Bay, *. . • \What are you trftlggr' jifked-ffie freshmaiii'' \ • • ' \' \Just.arqpptofcs hnatp iny|fuysriw<, wisiang\hlm many ibappy/.rejtu|n» of the;day>f i^pUeA t^e f jioplomors. \Why his s gr»irr' \Nh; ,iv* Basset ia* a chsc* Eafeot «>«;-t3»l<)jfj(Hts>!(l^. wic^CW.lMiWSH.4 It fakes a, very terge*\dose of chlo- roform to ahasthetfae^ the ChinSmrin. .He pjiaes under its influence more and rarely,Bhows the excitement racteristic of the InlHal stage of anrcatfexla. Still more rarely,dpos ; he suffer fromlckness on hkuturn to couBdoUsnesa Tlris greater apathy of narare, helgs to^eeOVIryjtrom-' Sirsrsl accidents and op«ratioria—Loooob H«s- pitaL \ _r_ ; ,^ , \ . .\^: „ ,, A H»raea-8««jk%\f t ;S\- , A' very hahdsomXe^necles of• snaks-le the rhmocerps vdtoe^^hjeh.bears, ss its baine suggests,-horns on Its, nosis^ ,lt Is most^b&ytifullyl «jiore!p\ .vvhteji freshly emerging from its cast skin, but Its, farm is by no means elegant, being y^y*Aiek'in,bbdyT wftbra hulktojju^s head- it may lttaln'k;iengm of mqre| thaii six feet uriaiff ; a very, .deadly anf« nw1.>---(3uarterly>KeVlcw. • .- . . . . •>. , ,\ '(tr«<srmp»tii«tle. *\ «*.'Thls,ls.a..co.ld, unfeehng world,\' he remarkeaArttb'r,iy. ; ' - -' ., '\ r ' .'iBJfcl** rettirti^dVbisiBitnpluilon. \tott too, have heard the ribald jaUgh when;- yoii slipped on a banana- skirt, bate youi\ \ i i., ' :.,', ... • si-4k <\••• x ^ flthsi-wA aiJiteen. ppjige. Jotter tfrfim ,6eo,r^ei : Why ( wjl>ftt;W» e«r|h do^i he •ay,* -. • '.—?*** • • ** ;••.•' ^Mahel^Be^says -fie loves the,—Bit* %urg8as&teV - \• • ' i .\ V: - .' jhi^l ^., • . , . ' i. ' Or«ati;griMeraM^ihBhha<lre n<jt m- lowed to. play In the,rBdrni»g,or,eveB- NHmkf hetween ^ao^ .ap^ s?»Wft. • :'••' , •'•• '\-'-• '•;'•) '-. ' >**;-*%. JBvVrir -w^stera rsilrt-sjd is;eqnipped' •witha largiT'-fo^ot-'imo^^jiliifejrs; > Itotary sw>wplo-*i s*d TneftiWhlri 4t^w hew to inn th«n, can jentfthelr-way • thyouik fdjfpl ,-**fat #•. ^^fir;'^. . ;«t^wssftrh' '•.ratlrosdlftat'-'^ld; -have , ^«sill>t^-M : >»!«^%.'^o^^ a !N!>' lTl»e. rotary snowpleTW Is OS** ol the mar- Teht of the rsdlr^d'of *>daj,,ande.'itjhi a ilbfrsi sducstien'lB-.ata art of anow fighti&ig K to' sss*i««e -M'sakem' »*ilng Its way through a ^httedxact thst-tinreat- «ns to cut off^commura<^tlQn .between .the «*st and iht^sjij;, \3»ers aifef- sey- eral passes to the 8oK^^ouj*tatns whirf for six noohtt's- In. the ysHsifor more form a constant rnensce to* train cwrirs. These passes «re sltusrtasd at the top of toe Gfihjat .RMde, wheafi^tba.. elements have fnllswayr.: Boreas Wis, In Colorado,,is s.falr example. The snow begins falling at Soreas tote in Augusto? early to-Sejetember, aad it dces.^t ceaiMi'onW-feiUi into ICay ahd • aometimek. Junes.' Thews.will be- toter- mit^t,sn5>wsta*ms in «ha mldsrixmner mouths,' b«t .the** «e triljlhg affairs ' and are-^ofc' to be .mentioned'in the same \breath -with Caa • tremendous smoHlraUs of January - and. February. y«w men make tbelr haanes a,t Boreas. Itrfifeiio'thlng foxr tn«?m *o g«t up in the' toornln* sod, flr*4 tl|er4s*elv«l eojaplete. ly.buried to snow. TSMP one store is nRTiflly st the end ?C a'tunhel cut through an imraense%8iowlrtft,. iThe population of Bor«R,a ^Surlftst these snowy months sonslsba. Sot the most pstfW'wt ih« sraifiwd Iwen who are en- gaged \to the'stxepuoiia work of .fight- ing constantly ebangln* drifts; SWow «t Boreas does ait fills Itl rages. It is blown about to swirls jsuodeddless knd Is folrtWr fenntognoff <anfU as treaeh- ./BMuslyias a rt,ver,thstt is constantly 'Sblfttng ttsfjwnd bahka of its, month. - These, drifts sr» not llttks affslra \tha.t will barely cover'.* \stake and xddet\ fenoe. T3wy in piled tnv, twenty a,ud thirty (est high, itnd th*y iprinif ~°P In a night. ,.' f * ' To the \tondarfoot\ it wgutd seem ImposaiblstOiplowswisy through tbeso drifts at Boreas^ but when R hu«e ro- tary snowplow corajs -irhlillnf np tba tracs; wjith thresi or fprxr engine* push, tog vigorously hchlnil it tile ••tender- foot\ .'reserve* his ,'d«Sclsloh. Me la stm inciuttd to»J*yjr? the, snowdrift, but hs prefers to aHait dOYsloptnentn bofore eommitdjig Himself, With * rush and a plonge thai big rotary M hurled info -th* whits mass of anow. Black ^smoke pours Irons we-enjrlnert and the hug* blades of the ssowplaw eat relentlessly into the drift. Ths snow shoots oat of lb* orifice at th* side ot the ptowv forwin^ * buge, whits semicircle constantly moving forward. On*, can kasp track of tiie progrswi of thl-blow. by flBlleithsB' Tth* jSAsmnce- nsBbofJthlf raixilwW'oC'ssEWWi 3e^w5t-by foot the rotary-jstsitss way forward, ami finally It and ti»e engines- ata borj*dla*hfflga-trench,jof whit*. Only the stacks of. the englrsa* can be seen, Weaing their Wsckiieiws on the ,v-Irgln girb about them.\ But the graft wnltt •emidrcle never falls to go forward unttl finally th* \tt'Mderfoot* knows that t>e drift Is being ,con<iosred. When iha reg^s*-4w«rlsM, ^lixojted comes along * few hours later, the pas- scngers do not kmow pC the battle that has Just* been \fou'ihC. 'They»-4s*vcl throogha canyon of snow as they* pass Boreas,'bot.-tbe-y hsVe no Idea of -ths tremewlous ;forcs,r«iuixed..to cat: this white path over the ridge of tka con- tinent; so they go on, all'unconscious to their Pullmans, while the railroad men at the next siding: ahead oil'.the rolaxy'sjou giro\ u^iEeto : lb'inytor.ihe next iaattle, whhih the»r kno'w Bdreas will be pttpstreatj* jivsss.4hem to aiew tkmra - - - \•-•«- The experiences at Boreas paasTdut*- Iflg a hard winter arse duplicated at aaay otto^, rmHroia pasties ia the Eocf y Mountains,, to »ay nothing of greatstretcbeSatrowep altitudes -which have always\ beeti the favored haunts- of snowdrifts and y(k\ch have.always given railroadmen, great-trottbte. It Is the'-mieMpicta i«hssiten|.. st M***- points-that hrbags a serrioin\ isperct to the siruatlODL ' At ths passes over the '©real Divldefailread toen aje'prepared •fjir \frbghllf ana^nii&auently sterioos h|^d|snart>-^W,BqiAt|h3sa worf comeT that a Hrain hitsr\*falfeu~fe fight j^its Way through the drafts 100 ox? per- haps 200 miles xroni' the nearest -avail- - *4)le-.rotoi^plurW -««BsK^^tai^«inia-'- epif. /To -get i at'^rolfer^plow' * m ,the' hlObasoed-. train ^stej iMtHt.andte-the - mjeanttofe tite •dbrlffa-^aper a'cchinhiatlng |on- \tte^hnsed: |M^.Jan4i'.eaeh; - iiburi hrlngS helr/inesn^'&^Wlirosltf.'men :aM;jja8sens^rs\aB4ei-rVi'5;ii!; •.?- r |.,,.8'otoetimes '*s^t^os»tarjpNK# has heen^knowh/io^M' :epJJght;-.i4**il*now WocWde. ^ne. ?&tali^-,rofciij^u hi ^yo*miflg< ^jrfjrint^wMhscrfa ro- . tary^i&lfba s^d-attrX W^ Vs>a ihak- Ing.gbo^jrogi^M durjn« a-flerce snow- irtprto wiW coBpelledim. xhnibackTaiew 'toites for watesv Instesad of taking the - rotary with JBl'rn. be ajwienpled and ran «|aj» ehgjnrei i .b*^atia|tskf*heMe*ntime i the snoW gathered lo? *flst over' the - - tracks t\s*ih^^waB light his way ba(5kto-'tl*''pii»iri ; -^u|a instances frewrje, hosree-re^ «b«_ar^botfly owing to t^e-.dverjjight o^ijrtte ^iaroani for a iWary snovrpfew •wltfcSufflcienfcpow-. $;'^#$21 •&&&&$** .#Ay-^*bJro n 8h lir»)s?Siiy%un^#tae#i^ dlrifta. -New Xork Trlhuhe, i •''••••,.«. ' - How'jSiie',W^eit4 : ^jttrs. Biack-^|Sam- Je*a»dn,'done left ffi^.#.'|boWiiIx.moittlS ago.? •-' '-' :^.{Blaek^B}p^Bhi 1 ii^'.he'*ii* s*fr ' I* hai . ^' .o.'!-'-.' -'t '\\ ,; ' -••••:•/•-*}>-•• '.v::,ff.: : V ...i.i,'..i„'.... v..yum 1 S* • ,S. l . .t-^..sv.. ,. Mi»istersof|th 1*itrlers of tlie 1 sto,W*uc1ia W .Ppor. W. ix, t 'xepreieatedtbe \1 Cfejitennisl.theWe teacher »*y8:—I«i Bgut\ pl*no super .pattlcatorlyforits e«y avtitni and above *Ufof-ita% . U*. U.H SOtJl • oidssfiBtaijMjstct) with*9os«*8e«* others to my »**• friends, ** they si aad bstasueh * i piwfcandfaH.rich aalttdls octsves,' 1 iecttonitseemsto . hemsde. JIR.CSAS.CJ taut* of Boston w! islly tor # snch plj ehssed tor »T 'iSOHUBERt\ at *nd**mt dsUghted way. Would not other wake with v wUHAKfcJ t*gdWso**i Ofla »$«»»» f*roifrana.*lsc«to! TbatohiWiivsttfl iafaciioa. Th* *1 thoftrai^ly to* a » etaud to tune,wo» of miuiiascrlpta M »tWh**s,Bafith... Briton- MSM, says tipt%hWsty;eli t tl somst&sjesko^M pieiniEMsnareall p»t^T t *niinIo-« aaypl^3eyja?dt it toattWMeaai . tohV laost c4hscj teieSeta^.toirsti \WmSSH^\ t ye*'rsls»>tw ^, **^Ves9ch«t»** e^htir16e«6fi*a haVeh«yw us*,»ira.a_ etfty'Wi^ bah^comuF bTcic? . -'fWaiii^she -jest ., li^s**«Mi^^i. #^.. -~r \'-r^tSi-^
