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iii<wtw)i'iiyw*'iiii'''*'''w»'*pp'\'''*»^ imp.Ml l !iM l !.\t | i ||l '*w |1 mmm*m0mf*»tm+ 55555- <r~ ElgQjjJIS&ff OF \NATURE , j 8>l»« JCjBftii*^ af notmiutfrM f<m»41* . $re*f Awtawd, , By » dec»e of natara one-half tho ; world flowlsheff nt the* oxnonse of the' fitter Mil The sparrow chases tlie^ -butterfly,' but. ilio- hawk chases the sparrow, pen? tjio problem of life is 1 twoitola*,' It is mot enough inerely &l oat It to necessary, to avoid being eat-: on, Set nature dotogts Wiling for Hill Jugte sake. Massacre forms no part of 1; tary'« bodyguard. her great phua, SQ we see that every . ereature is provided vsritU uorae more or less effective njaiity of defense by means of wlU-eb tlja Attacks of its nat* - ural enemies aye undered less frequent' : or less deadly. Thus tho' antelope-- by mos»» of its Superior- speed- at tiroes escapes fronr the lion, The armadillo, roiled in its wonflromi coat of mail, {Ins secure a,mong a score of buoagry, gnawing foea;* Tyafle the whit© iiitro, scarcely disttogulsbable from tho enow on Which It grouches, Is Qffton overlooked by his too, the fox, But «tf all m-eaturca nope has received pore ample protec- thm than <t!ie insects, ^wno of them possess stings, ethers bite, una a few puff out clouds of poisonous vaporto' stupefy or blind tliolr pEtwiiors, Again, there are Insects clothedE Ju Impenetra- ble armor, injects? covered with sbarp sullies and prleltloB and others whoso MWajis of defense constat in nothing but« likeness to fclio objects which sur- rou«d,iiiem.—RoyalJifag»isl«e, HOTV Snviiuc* Wnllt.. 0avngoa always wills **vlth their toes turned hi for two roasons. In tho first place tho foot naturally- falls to that position y?hen It 1ms iie>vor been con- fined by boots or (lio juxliles distorted hy high beelm la tiio Ions \trifle of the savage the leg swings fiwly lUie a pendulum round the center of gravity, which is Boraowbcfv befuevn it anil the other log. In the s\Ylsut the nbdue- leii-muscies of tiio inside of the tiiigh bring th« sole of tiio fool under tbv . center of gravity, add-* l» doing so slightly rotate the fuot toward tbedn- ner lino, turning tiio toe in. Conven- ience Is B&O on tho sldo of the uaturol position of the foot la tb«» case of the savage, for ho has to do taaueli waiting through loss grass and uBdorgrowtb Ui forests, A moment's reflcciion will show how very much his progress \Would be im- peded If ho turned his toes* out to catch the^o obstacles ln«ic.icl of brushing theiu nsjdo and oolrartt im ho now docs, Iiastly, tho anvnge «acs hl» foot much raoro as n help lo hf3 linndtt tlnui WO do, nilu it 18 obvlotLH that in doing this bo must turn his toes hi, . Vke> MKM Wmr to Ho*J Wnifv. <1o boll water would twem to bo a rery almple tlilner,'* writes some oa« hi tho Boston Cooking fchool Mngasliif, ••and yet tho lato Ctarlcs Uciiuualco used to *ay that very few jjcopio know how to <lo It The toeret is.' he said, 'In putting good Eresli \vntc»r Into a fe«>t- tlo already quite warm, m»tt!iiK (lie wa- ter to boiling (|UtoUlj Btul then takJnc tt Hght oft for us# In lea, e^nlToo or oth- er drinks beforo if is apottcd. 'io let It Ktcani *nd Btuuner anil ovopornto aatil the good water H In tiio nimosphf ro Riiil ottly tho llmo anil iron and drvas left la tho Ucttlo is wjmt i«n!*s n gwat many people sick, ami It Is none than no water nt all,' For watex Imllwl tike thl| and flavored witli a f€»w drops of Icauott ialeo Air. Dolmonlco used to charge its ranch as for his fcest linaors, anil ho often re«jailneude*l It lo his easterners and frieiHls wbo- complained of lost of sppotlle. It In wcisrtli trylns.\ UlSorent View. \ton see,\ said tic old locomottvo engfilcer, \railroad eillflals d»u't look lit tilings quite as tho public doos. On oao of my rans a year ago I found a certain bridge swept (way. and I had to hack ap about two iulIo» lo get or- ders. As 1 reached the station the «1I vision superlutcndeat cam* out and domonded, **What*a the reason for alt this5\ *'Bridgo over aiaplo rt^xv gone.\ says: t \And why didn't you run four train Into the rivcri\ \Sly fireman didn't wint,t« get \wt.\ \fluaphl Bounty liiin (at MaeUsg thatoad, and don't you aia&o niwther . BUC|I mistake unless you wa»t a year's vacation.\—Chicago Kows. Km Kt VlBct-ont Axtcn. The Stockholm museum pesssosses an interosUng collcctloo of e*jos tuben from human pehigs nt different agea. Which ore cut ncfoss in sacl* a way as to exhibit plainly tlm Internal and the external eye. Itls, caify to observe that the eye of a young child Is as traas- jpareixt ns watori that of th« youlli a . little less so; In the man of thirty the *ye hegltis to bo slightly opa«3tue, in the ^man Of flfiy or stsly It Is doeidedly opaque, and la tlie man of seventy or eighty It Is dull and lusterJess. This grttflual dovolopment of opltclty is dne to the increase of Dbrmu tjesxie nnd de- posit of Waste matter hi Uio «yo. - - - • - - PIcmllnli Keveiiflre. . The burglar softly opened tfcie door of the suhnrllanlte's sleeping apartment, • aiteed inside nnd searched the room thoroughly, but found nothing worth stealing. '.'I'll get some satisfaction ont oC him* anyway!\ ho said, thereupon he set the lilarm clock on the bureau for tho hoar of 3 aaul softly departed.—Guleagd Tribune. '\ 6TAWTQN*S\. WSM STgW. A Btoxr Pt the •cjwst.'wr** sctmei**?*: an Tolrt I>y HM BoiXypaata. An attempt by gecretmV of Ww Stanton to cook an Jrteh stow while holding tho war department ofllee against the- removal w'ffe*^ President Andrew Johnse-a is ojie of many anes- dfttes related by_ LQUIS Koorth, at. the period mentlofted tho great war secre- lllforc Convenient. ' Slraployor—Just file those letters fop ma wili you, PatrioM Employee—01 can trim them off alsior %rlijx (i pair of scissors, sor»—Kansas Glty •Independent, I WtJHnR to Keen II Scaleil, ' l<a-wyer-^Elie jmf has broaglit in a sealed verdict la your ease. j&agoner—Well, tell tiio cc-wvt that the^r needn't open It on laiy ncc«iuitt, Feb, I23t, MQ$i President Johnson ap- pointed General I^ronzo- Thomas sec* vretary of w»r ad Interim* but the pow- er of removal having been takeh by the teniuuj 4t office net f com the presi- dent, afr, 0tatttoii refusea to resign or to vflcatie the ofQee of secretary.: He camped in the office, determined to hold it -until the result of the im» peachmest ptoeeedings against the; president, which iyero thea pendlag in the senate, should; bo determined. l*\or eisty days Mr. Stanton h'ead \the forfeft and durtas that period h's faithfiJ.h bodyguard, ox-Sergeoat'Louis Koertb, then in tho TMt.ed states general Bery- ice, assigned to the war department, ijept hi» eompany. On the day In which Mr. Stanton re- ceived the official notification of his removal by tho president he wad© im- mediate preparations for a siege- He dispatched Sergeant Ivoexth to Mrs. Stanton for blankets, and pillows, but that lady refused- to wpd them, insist- ing that tiio s/corotary should come home and givo up tiio ofllce. Sir, Stanton siiiiled on receiving hep message aud simply said: \Koertb go to your OWJB house and bring blankets, pillows rind such cook- ing utensils as we may need,\ •The Irish fltew was the first effort of tho secretary and his bodyguard, Koertb, being a German, needed in- structions in tho I <w»S;,a large spiOwr froin hi* wefo flhfcr tha littsemont *>s a mill, put Mm oil -% chip ef wood and net; hi>m aftoat p,n the #Iet witters of the, poad, says * naturalist. • !gte .walked all about th» eldea oiJ hla barfti surveying. tb§. sltua- tton vei^-carefully, a»d whea the fact that' he iv«8 m0f afloat »hd afiou't a yard from saore seeaied to bo fully eomprehendeft he looted ojit for the nearest.lrind, * This point fairly settled' upon, he IniT, mediately Seeaa4o east a web fori*. ^e threw it as tw as possible, in the a|r and: with-t2te wlpd. xt sooa reached, the shore ancfc made fast fp the spire* oi grass, Thea he turned himself about t a$is«true ^aHor iashiokhega^ to haul i,hand oretf band on his cable. Oare- fuJly |ie drew', upon ft until bis hark- began fo mov-e towavrd efere.\ As it move,d tho faster, he trie iaster drew upon,it t^^hee^i his hawse/taut and from'tonclaiig thewat^r. Very goon .he reached tbe shsore and quickly ieaplns te terra llrraa speaks- wayhomeward» Tbhnfclhg tliat be jnlsht be a gpoclal expert and an ^xcopiioa intbat line of boatmansbip to tho rest of hia com- panions, I telea several of (item, fhoy all came tQifihoio In like manner,. urnim FORTUNES, *fl» W^p.t lire. In such a dwelling as the. average \flat\ of the r*orf» and west the pri- vacy of homo is reduced to a minimum. Tho footsteps of tho tenants, the roll- ing of tbeif perambulators, the erles of their children, the varied odors, of their breakfasts, lunches and dinners, are omnipresent and not to bo banished oven hy mental science. If they are mmieallyUuelhaed,.the others mast lis- tea perforce, and have no ether'redtesa than to begin counter performances. Some cheerful writer said, \While a 9H>»«!r oft**- «»*ke* Vo* 3Co* th« -mm w<* *- \?*«»or*- • Fortunes* baviSbeen, wade %.%^ Chi- cago boatd- of trade not by men, \WlH> entered tho warM WFith a preeeficewd: theory pa to Its course-, which they>at* tempted (0 toalift good ttough, thick; arid thia t bat rather by those wWo took things: as ^iey eanie, watching*' the -driffe shaplnjg; their way froin day to day; like pradent. jaetehants,. according, to the eurreaii . This fij cenfujing f0r tfie novice, for the novi® .almost always come?) la With a pre^Qipslved; theory* -Some time ago ft young naan with a large hope, a .moderate fortune and consider- able social preatige w^ jhowa the eflormous possibilities in December pork. It looked absolutely convincing', bnt he called upon a-sreit packer with- whom belinel a personal acquaintance, leg'j the paeker thought very well of pork—was buying It, In- fact. Thtis doubly assured the young 1 maft bought Tlie mjtrkot woiifc bis way, and he bought mere. Then the market turned,, Tho youhg man reviewed bl» convinc- ing statistics, rememhered the words of the packer and stood stubbornly upon his line. When ho was getting near to: the end of hia margins, he wlna horri- fied to learn that his friend the packer had shifted to the other side o£ the market two weeks before. He visited htm, recalled tlsclr. conversation and explained the situation. The packer stared. \Do you mean you*ve been holdjiur 2,60(* barrels of pork all this _„, _ .,. man cab slog bo can work,'' feat the mysteries of prepar- J trouble often Is that whlio ho is stag- ing tho savory stew, aud tbo secretary named the various ingredients, which be ordered tho aervnut to purchnse. tJotli men had spent a basy nod la- boriously exciting, day, and both were tired out when the pot was put on the fire to cool* tho fltew. Tho consequence was that the groat war secretary and his bodyguurd foil asleep. The eecretary watt the first to bo awakened by the smell of tho burn- lag stow. \Koertb Koortht IVnfce up, monl\ shouted Mr. Staaton. *\n>o stow Is huralngl\' Koertb sprang to his feet, but, alas, too late to save, Mr, Stanton's Irish stow. It was burned audi smoking, whlio tho pot WW a glowing; red. Rue- fully the secretary rolled himself up lu Uls blankets on the sofa and went to sleep for the night supperlcsj.—Wash- ington Tost __WJ : POULTRY POINTERS, \ A healthy fowl will drink fifteen or twenty times a day. Sharp gravel shottld always bo sup- plied to fowls that are fattened In close eonOnement. ilox ucsts are nil rigbt If made largo enough, the slio depending upon the breed of fowls. Unwed meal la excellent as an egg producing meal, but it aliouht be fed In connection with coarse or bulky foods. Soft eggs laid before the shell •una formed arc caused by ovcrfee«li!ig. Givo less food and more pounded shells or Ihnowater. A varied diet for poultry Is a neces- sary help to taelr general health and hot much to do with their tflluo as breeders. Tf disease oppears asd.reaSsjs reme- dies. It is better to begin -wrlth hew »toet limn to breed from tboiethat have been nick a long time, A liaht, landy soil «s always best for a poultry yard. A heavy clay soil Is al- ways dahip and, unless care Is taken, will c.wso roup, white a eondy soil, be- ing dry. will promote warmth. -I irig other people aro onnhlo to work. , Such forced pitxtlclnatfoa Jw tho lives of others is irritating and upsetting to the nerves, and though we miiy be will* ins to weep with those who weep and tejoica with t&ose wbo rejoice wo wotild prefer to have some choice In the matter.—Hew Orleans Times-Dem- ocrat. -^ • ' t \ B««i»ll Coltitntij la Mexico. Thera are celtpunsof basalt to 31ox- •Jco which nmy, bo rogardtKl as one of the natural wonders of the world. They may bo ween at llegla falls, aud there Alexander Von EEnmboidt aaw and ad- nilrcd them when he took lifts famous Journey ronud tbe world- As regular titid nymmclrlcal these columns are as though they bad been fashioned by human hands, nrsdyefc they are entirely natural and of irolciinlc origin. They aro of great helgbt, ajid ao one, can nee $iom for the flret umo without becom- ing greatly Impressed. In Flagal's enrc, Scotland, there aro columns of li:i?alt somewhat nlmilnr to these, and on St. Helens there aro out- ers, thefngb lira latter, Instead of stand- ing erect, nro piled together on tho ground and look tike trunks of trees. youug roan, **and I have It yet. Now, wbttfean 1 do with itr \I don't know,\ said the packer, \unless you can cat it.\-Will Payne in Century. *ilM»- Cnrl«a« *fwten* oft** &,**,&- tj*'*. gtoow,«touflft.^/»||(|a4i « of myis^ry ting** wpt^pomp »W lendor, 9?he how* -of &&&&&• Basehid audi the ggmv-m *$»:*&?!&• tare*, it te known as wldeiy/as; m .Thottsand, and 0a.e Sig)% hut like Constantinople, tbe'caBitRl of -tb,ej^B< pirein, wnichBngd?d«tana»iftglltjeTt fro«t the distance, the newer vlewjdls; pelling many a. qbjerishea ideal, 3Stm ftVea amid the strang'e- hygiene,-.the quaint ettaaetta BUJ od#.#ayj| oi.ith,* ptecej t|e resident eome| ajerpss.sesaes, and, incfdenM sp edd'hs to make one helie-tfe' it is- yet the -days of Parduh-' that the 'sm- of.JU^ory;^bj^io^gitas*^ niany degrees on the dial, ^ome things cannot be compared With our Ifistltai- tjonsj and others can—the^ n^anagejoien't of, the, mail is ohe of the latter. There are two ways- of sending tW ip Bagdnd-ohe the Turldah, the othet: ttie British. PractfceHy aii-letterhgci Ipg west go by the Turkish* syirjl'ejn. ly this there are two, routes, Ohfe by eameht tp* Oamascus, and, thence to B'elruli whence it is transported by steamer to J?rJndlsl, and afterward by rail; the. other by camels to Mosul nnd then by males and rail to Gohstantlnople. !«?•\' tens, from Constantinople take som* twelve days: not long ago the time. miaV dehly Jumped to forty-six days, and when the postofflce officials were asked to explain, they said: \Now the mall comes' partly by rail. Hence the de- lay!\ This Is a sweetly oriental Idea— tlmor he demanded, \Yes said the ft railroad to take tblrty-four day* AnnrcolnleU iHmielr. A Utile boy while ploying near the Serpentine fell Into tho water. An triah latmrer wbo was passing at the time courageously jumped into tho wa- ter, clothes and all, and rescued the boy, says Spnyg Moments, A lady who had observed the brnv«» deed wwit up to l'at and, shaking his hand, said: \I feel It an honor, my brarve man, to shako hands with you. Many a worse man than you has been present- ed at court.\ \Faith you're rolght, mum,\ replied fat as bo proceeded to wring the wa- ter out of bis coat *Th' last toimo 01 was presiated at court Ol only got one month, whoile me mate got two, begor- ral\ Saved by the Soloist, An old lady who at the best was cer- tainly not 'very musical attended church ouc morning a littlo while ago. During the service an,anthem was sung by the choir, during WhlcSb a cer- tain Mr. Wood rendered a Solo. When returning home, tho old lady remarked to a f rieud: \Dear dear! What a mess they made of that anthem, to be sttre, Why, if It hod not been for air. Wood they would bnve broken down entirely in one part'^-London Standard. Matched. Towne—Met Gabble and Perkins at a smoker Inst night and Introduced them to each other. UFowflc—Oh, say, It's a shame to In- troduce a bore like Gabble to anybody. Towne—It's evident you don't know Perkins or you'd sfeo the humor of It Worked a Profelem Whllt A»Ie«p. Aa Amsterdam banker onco re^ncat- ed a proressor of miathecaatlca to work out a rcry Intricate and pmallng prob- lem for him, The professor, thinking tho matter good cxerclie for the Intel- lectual faculties of hl« pupils, men- tioned It to thettt and renueatcd them to Work oat the* enigma- One of tho students, who bad pondered deeply over the tatrteatss latibjee* during: tho day, retired to besd. Some time after- ward he arose, tlrcssed, and, seating himself at- his desk, worked out ths problem accurately, covering oheets of paper with his calculations. He had no recollection in the morning of hav- ing done so. Clre«* norte* WorJc Until. Traveling with a routtd top Calico found to be no sinecure. The Grand Occidental, being a wagon show, mov- ed wholly by road. Tho shortest Jump was fifteen miles, but often they did thirty between mtanlglnvand morning, and thirty miles over country high- ways make no short jaunt -when you have a five ton chariot behind you. The jump, however, was only the he- ginning of tho day's work. No sooner had you finished breakfast than you were hooked In far the street parade, meaning from two to four miles more. —Sowell Ford In '\Horses Kind.\ Varaptre Superjitltlonii. Tho prevailing belief In European conptrtes was tbat vampires, were the •ghoats of aiiiddcs or others who had died violent deaths and were forced by the devil to leave their graves at night and feed on tbe blood of men and wo- men, and any \who died- at the hands of these dwailful creatures also became vampires, fa this way beautiful wom- en became vampires and enticed young men and fed on their blood and flesh. It was belioved that they had power to assume any shape or form desired be- tween Btmsot and sunrise and that they committed most of their awful deeds at aildulgbt. 'Ihey wore powerless in the daytime anil were generally In a tor- pid state. Gaelic and wild rosebushes were guards against tbem, and cruet- fixes were feared, by them. To prevent sujcJdea front tjecflinlng; vampires they were burtcit Willi a stake driven through their hearts, and the straw they had slept on was burned. AH the doga and cols la tho village'wore locked np, for If a d»sf or eat Jumpad over c corpse it wntsare to become .the home of a vnmpirc-Cfcteago Tribune. longer than camels. When your le.tters come depends, tip- on when the mall arrives and may be ouy time of tho day. Perhaps one of the most comical parts of the sorvic* Is the fact that tho carrier cannot read. At the office he is told what houses are to nave letters. Then he slings his bag over his shoulder and- trots off, bop- ping from side to side of the concavity that fa gutter and street, and thus wends his tortuous way through, th* city till be arrives at a house for which ho has mall. Upon entering he tinsltogt his bag, opens It and\ pours, tho contents op the floor, at the same time toiling you t* pick ont such letters as belong to yen. There ht a charming naivete, an4 ingenuousness about the wbolt proceeding which iniltes the western* er as IrreatsUbly comic. When you have taken out your share, the remain* der it bundled back, nnd off he goes to thonoxthouso.—ifow York Post ' ,.' latin irlhe iatmjualpef tfefti h%»'m'o»i tju-leheo. m»derja-t0,i|gae^,'fo* ; its #»& 4*ees'iSt^'h?ir^Vto;'»w-;o*ay--in-, every' qu*i^r,*«;towor!ai''-Jf, entered ,$»rgev if; Ifter- their conquest- by ftomie, tufa •Hjbe. diftfecfe-of mgM and' SaWlV\ *»uh- tries thp^gim #rjgejrte4r by B^nan;. :|!fe ' -MuS, - : ivjjJk&ttei&V -' #i^:»iu|,-:''ijR<A nhsfye^lB^- tgjm jp^rt' In. tfie history of .fttod^ra Taapages:'\\'.\ '•..'.•• V • - : ••\•'•' 4h|B^mB'n\leHig)ler sjre' prtfctfealiy Mthjin *new <efreS8,. ttalite may -fy J5P^h«w'l»i«ea i -on'a smjllar gronnd- .^ork,;sn4 Hngha^haiberro^ed} large- ;» frotf DEbfl'jaharuiuie^of ^ome^ eKheii directly o* mrongh v fojtelg^^^ chaimelft to very;.«aTlyfli*es|«ttn c'olonlsbj ^ -b^uc^inte-i3rjg^^uinies.wld^^ B|nd m .tb^s^#^,eentory man£ fcele* sWflcal--^wow^Tjati^^gih',:su^.,9^^ a-ltar, priest, candle, were; adopted, by o*nr foreCatheni. ' Al&ou^njt $mg. not bs.-se* fJ&lhle. ?am pliant W pefflJ? ^uogtlW* ifitk , Yhjlchi' It. m 5 e *9 J W> lfl^rpor»tea| TDafhS refiepbi io^swrab^r \the pr* 0 ! 10 ?! character of ijS 3D*ol»Ie» who felt anfr used their power *0 that It has been well called, tho **?oiw of? empire and \ h»w, w , fkvmwit! -•( - *on(h ..America* Two huTodrod raffle! beyond'the month of the Bio Meta -the lalrlda river en- v ters the Orinoco- I started up that stream, says a irsevelor, with my canoo loaded with trtnkests for «xMhsnia with the native*, who 3sve la a, condition of e»&emo aavagerjr, aithangh they »te . amiably ahspos&ol and usually h^rm.-- less. Thejr go enctlrely nnde save for the loin doiha. and got their subsist- ence by. launthUf ami fishing, chiefly the lattor- I was much lntewst<ia In their maths,•- 6d of taking fish by their use of ths bow «Si arrow. For this; xtnrpese- they employ arrows six feet In length xnado of reed 8 tipped jrlfh iron. White a ca.no* 1» paddled eently along In tbe shallows the marks- man stand* rcudy with M» arrow on the string of tho bow. Aa soon as a Isrgo ±ih »icen, if the npproaeh can be made within range, the arrow is let fly and rare^ f«U* to strike Iba prey. An oaa Ftuh. One of the oddeist Ashes that ev«r swam In any sea is tbat known to nat- uralists under the unattractive name of ophiocephalns. A species of it Is found in the sea of Galilee, where it builds a nest which for beaaty of design and el egahce of workmanship excels the ef forts of the mojorifcy Of feathered nest builders. Its favorite spot for bulldin? Is in an old root or rock projecting un- der the water, and the material con- sists of seaweed, grass ahd leaves. A Kurron C»e»pB Fe* Oae 5t»». The Imporlaace of examining closely the hair found tfn weapons was shown In a ensi» In which a hatchet having clotted blood and hair adherent to It was produced a* evidence ngatntt a prisoner nuspected of ararder la a Uttle country town. It was found under hlji bed. This, wltb other circumstantial evidence, hail turned public opinion strongly again* t tbo prisoner, but when tho hnlr was examined by s micro- scoplst who cluuaecd to be In the court worn It was fetmd not to bo human, but that of some- animal. This circum- srtanco led to a more complete sifting of the evidence, and the accused was acquitted. It tamed out that he had killed n dog with the hatchet and had carelessly thrown, the weapon under the bed. So his life literally hung on a hair. TY'liere life ll SteentfaaK, Here in the northwest one encounters the living representation of tho strenu- ous life. Here men work together In a way unknown anywhere else. The east ta insular, every man for himself. The northwest, lndoc-a the wh&Jo west, bus learned the vnlue of co-opdratlon and community Interest. Migrating to a new country, with difficulties and dan- gers on every hand, tbe people have been forced to combine and lutnd with solid front to the world. sAa a result Innumerable orgruolswtlons have sprung up having for tbeir purposo the ad- vancement of some eammaiilty Inter- est.—Ray Staanard Baker la Ceutury. ffo Caille For Almrm. \Ah sighed Mr. Henpeck, \its a pity tbe way most great men's son3 turn out It's otOy In rare cases that thSy amount to any tblng.** T hope,\ tho brdy rernraed, \that yon are not worrying about our child In this connectlon.**-CUIcaga Itecord- tterald. n«v£sea, \I don't understand how Miss Mil- yiins cah see anything in tbat foreign nobleman. Bio's nothing btit a 'glided fool.'\ \Tbatti so, and yet the chances are (ten to one this will be a case of 'a fool and her money soon married.' \-Phil- adelphia Fress. Ueqnpcjratltij, I Oho day little four-year-old Cora was trying to stand on her head, Her moth- er asked her what she was doing, She answered: . \Vie standing, on cay head\ to rest-toy feet\—Boston Hera.Id. Criticising IHs Own. \But my; fear husband, It really is unjust of you to abuse mothers-in-law so. There ore good ones.\ ? \Well well; never mind. I haven't said anything against yours, Its only : mine I'm grumbling about\—Boston Traveler. • • \ • / Elementary FSno-tvleasre. Simpson—Oo yous Enow anything about art? Jackson—I know enough about art not to try,to talk about it—Detroit •Free JPress. Out at JPIace* A\ sentry, an Irishman, was on post duty for the first time at night, when the officer of the day approached. He called, \Wbo comes theroJ\ \Officer of tbe day,\ was the reply. \Then what are yez doln' out at nlghtif\ asked the sentry.-hondon Fun.. Vht> C*l»*i« Art ot Tnv A novel metliod of testing new we«p- on» of warfare is now in vogue In Chi- na. A large camion of tho latwt.type •was recently imported from Europe, *ml when It was landed on the coast of Hainan tho military mandarins of the district: first Inspected It closely and thou resolved to test it They therefore procured a boat, which they anchored at some distant* from the land, and then they loaded ths cannon and fired a shot at it To their surprise tho shot did not hit tho boat, but fell short la the water.. They deter- mined to try again, but did not want to m!»s a second time, and so they brought tho boat to the very spot where the first shot hud fallen and anchored It there. Then they fired, and to their un- bofluded Joy the shot went .cl«ia through the vessel. Evidently It never occurred to thcai that they could h*v» attained the same eud by aiming more carefully aud slightly changing the po- sition of tho cannon, or. if it did occur to them, they thought that it wns easier to move' the boat than to so aim with tho heavy cannon that they Would be absolutely certain of not losing a sec- ond shot. \ twice At-tiScIiU Rutiieir. At a recent meeting of the Academy of Sciences lo Paris there was present- ed a paper by A. VemetUI describing his success In making artificial rubles weighing from IS to 15 carats each by a new process of fusing aluminium. Each ruby at the close or the process* splits in two, forming half spheres, which can be worked by lapidaries like Batumi steaafe Tte eeloe is fine, ami lapidaries to whom they have been submitted say that these artificial gems have the same hardness and take thj» some polish as natural rabies. Cnfer* Innately, or, as some may,perhaps think, fortunat^y, many of the atones thus-made, csp^aally when of large sure, hare Internal discoloration^ and hubbies. But M. Verneull thinks fur- ther experimentation will enable him to avoid these defects. A Howor«nn Sm»3ce. to Mdristnno North's \Recollections of a Happy Ufo'.' 1» a description of * Umo snake Its mlitresa wotxM sometime* tvrbrt the pretty bxom creature In the great phut of hfttr spe wore amend her head and onco tbre»tcned to go down thus decorated to ft dlwrjer ijftrtr of rath«r ntlfC people. *. But ono of the stmlte'a own ccceritrto Itiest Jjene* to dUttaguliit 3k among nil other reptile* of a utmllar wture, which hat* aerrea ii-ptbtt. It was a* fond of sltHettog; thing* MM Its mtsttt« beraelf,, ami wben she took off her many rlmri mm -placed them on different parts of tbe table It would go about collecting tfcscm and; stringing them on lis Htho body. Tben It would tie Itself in a knot, so that the rings could not bo taker* off until It was* pleased to untlo ItieJf again, Xot q«Ite IVIuKt Hi aiwiat, The maa who thwjuiht 3te 'bid tba knack of saying pleasant tbings cslcn.- lated to warxa the coeklea of the oldest heart was rervlslthiti; the town* in which he had spetst a suroaner twenty year* before. 'Tm Ml« Mcfttt, I dotft know that yon recall xae, 1 * sate! a co^taettlsh el- derly spinster* nppto«chtDg Wm In tb* postofflce the? day after his. arrival. The ready heart warmer tamed with, his most beaxalng imdUe and wrung her hand. .- \Kecall yem,\ ho echoed; reproaca-. .fnlly. \As t£ on* could heJb> It, Mis* Meant! Why, yon ar*» ono of the land- marks of the town,\ A Famine In Finland, To the politieal troubles from which the unhappy people of Finland are sufi ferlflg In the loss of their ancient liber- ties is added & new calamity in a fam- ine resultttj? from crop failure to the northern part of «e country. Thou- sands of families axe reported suffering from sta.-Vatioil and its attendant dis- eases, The distress has not been egual- ed since the great famlUe of 1808, when 100,000 persons' perished. Crn6t«l Tert. A great struggle arises In a woman's mind when she Is asked what her new gown cost She is always hi' doubt whether to ent the price In half and moke you envy b e r the bargain or dou- ble It and make yoa envy her-affiuenee. -Spare Moments, TI»e Lttelsy Man. A.—That's Jones' daughter with hinji She's just about to be married. iJ.—Who's the lucky man? - A.—vfones. I| people like you, don't ever start trouble for yourself by asking them swhy.—Atchison Globe. After crosses and losses men grow hdmbler and wisw.^S'rankun. Originality is simply a pair of fresh lyes,—Hlggtnson, , Our Cool Snpplj-. T. K. A^MUS, a mine Inspector of Mercer comply, Fa^. says that the'last lump of coal v»lll be mined in the tent, ad States in the year 2053. He said there Is about enougp coal in-the Unit- ed States to last 700 years at the pres- ent rate-of consumption, but points out that the demand doubles every sixteen years, and should the ratio be continued tbe coal will be exhausted within the next 150.years. i / Modern i)o6kn. Books are nowadays manufactured (by both authors and publishers), ad- vertised, marketed and generally \hahv died\ exactly as are -breakfast- foods, < soaps aud.. 1 patent me s aiclne?j ahd/th* ^dignity of li|eraiur«'^ has become am W^STTXSSS^ Furrdmafr—lNow, there's your htut- band coming, Sirs. Caaidor, I^ef s make • a little surprise for Jbini. Sirs; Funni- nan and I will hide behind tie curtains here, and yoa leH Bam that, ydur ex* pectfed guest* haven't come.,^chea we'll «tsp sat and sarprls& 3&a. (Enter Mr. -candor.> Mrs. Candor {Obeying ordera)-Well r ijHcnry. our expected guests have dis- lAppointed us—air. ttn-at Mrs,- ^BJmlm*n\ haven't come* Mr.Candor Cbearuly^Thfualc heavenl Some of the «ases oaf the Sahara are quite largo,, ©no of 4hea being 1 12b miles long and flfty-edgfit ntlles Wide. The springs are of various kinds4-not cold, mineral or gase»xts.-The JKargha oasis has a popultttloix of 8,5oO, They raise grain, Onions nf*a dates, but live On the least possible .amount of food, work and reasoning jpower. afarshea artxrand ahdierer preteallf. Do T»H DUl».« Hint Towne—There |eems toibe noffihig he enjoys so much as tbe sound of hia ewn voice, Brovroe-Thatfs so, aaid thei»*8 noth- ing annoys hlnx so mucn as the thought that He\ can't bear himself .when i he talks In his Sleep.-PhSadelphia Press. BDilncai iamHniL s - The foUowIn^CBltajedt-may-be'Seen in the cemetery of a parish In the en- vlrons of Paris: \Here lies Mano. $-—•, wife of M.. *•*—, masterMalksiniabf TBeiialhng;, round this toai» was naanufaetnted by her husband?' .TAjhgjy-HjpojR* whaltis. me'prit ty the - sense Of hunior2 • ''\•-.. T . ^therr^^iie.iaense^oc 3bumor» my Sou, eOnBlsti.-laxge!y of klorwlng; when not to.be funhy.^PliUfide|pMa See«fd. , 'If;we afl-jpra^itfeed waiat'fe.preach,- |fc»wpuia :Jsfeep*\jS8 so feusy''pt^stfjlng.* I r,
