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•<A* -*# -, r.^'^yt. <•' »ow «Ct*cpr«o»*e »*|o«-W» ***** The experience* of a-fattnhorse i&at is des3tt>ed,by .S>wejl Jtord In \Bowses ' Jfin'e; 1 * O&tfeo is tbe-nanw of the horse, . At'ws&t*9J«« a Hard tune pnli% tfco. band wagon ova? the country roads, tout he thoroughly flSJWR &« P<M itt *&& performance* nnder the main tent, \JEne ;. anther .Haascrlbes Calico's fcellnga as follows: * jStbi that grand entry! 'flint -was something to live, forr JSo nattor how bad the roads or how hard the hills haef.been, Calico forgot it alMurtng/ those ten delightful minutes whou, with hi? flBBrtieatliig time to the rat-tat-tat of the snareflruro, he swung pranctos- ly around the yellow arena, It ajl began to the dressing toot with a period of cpnf uslon In which horses | .were crowded togetfcer as tjilclc as they could Btand, while the riders jessed and mounted in frantic baste, for to ije late meant to bo fined. At last tins rtos- raaster clapped lite bands asaBign that all was in roafflAe'ss. O\facro was a mo- mentary, hush, (then a bugle soundeO, the.flapswero thrown back, ami to the crashing accompaniment of the bary! the* seemingly ehaotfc mass unfolded Into a. doublo line aa tbo horses broJce Into a sharp gallop around tho freshly dug ring. The first tlrao Calico did the grand entry ho felt ns though ha had been Bucked into a whirlpool and was being carried around 1 by some irresistible fores. $Q da?oil was be by the rouste. by \th* bum, pt human voices and by the unfamiliar sights that Jio forgot to rear and_ kick. He could only prnnee ana Tsnort, He went forward hi*hus« the rider of tlio outside norm; dragged ] Mm along m tho bridle rein. Around and around Ijo. circled nntli lio lost all sense of direction, and wlum ho was Anally shunted out through the dress- ing tent flaps lio was so dlssay lu> could scarcely stand, „ •*n» titndle J?l»», One of tho piscatorial curiosities of 'the north Pacific coast, especially plen- tiful along tho shores of British Colum- bia, is the Mi known to Jndlnns, whites* and half breeds aa tho \candle flab.** 5To tho scientists ho Is tlio oulnelioa (Tbalelchtliys pnolllcuirt, and Is highly wttnmed for two reasons. Tlio llah it- Mills about fourteen inches long, ro f »erable* -the - smelt in fjcnernl appear- ance* and is caught In largo Quantities by (west coast fishermen during tt»o months of February, March ami April. It is the fattest of nil Ashes, for wiueb realon largo numbers of them ares j drt^d and nmokud to bo u«wl us H worm- ing food during the long rigorous win- ter* §o comniott>ln tbat region, Jars© numbers of them irro also rust through crudo presses, which extract the oil. TWa Js preserved In skin bags and used much hi the samo maimer as whale's blubber Is used by tho Eski- mo*, lajla \candle flab\ gets Its com- mon name from the fact that when driW it burns with a bright whlto flame until entirely consumed, it la much used by tlio \coasters\ both ©r Colombia and Alaska, either with or •Withottt a wick passed through Its body. Am Ancient Colt. One of Mrs, Grant's favorite-stories* Wat of an experience in camp some- where In the Adlrondacka, wheu Ue»r husband, then president for ttio llrst term, wanted to get away from Wash- ington officialdom. Mrs. Grnhl was bothered about the washing. A guide reeortrnena'cd n woman who lmd seen better days, who lived a llttlo way down tho lake. Mrs. Grant engage-a her. Two days afterward she saw a aceno that, .ns she expressed It, re- minded her of \Elaine.\ It was her washerwoman paddling. In a dugout be- hind a heap of snowy linon. \Less *n a yearngo,\ said the woman npologettcally, \I woutdn't lind to 'n - used tho boat I brans it by tho colt. But one day ho jes' got colic or some- thin' and rolled over on tbo gross and died. My, how wo miss that colt! We'«3 bad him for twenty years.\ '•' \ ' \• • \ >;^liiiiiy.jn>ijijijim.\J\.>'i | \iyff! .ilU'-lt-UM-L-'^ 1 '^ 1 - «f\ w A-LOU0 5ENTHNCE; Que OPliat XJttcoiintetl ; %fce JjejajrMt Onp Evarto Bvep TBtt<2**&f- 'Aftvam S. Bfewittltad a T«ry nimble wit Aud dearly loved a jc-lKe\*' SCe vim* oaco # gncst at a dinner ftojcb inclu4> p5 Itccpider SjayythaadSeaator Evavts. <E)iO' recorder was pottos fun: a t the senator and read from a .newspaper clipping wiiat purported to be a'sett- tonco from a recant fspe&efc' made by the senator, |but which was in reality wholly fictitious, as the senator Snow quite well. 4-t its conclusion: the laugh was long and hearty at Mr. jh*arts' ex« jpfeUBo, ana no QOO laughed longer .or heartier than the senator- hirnselfr *•' 1 A» 8 °°a » s the laagjjter had subsided Mr. Howltt gndaenly leaned across the table and, looking- rather sternly into the smiling face of tho recorder* said luf a well assumed tone of reproach: \That certainly is a remarfcable *fcen- tonee*' your honor, but criticism of It does not com© weli from yoo if today's newspapers are to bq believed, for thoy contain a eenteneo of mneh greator (^length whlcl* Is nttrlhiitcd to you.\ \Why—why bow 1ft that, Mr. Hew- itt?\ ioqaired the recorder, with con- siderable confusion. \Because said Mr, Hewitt, with the utmost gravity and tUnt'-'^grlm smile which always accdhipanled his best sayings, \yon are there quoted ns ut* torlng a sentence tliat Hvaa to last through the whole life of the prisoner.\ —Philadelphia Ledger. •.$be phfeMhess of ohe-ofthe fennd- ers of a famotis estate in Maine gave riae tj^ maay amhsijig'; «torie«lj one\ of .jwhich h^s recently ti0«a tetpia, ,,Q6OQ day tho man, who was alarms lumBer operator, wnsr«ppeitotsndlng a efew which waibreajstpgupaJogJaw •j£ the river, Sucldexily the spruce on which; he- was Btaodiug slipped, Ine?! lttmherman dropped out of sight, in the water, and the logs closfed over him, ' iChe nearest Ji'enehmna saw the dc- pjdenfc aoppjng brJfeMy ovcrthe ahp* pery logs, he helped the \boss\ to land. .Kbthing was said sfcyxti the accident. After an hour or so the PrejJobman be> ghrj to'getanxlQ«a,becapsethe.reward, which he considered due was not f orth- COratng, flo approached tho?jSumber* man and, pulj}ngclnro.slly at his cap,' stammeredj \h - \t «ee yon fall in, m'slpnr, an' I run ; queek to pull you out 'fore you drown-: •ed;*'- < ... | \Prob'ly/' snapped the lnmberman-n | THE mEkim^mLp fi> x £e Wovk* »na Flm.ru IInriliMBa Spin* Ore** •Sf*rB*.'. OSie sailor's Ufer j^s not altogether> one of hard work, and on the whpte Whits a T^ry good time.. Dancing, gyninas* tics, fencing!- boadhg and boat .raclfigcj iill, Ms leisure hours. Hlsnaturai.fond- ness for'pets is proverbial, and'jthjere are few ships without a njascott'So it a goat, dog or JQennls^e pig 1 , ,wh,icb Berves \o lighten the hours., of the doll watches at sea. Many,Btorles are told of the prowess at ships 1 <pete at nlghtj on the forecastle^ when the.hammQc^s are down and the pipes- lightest One man splas a yarn of a cat that was born in on old ijoiler, cruised, 50,000 miles in one ship, established a great reputation as a .fighter as; all parts of*' the woi'kl nod finally epded his adven- turous career on the ^oral reeis of ^a- moa, i.pys-,wa. writer in tho World's Worl?, Another tell3 of. a monkey • John Knapp of theSfc- **»&?tm^i \prob'ly if you'd\ been 'tendjog to busl-1 without ears or tall, with which be nes3 as yon'd ougb* have seen me fall ini\ nes3 as yoa'd ougbte> you.! WQuidn'tl sailed in t the >QWna seas, whose fond- Tlio C»t mill tlio nouKliiinln. ' 2hi3 is a trao nta^, says-s writer, that my grandmother told mo about her cat and dog. She used to lind tb*» cover off her doughnut jar, and also no- ticed that her doughnuts dtgamioareau One dny she heard a nolso and found that the cat was on tbo shelf where the dsughfitfta were kept. Then it put Its paw In the Jar and drew out a dough- nut and .pushed It off tho shelf, and the dog, who Was looking up nt (ho cat, caught the doughnut In his mouth and ato it When -thoy found they were- caught, they acted very guiltily, - Why Frenchmen Arc Small. It is said that\ the under slzo 06 the French\ and their physical shortcom- ings aa a'natlon are' due for the most part to .the heavy drain made upon th'e race by Napoleon. All tho nblpbodleia .men were enrolled In his service, leav- ing none at domestic or business pur- suits except tho extremely youthful or the aged. Jtom this drainage of the blood and destruction of tbo sinew of tho race Franco has not yet.recovered. Another 'l'enclcr Heart, Olara-MSoing in for charity again, • are yob? What is it this time? Dora—\v7e • aro> going to distribute cheap coples~ of Beethoven's sym- phonies, aniong the poor. Music Is such an aid to 1 digestion, you knowl-New Xork Weekly. One Artvanthsfc. Mrs. BangsloyT-You. say you like col- ored servjmts better than white be- cause t%j|are slower. How.is-that? Mis. ^mge^It takes them longer to • leaveJ^-Town aha Country. •SJxp Vmnl W*f, A ipuu bad % piece of nwwa. A reporter heard of it, 'fho reporter called on the man. And asked him about the news. Tho man played balloon with the re- porter. ' Ho swelled noticeably and eaid; \i'oil fellers never get anything right Bo I won't tell you, w Tho reporter did not get angry. Ho know tho man was a fool, lie had seen him before. f lio know the real facta could bo bad from no one else. l'et tho reporter did the very best ho coiild lo get « t tlio truth. And published the story a s he got It. Then tho man who had refused to givo tho facts afoso early and bought a paper to aec If the facta were distorted. 'fhey|were. Addhegatdi \I told yon ao.\ Query.—Witn whom ulioutd tho public yearn to get even—tho reporter, who 'did his best, or tho arrogant fool, who deliberately refused to help hunt—Bnl tlmore American. A SkllMul Aave*(«*r.. Many years ago Sir iChomas Lipton was a passenger on an Bast Indian steamer bound for Ceylon. While in the Bed sea tho boat was disabled, and it became necessary to throw over- board a part of her cargo, Lipton was an interested spectator of the prepara- tions for Jtghtening the ship. Suddenly ho bolted the scene and by a twenty dollar dicker with the chief engineer secured a paint brush and n pot oi Mack paint. 'jDhen, to .tlio astonish, raent of the captain and. passengers, h© cheerfully labeled each box aiifi bale thrown overboard ««trs© Upton's yeas,\ The earjjo, of course, floated ashore, and for niBea in Araby and other land! the natives saw tbat legend. Subse- quently tlio passengers on the injured steamer were compelled to abandon It and take to small boata, Ou reaching land Sir Thomas wn» the llwt to make a cable oflleo and wire the destruction of tte boat and safety of tho traveiers to London. T lie raesaago was signed \Upton.\ Of course bis name was In .every English newspaper the ssxt morning, signed to that message, and lio was the best advertised man la the kingdom.' •j-nc enfir ?4*me seaborn. The first sehoote In mmo Maine towns bare been attended with romantic cir- cumstances, the flrat school }n Gull- ford, for want of a ^belter plaee In which; to fertllto tho yoaug Idea, was held \In tho loft over Captain Ben- nett;** open shed.\ In Dexter the first gathering of urchins for Instruction was ia \Lieutenant Stafford's bam.'* In Corinth the llrst school was held in tlio open air under a large tree. The first schoolroom in Esetcr was perhaps as unique an any. Crotclicd poles were cot In the ground back of Mr. Barker's bam antl on Hic$e otter nesa for \liquid paint produced period- ical attaqks of blindness. There is a story of a dissipated dog who never lost an opportunity to got drunk and who alleys recognized tho bugle call for the gig and invariably ran to the gangway when itsoundod to go ashore with tho captain. But tlio best of all ia tho one of the pet bear who Chased a young ofllcer up the jntzseR rigging. Fprtunaio Indeed is the animal that {falls into the hands of a sailor. \The sailor man. has h|s vagaries,\ onto said the hlahop of Shanghai over the coffin of a sailor who had talten his awn life, \but he is the tenderest heart- ed creature Into which God ever breathed the breath of life,\ ' Antmnla ami It*-ia. It seems strange that lio animal, un- less It tie Uio squirrel, seems to build It- self n shelter witu tho express object of keeping off tho rain, which they nil no much dislike. Monkeys nro misera- ble In wet and could easily build shel- ters If they had tbe sense to do so. \Aa _„,,_ ___„ ._,.. _,i,,,„ ~~.„„A ,I„, ^ M \Beast nad Man In India,\ \or crouch on branches, with dripping backs set ogaiatl tho ttva trunk as shelter from a driving storm, they have tlio air of being very sorry for themselves,\ But even the ornng otttang, whfrh builds a small platform in the trees on which to sleep at uisht, never seems to think of a roof, though tho Uynks say that when It Is very wet it covers itself with tlio leaves of the pandonua, a largo fern.—London Spectator. So Miner* In norma. When a Bunnnti has ranted a little money, lie Immediately proceeds to spend It nil, \for the.Burmese have no ambition to b« rich and never hoard. Consequently there are no large land- owners, and, there being no aristocracy, tlio people arc as nenr being on an oqnnIltjt;..as possible, l'oor people are qulto ns rare as rich pdopto, and tho only boRsara to bo met with aro tlio lepers, who stt on the steps of the pago- das. Should a Barman find himself in possession of a large sum of money bo builds a pagoda and possibly a zny.it , or restliouse. If any money still re- mains, he gives a theatrical perform- ance. An Advimtagre From Fogi. In speaking of fogs a medical journal draws some consolation from the fact that even fogs have ono compensating advantage which has often been over- looked. \It is,\ it says, \reasonable to suppose that a fog effects a partial purification of tho atmosphere. This Is borne out by the fact that when a fog subsides the deposits contain the car- b'oh, sulphur, organic bases and other Injuvlous and irritating particles which formerly existed In a state of suspen- sion in tbe atmosphere.\ close the spaeo where tlio school waa hold. Scholars of tbe present day wottfci look askance at such conven- iences, An 014 I-rieMCj-. A Wednesbury (England) resident in lite sixteenth century left $1,000 (o pro- vide annually on St. Thomas' day three gowns and three coats to indigent per- sons of the parish. Following tho cus- tom of the times, tho money was in- vested in land (in this case In miner- als), mid the original legacy has In- creased In vnluo to $30,«KMJ. Instead of the three gowns ana three coats the charity commissioners who administer tho funds are able to present 200 gowns and sixty coats. Cmtor OXI, A simple method of taking castor oil, according to Medical News, without producing any nauseating effects is to instruct the patient t o wash out tho mouth with water ns hot ns can be borne, swallow a little of it, then swal- low the oil and follow this by rinsing out the mouth well with hot water. The first swallow of tho water cleanses the mouth, makes the membranes hot, so that the oil docs not stick, and con- sequently-sUps down easily. Up Annlimt It. \Don't go In thero, children,\ cau- tioned tho wife of tho struggling poet, listening a moment to sounds as of a strong'man in distress that came from tho other roorn. ''Why not? 5 they asked. \Your father Is toying to find a rhyme for 'scrofulous.' \—Chicago Tribune. Hid Costly Conversation. Tired Tatters—Dey say dat sum uv dom poets git $1 a Word.\ *j Weary Walker—Dat's nuttta.* I gdtj. $2 a word wunst. Tired Tatters—Wet fof?. Weary Wnlker-'Fer sassin' de judge. —Chicago News. Tlie Rcnion. Smlthly (Just returned after a long absence)—Is Brown still attentive to your daughter? Oldboy—No. Siuithiy-She jilted him, then? Oldboy—No, she married him. Before putting to sea say one prayer, before going to war say two prayers, before getting majftied say three pray- ers.-Spanish jProverb. Dura to Pletue. Brown—You don't look very happy, Dnmley. Dotnley—I have just lost a fiver on a bet- Brown—That's bsd. Dnmley—Yes. I had a n awful attack of rheumatism this morning, and tbat young squirt of a doctor, Tipsalve, bet me a fiver he could eur« It before night, and Til be hanged If he didn't win the money! Fr&m the Go-*rt». High above tbe buea of factories, the ch&tg jo's trolley- gonga and the clatter of traffic roge a crash that terrified the visitor to America. \I hear that noise wherever I go,\ said he, \Whatis'lt?\ \Don'tbealarmed replied. \That's only somebody's relatives breaking his will.\—Newark News. ANATOMY OFAN OYSTER. »*# BtTCtv*** Or*r»*» Are S«u\**ro«a nail It* Ue«x* ft««te Ilumi«»Uh». Every oyster ha* a mouth, a heart, a liver, a stomach, besides ninny curious- ly deviled little Intestines and other organs -necessary organs, such as would bo handy to a Hvliif, moving Intelligent creatures, Tho aioutn la at tho end of the sheH, near tho hinge and adjoining the toothed portion of tho oyster's pearly covering. This tiny lit- tle apology of a mouth Js oval to ahape, and. although hardly vlalhlo to one un- used toinakinsj saeli anatomical exam- inations, It can be easily discovered by gently .pushing a feodklu or a p4e«e of blunt, smooth wire along the srurface of tho locality mentioned. 'When the mouth, is at last located, you can thrust your instrument through between tho delicate lips and a coimltl erablo distance toward tho stomach without causing the oyslcr tho least pain whatever. From this iimiuli there la of course a miniature canal leading to the stomach. Food imm from this canal to tlio stomach and from the lat- ter organ Into tho intestines Jnst as readily as though the little bivalve were ns large as an elephant or a rhi- noceros. n ncmovo the shell (this operation Is rather rough on the oyster, hut can bo dano In a cemparatlvely palates* man- ner by an expert!, and you will see tho crescent, which lies jiut over the so called heart This half moon space h tho oyster's pericardium. Within Is tho true heart, tho pulsations of which can bo readily soon without the aid of a glass. Tho heart Is very humanlike, made of two parts;, ono of which re- ceives tho Wood from the gills throngb a network of real blood vessels; th»» other portion contracts and drives the blood out through tho body. The other organs of an oyster»» anatomy are all In- their proper places and perform their several functions. j The Prlobly Pear of Attic*. Misjcblevous though tbo prickly pear Is, it Is not without Its good qualities. Its juicy fruit, though rather deficient In flavor, Is delightfully cooi and re- freshing In - the dry heat of the sum- mer, and a kind of treacle Is made of i t Great caution is needed In peeling the prickly pear, the proper way being to Impale the fruit on a fork br stick while you cut it open and remove the skin, and woe betide the Angers of the aawar? \new efesss\ whs elasfes tb« treacherous fruit, In dry wcatbjf nt tbe cape these spiteful little sungs do not even wait for the newly arrived vicUm, but fly about, light as thistledown, ready to settle on any one who has not learned by experience to give tbe prickly pear bushes a wide berth,—\Home Life on an Ostrich Farm.\. licks had. Uttie. we for. press agents, and it took' a 'migMy wbiewd man # - •^ 4 'iAJ«M-*pflff-1^-%ftn».-- He newt |«?onld jmolfeh a;latnrer& , or, a doctor'* »4inffl,if Mi could avoid,iti for fear they mjght #erly^soBio benefit'ftpnl the! free adiT^rtisenient., -it ia.aa^fl that-one mbraing: mention was made\ in, the Pe- pdbHean—-they call ft the Kepupftci ndw-of n man having died of Bj&ght'a diseased Old man ifnapj* hunted up ;J Jho-prooireader and ca,llcdjbim into ike private office* ' / ; < \Why did 'yon lettffat ^et info the piper?*'-atsked tjie ol4 man, \indicating with' his foreiflnger the oDjecporiftble paragraph, • • '' .' (Tdmtft see butlhafe all right,'* saicT ftareadeje.^ \Yoh don't, ekf snapped old man IJjiapp'. ''You don't, eh?- Koyoutiiink we want to advertise that man Bright for nothing? • Ho never had an ad, in thlapaper In his life.\ A 3u«ky DIs- Wlnmnr. \In the old flayfc^ said,a. Colorado mag, \Senator Tow'Bnwen came to Denver from Arkansas! down on his luck, Steve Dortey had just defeated hha, for the United States senate. \Tom didn't seem to catch m in Den- ver, though, he was n good l*®?yer. He w'rtw <Iown nt the heel, and ho took to pin pool to WH time. The stokes Were usnally a round of drinks and a\ bunch of mining slocks, thenar value of the atocto represented being entire- ly! conslssteut with the cost of paper and the price of printing. It was nl- ways'a real haroslilp on Tom when ho lost. The drinks had to he paid for In cash, yon knnW, But he seldom lost, and, do yon know, the little woman at hpe used to go through his pockote ef cry night for mining stocks. \Well one day there T«raa a high strike to a, prospect not oo vfry faf from Heaver, and Jn telling: his wife about it tho f ulnro senator sighed that ho wished he owtied a fow shares. 'I think yon do, dear,* answered the little woman, and then to make sure she went aa« looked oyer her possessions. To make a long stovy abort, Tom Bow- en went downtown that afternoon with securities worth half 8 million in his pocket, ana he remembered that he had won them all In a single half day not lonir before.\—Now York Telegram, Tho pecoliar breed of cats found in tho Isle of Man differs from others only In tbat they have no talis, and tho lack thereof to the insoluble pozsle to nat- uralists. Since It has become tbe fash- ion lo explain everything e y tbo prin- clplM of ©volution, two theories have bcen*cff<ar«d-ono that, owing to tho limited rausfio and luck of dense forcjlt, tlto origtQsI cats had no use for tails, and conaeQuenuy they (the tails, not tho cats* gradually atrophied for lack of use REii became rudimentary; anoth- er that Uio primitive Manx cut off all their cats* talis and In tho coarse of time developed a tailless breed. Ono thing Is c*«rta!n-iho cats are there, and they have n o talli. Tbe Trouble WHIi tbe Olook. \What time Is It?\ asked his wife suspiciously as hp came in. \About 1.\ Just then the clock struck 3. \Gracious! When did the clock com- mence to stutter?\ he said, with a fee- ble attempt at justification nnd'a joke. X 'Prentice Stand. \That man yotl had doing some car- penter work is a. fraud.\ \How do you know? He did good work.\ \That may be, but he's no carpenter. Ho cleared up the mess he made.\— judge. Never argue at the dinner table, for tile one who is not jitingry always gets tke< best of the brirgata.^-iCOitOn. The Gnllnnt Leonids*. \Henrietta said Mr. Mcckton. \did you hear that lecture in Which it was stated that the fact that Adam arrived on earth before Eve indicated that men should assume a certain precedence over women?\ \I did,\ was tbe somewhat icy reply. \Isn't it absurd? It simply shows that Adam was expected to get the garden insbnpe t for Eve's comfort, just as the modern man gets up. in the morning and lights the Are.\—Wash- ington §tnh The Credit TlieT Glvo Yon. \WJiat Ta.success?\ asked the man with a lilting for the abstruse. \Success answered the cynical friend,. \Is something that-impels youi! old acquaintances to smile significantly and remark, 'A fool far luck,'\ Comparisons. Miles—That fellow' PnCEem reminds me of a bass drum. Giles—Hand it to me slowly. I'm troubled with ingrowing nerves. . Miles—He makes a lot of noise, hut there's nothing in him. '- Tlit JPwIilte Spirited ¥***»>. \Sir said the proud mother to the popular amber, \my son, who & now fourteen years old, admire* you great- ly. He itXso Is an author. He CM written a number of stories, and I would have so liked to have yon read and oritleis© them.\ \Ah!\ said tbo popular anther, breathing hard. \But his father put all of them Into tho stovft.** \I should like to make the acquaint- ance of such a man,\ said the author with enthnsiaffln. \He has tbe spirit of a Roman father.\ —Indianapolis News. 3Jre««ln«- It Cy, A Jasper county former paid a high tribute to the literary talents of a Car- thago real estate agent the other dny. He decided to sell his place and got a real estate agent to write a notice. When the ngettt read the notice to him, he said, \Kead that again.\ After tbo second reading The said: «1 Ijeiieve I'll not sell. Fve been looking for a place of that fcfoa ail say uf e and didn't know I had It until you described it to me.\— St Louis' Post-Dispatch. JWerred4o«I*.^'^ e nty , 9 u ^y?'iia-lft $he Qrlerrt and TihroMah Ru.asia. Bos|osv*girch v.r-jae.ut^pa^t Q|a eral Nelson 'A. Miles* #» & A., Mrs j^eV'sn.d \tMoh^Sajnrael Reber.- seo ' refcary to the ^en#iilj ijjuwiVeia: hejf4.yfc% teriay to sftend- ino-ex^ige^aiielfloni .to epcnMiOh; -day^ JntSotfhb, HoBtojt ''today.'-.. • - ; '> '»•• : ' '- ••' •\ The visitors, were met by: Adjutant •Goneiral--DBlt!oja£reprjwenWng, l&Wernot Bates ana'M. K^rran, represefttins' !t i£ay»f*Collins, : , . • •' -3feeeede,a.-.by * raouRfed detail of po lice, Gfseral Miles m$', tfe* escorts paoiy itt Chetj.&jutb, Bosttfii Citizens- : a^gocis.'Bon 'drove directly to the Hotel Ttourainej and all along* tho route tht streets \were^ilned ^ftth people. At the^ lhbtel/iii%ny* citizens holdlna pfflcia! noeltlQhs and 'a number of .offi- cers on duty in this vicinity called to pay their respects. Afterwards, Gen- eral Miles, mi .*trs. if ilea, 'under 1 mili- tary escorts went, *o the new Century' bniidhfg on: Huntington avenue to b« the chief guests at the\ reception arid banauet of the Met&odisfc Social unton,' General Miles said he esteemed ii an honor to bo received by the union, which comes from a/religions body ol great magnitudo, Ko spoke of tih« gaorious history of Massachusetts, whoso influence, he said, had extended to every section of our great coun- try. He srtrolled our ancestor* foi estabilshinfe on these Atlantic shores a. form of \-government that has nol only been to our people tho freatest blessing, but baa ateo had »nd stll exercises a potent Influence ofKthoSgiil and. actions; which are now- moving the peoples of other cooaWe*, j_ Be said further; 'Tjeaving pur West eom ahoros, we find the Impress of out Institution* has preceded n* to thefaj distant Islands of the.Paciftc) t When (our fla^r wtw first «eea jBoating: in the *hreese by tho people w&o had llyo.d under tho blighting influence of an ol- der chrlltatlon they hailed It as ths emblem of freedom, Justice, equality and progress. Wo trust tbir. n$ acts or purposes of our government or om people will over change that Inspir- ation, hollef and hope.\ General Miles referred to Ms reconl Joornoylngs in Iho Orient and tarougli Rtuwi* and spoke of tht- advance ol thought and freedom in the czar's dominions, and described Ms trip across Europe- and »!« homecoming; <»nclmling with the irlsh that th« union will not be «amlndrul of itt dotiea and rcapontShllllles la preaerr- las and promoting the xaotft wtrnest de- votion to tho prlnclplet of ana to the perpclUly of our InstrttcUous. GREAT BhlTAIN* NAVY. •taEtcmr Mlelit Do mm \Well. \Tell the truth, now. \Sou are a pro- fessional beggar, are you nott\ said the keen £seed htdlridrial who bsd been approached. \1 used to, think I was,\ replied the weary wayffcrer, \but since 13 cents is ail I have to show for a day's work I I am forcedl to the conclusion that I am merely an amateur,\—Stray Stories. JL. Jen-Old Retort; When Albert Smith grew tired of- be- ing the butt of Douglas Jerrold's. wiV he one day plaintively femarked,~\Aft- er all, Jerrold, we row in the same boat\ \yes answered the clever play- wright, like a flash of lightning, \but notwitb the same skulls.\ Year»* Ettlmatf* Provldt For Unpir* alleled Expendltur* of 1179,184,205. London, March ,/.—Admiralty Sec- retary Arnold-Foratcr introduced ths aaify catunatca for S9Q3MI, providiag for an-ejtgsnalture of friJ.lS^OS, in tbo nouso of commons. In the courw* of an axplkaatory stxtcmene iho secretary remarked that the cttunatcitt w«ro unpita-lielod ID peace or war, and a s a private cltlioa ho could not help regretting that 'Jit groat competition and rivalry in ths- mattor of naval ortsamcnU continual to make tiis enormous and ttnproduo Uvo expenditure necessary. After mentioning the various In encases tbe secrAUry Midi the admir ajty proposes to oompteti this! yeai six now bsUleships, XI armored cruis- ers and one second clsss \cruiser two sloops of war, four torpfdo boat do straycrs, eight torpedo boats and ttirt* submarine holts. He *l»o iiked th< hoase to sanetlta -tho coromencOment of thrso'battleship* of a very formid- able type, four flrst-class and threo third-class crulsat*, four very-jfiist ves- sels to be used'asecottts, IS torpedc boat destroyers and -40 submarine boats. Vbki increased g»n power of tt« thJpa, said the secretary, Is steadily progressing, While standardizitlon li aageaeaUng ths efftetebj^ of all ths worfe. He Incidentally mentioned thai 21 obsolete vessels had been With- drawn during the year 1902-3, ths largest number on record, Wad said that on April 1 there will he under con. structlon the enormous total Of if ships, namely II hattle^Mps, 19 ar-'- mored cruisers, 2 second-class cruisers, 4 thlrd-elas3erais6ns»4scouts f 5 sloops, 18 torpedo boat destroyers, 8 torpedo boats end 3 submarine boats; Itna Prd-vefl It, \A great deal may be said on the sub- ject,\ said the prolix person. 1 \That Mid'the weary auditor, \is the one point on which you hftye con? yincedmV-Waahington'Starr *_' ^.j. ' \M *\ ——— Human Natnxe. \What arts ttie respective ages Of the father and the son!\ \Well I Judge that the former is over fifty, because I-notice he likes to be called \my boy,' and that the latter Is under twenty-five, for the reason that It pleases him to be addressed as 'old man.' \—Smart Set The Unexpected jafettnlon. St Peter—tVhlch wife do you want to live With? Shade—Axe they all here? 1 St Peter—Yes. • - Shade—I thought you said this was heaven!—Detroit Free Press. Be \Wipes Hl» Foreliead. She-Don't you,always shiver when you\ pass the cemetery^ fie-Not lv - I'm going to Be eremfit-- :edi-H3olumbia Jestefc,. , >>*--y. ' »•»---•••-•-•••-- '• Vanderbllt'i Horse Won. Paris, March 1?.-~W. K. Vanderbilt'i stables made a notable showing a t the opening of the racing season at St Cloud, Cleopatra II winning the Pris des Troenes, Edna getting a second plSice In the Prix B'Ouverture and Quos Ego running fourth in the PrU des Pderriers. Utter Drlnktnjr Ita Rn»»t«. 02ie habit of ethot drinkirig Is Jknoifn to be prevalent In ssome patts of fttls- sla, also'In east Prussia, .and fill thfe ef-\ forts of the authorities to combat the evH have hitherto been almost fruit- less. An idea Of the extent to which the habit prevails may %e gathered from records given In the Russian newspapers of a recent accident which occurred'- af a <p18ce *-caflea 1 ? Trosshri. Ether is drunk-by farmers on festive occasions, when. It appears ltd be con- sumed in pailfuls. A Strmer; celehrat- lng^hls fion's Wending; in the fullness ?5J^ wWii, gotM-jwopiuteas'-of ether, fiurrn'g tbe-proc%s^ bf decant- ing the etherteo-botttes• a\vl(»enfex- ' plosion took place* by which six* chil- dren were killed and one adulf-danger- qusly 8»a,fflnrt»tt-6&SW--pToK--or'-a6ss5' ; i .1- ;:h ! Ministers Tuners of show sucli PitOB 1 , W. represented: Gentehnial, 1 teacher »ayi •BKRi\ piano partloniarly ' easy action, above all for (standing to t aiimyftiwfl MR. B. H oldestand m •wtth¥08a& for i thirty y the \£GQl others to m Mends, as tl andhayesuo part and fall middle octav \ i ectlon it seei ,_.l»»ade. MB^CHAS tuner of Bost inlly for! anc taA Radian, Symphony O. chaseafor ' \SOHUBEBI and am delij way. Would other make is \Wit MAR regulator at * for eighteen 3 \8CH0BEB' family and al both have gh isfacHon. Tl thorouRhly n stand in tone EB0P.B.S of manuacrip! at White, Srp Boston, Maw. nprigM, * * * soma time mm piomlsed and pated, I am in action and it 1 any piano lev it to all my fr MISS MAR ton's most o teachers of 1 \SQEUBEEI years ago for gave stich goo eight or Urn of have now pta use and tun everyway,' These REI WeMo\ Sat and continue Pianos straf and Pock ever offered : , SHE from % cents S\ for Guitar, Ban fr< Prom $1.60 up. from $a. 10 up. BANJOS fros Space allows giveyc Comeanc