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ti'^iiijij^ifli; .'i m_m pip '.i!iiil»i\i<ii« I ! f I i I . WHEN \THE SPAVIN CAlifff, I* ignited, *»e »«JHWirt,Cay«Br o* *ho ' , ptyrfc PoWw Wow**, The falS &w -greatness of a police hersotnat lintt taken the bine ribbon at tli?. MatJojasl horse show Is toja by Jjewclf tpxii in \Xlorees Nine\ as fol- lows: .'M5fo& BY WHOWSSAtfe ,. I _ d'n , <V -. ' . , - •.. Ettennlvo BClicheM Arf«tns;ement«i of , <I«s MqOejui jtto.tiV 3>he kitchen a^ngemsnts of. the modern hotel jqre on the first: basemenl floor; There is. ft chef, but i o fa* iw * could BOO lie floes not cools, lie is sim- ply » captain of fee geveoity-iive other '\For '« wrtie-Jo year Skipper was the] coohs, who work to three' relays of pride of tfee force* He wag slipwn to | twenty-live eijcli, There Is no range, Alters at the stables; he was patted on jbo nowj by the mayor. Tho chief, Who was p jigger niah than the may- or, cfljrio ptp especially to look at hlft. 'In tab pork. Skipper Olfl bis tricks ev- ery day %px iaOics to fine dress,, who exclaimed, \Bow perfectly wonderful!\ ap well «s for pretty nursemaids who giggled and said, \Now did you ever see the Ult«s a* tnpt^ NomhJ\ And the» came too spavin. Ah, but thai was tl*o beginning; of tho end!. Were,you wet spavined?' If BO, you Know nil afcontIt Tf you ha von't been, there's no vae trying to tell you. Bbeu- raatfsni? \Well that niny be bad,\ bat a spavin is worse. For three weeks Iteddy rubbed the lump on tho'hock, with stuff from a brown bottle nnd aid It from the in- Spcetor.' flieii one black morning the lump was discovered, That cloy Skip- per dlduot go out o n post. Ileddy eumo into the* stall, pftt his arm aroimd lila Ht'els and said ''yoodby!\ in a voleo that Skipper had never heacd him use before. Something had niatie It tlifck and hiisfer- Very sadly SljJpppr u$v/ ll|itt saddle* ono o f tiie uewcipuiers and: goont'forcliity. Oicrllnif mill Hiirlln w, Corllija tlio game tiiat -was «for a long time f*irtlvWy fadulsed in licre by a few Draw liuhlles, has hfi^B4)laifdt on but a solid biink ot broilei's-^lmnjense gi'lflirons, beneath ivhich are the flres that nevep die, As for tabs 400 ioayeg p'l! bren4 and 8,000 yolls reefed daily, the chef does no!; worry Iiift jnind brer the' natent cutters and, fixers aifd owns and; staff,, o£ bakears heeded io BHPBly the simple ttera of bread or coa» com himself w|to the qnality .of the 1,100 pounds of butter ttiat aro each day required to ge \With It-. I niusfc not forget the ttem o£ eggs. Elg/bteen thousand «re required every twenty-four boars. Polled eggs do not got overilpue. Shey ai'e hoiWd by clock- ivork, A perforated dipper containing tlie eggs drops 4o\wn into *tliQ .-water. I'he dipper's •cloetowork Is set to the second, rind when tbftt final second has expired tho Mttlq dipper Jnmps op out of tho water, ; nnd the eggi ate reatly for delivery. aHiewyira njen who do nothing elso But fill nudt' watch and empty these daiictng dippers, and it Becmejd to me great fun. On another part of this floor is the dishwashing, where gtetct galvanized basfeets lewer the piecos into various* solutions of potash and clean rinsing water, all so, burning bot th«t the dishes dry instantly without wiping, Slxty-flvo thousana ploees of china-> ware are, cleansed I n n<doy nnd an al- most equal quantity of silver. All told, there are 80O employees to tho a substantial footing, with naftier©u9!fcltc&<to'departments of this lingo h> •well ergaBfaod teams mid well contest- i l»C machine.—Albert Bigelow Paine in ed tournaments. Hnndbaii has been wrested from the monopoly of ft few profcaslonrsls, and today n handball court is n popular feature of every well equipped athletic cjnb, JDiseus thr«w« ing, tiiat th«o Sreclan youths excelled in at tho Olympian games, has recently become a regtilarjy sehcdnled feu tare of ail big athlollc raeotings. Store re- World's Wfcrfc. / SUCCESSFUL 8MMQQUSR. •Shft Scheme* We Worfceat. to Decetvo the cuKtonu Olllclnlii, \Tljero i s raouoj' i n smbggUng,\ said tho retired dealer to preetQus stones as ho leaned bach, \bat it Is dnngcroua to conily the aroynl and am lent game of • carry on tho bjiKES^aas possible sua- jiolf has been transplanted from-tho poets aro carefully watched and, if nee- lillls o( Bcotlnml, But linrling Is far mora ancient than mly of flieso. tho Scotchman, proud . of tho antiquity of golf, points to tho tlmo afaJtatsel doetuuenls carefully pre- iforved bi Ekllnburgh uliowlng Umt n<i early ns X4S? tho game-was OlstraCting tho nttentloa of tho Scottish youth from nioro tterlotss tilings, mid to this day essary, traced llll tliey ip -finally ennsfht. However, I knew oBe man who pursued the trade of diamond smuggling for fifteen years nntj was nble to retire to respectability. Ho was buyer for ono of tho large business houses In New York, an* his business sent hhii tij BnroiHs two, three and sometimes four times a year. Every hurling hnsfc continued throush a,ll the time ho returned lie* lind with hlra frbm centuries tha popnlar gmne of tho Irish • 510.QCN) to ^JOJOO worth off gems which people-Brooklyn Eagle. Vile X?ir*t Flmrtt* AUavk. . Wo have a record in tlie book of Joanna of *»the Btratngem whereby At Wits takcaj.\* This tells, us how 5.000 men were sot In ambu«li behind tlie city, so Umt when tho king of Al and u)s hosis wcro ilrawn forward to thn flgbt a flank attack wa» ooadv. with overwhotmbag sticcesa by the warriors a work of art; made of wax and gum, he did not declare. \EHs trick was perfect simplicity combined with Ingenious boldness. Bis hair was scanty, and at tho top o f his head bo had a most delightful little bald spot. Customs officers m they came mid went nil knew him, and as they -knew hint he had a most pro- nounced wen -whore his other ncquqlht- uiift,*s <*aw n bald spot. That wen was ! ntid It contained two or three big stones that would uavo been a *tod for tho men on the pier. \The good cigar that ho had Jnst lit r.nd allowed ,to go oat held n few more, and sewed In the handle of the grip that ho carelessly turned over to tlie Inspection of the officers were the rest t f them. He never varted tbe trick, Ijosts ot Homio. Having concealed hla and he never lost Bach trip was worth brother' Mctso. with 2.««» horse and n coaple ot hundred dollars to him and foot soldiers*, among the twdo. he en-' a great many hundred more to those tieed tho Iloznan forces nrrms tin- river Treblo. Thte legions fought bravely Of Israel. 'Kot less fiUgnstrww was tho fate of Xcotltdns and his brave flttte hind of heroes when the Persians nt Tber- niopyte, led! by a traitor, tooh them in tbe rear, -ISOU. C It was by a masterly maneover near- ly; GOO years later that Ilaunlli.il den It one of bis heaviest blows tt^tlu«t tho and held th«lr own until Stngo, rising from nmbnsli, attacked them in the rear and rocrtcd them. 'The SXcnnlrift ot Hlmorlc. Ono of my artlBtle' friends -was upon tt buslne^ -visit to a picturesque dis- trict of Perthshire tho other day. A little leisure? was afforded hint hy the Watt botwocti trains, nnd hv naked a nnUvo ir theso were any historic places in the neighborhood, BO thnt lie might Elioll nJllm or two, with which ho had loaded Ids eauiera. \No there's no' enyihlag hjatorio alssot the j*hi«». The Ulacfe CttStte? up by there U*MH1 to bo historic, but IPs no' sne historic two!\ What that bucolic Individual Imagined tho word \historic\ to mean i s not very apparent by the reply. --Glasgow Times. who employed hltn. Now, that man considered himself strictly honest He would not steal ft cent from an indi- vidual, yet ho schemed and plotted to rob the government.*\—Nov? York Press. DlRsrtnjc For Knorl Gum. The .ordinary method of searching for knwl gum In Kew Zealand is hy first feeling for It n little below the surface with a steel pointed piece of Iron called a \gum spenr\ and then dig- ging It out with a spade. A skillful and industrious digger can earn ns much BB £3 to £4 per week at the work, and even children can earn n few shillings n day; but, as tlie gaajflelteoffer a set- ngo for all sorts mid conditions of men, ;*.-story of ^fti«'Gi*»* \Vv>p Sffcfettirf M'tfttfS-Vlay-ttt* Beitprw**. f «An attemM'hyv.Secromry of War gtanfort-to. coottan Msli stew w$ile lioi^teg the wftf depavtmsnt Office 'against the remoyar order p f President. Andrew Johnson i.al Otoe d many; anee» dotes relatod by Louis Koerthj at the periiia njonOoned the great war see'rer tary's bodtofttd. V-' • I?eb, 21, i86§, president Johnson ap^ pointed .General l^oreijsso Thonias see- lofai^ of walr-ad mtorJ^ihnt'the rjfow- ^r ot lemovai hftTing hsen takett, by tho tenure of iontcO act from- *h_e,presi- dont, Mr. gtanfon refused t o 'resign or to vftcate'tbo ohlce of seorotocry,, fie cam|iea in the office, determhied to hold i t until the result of, tho inv peachmeht proceedings against' : the pyesldeht, which were fhen pending ifn tho senate, should ho determined, i?pr sl?ty days Mr. Stanton Sold \the fo.tt,\ and 4hring that period his faithful bodyguard,: ex-gergfeant I<on}s KoeKth*, then in tho \United States general serv- ice, assigned t<j the war deearhnent, kept him company. \ . Qn the day in .whleh 2Jif, Stanton re- ceived the official notlflention of his removal by &o president he made im\» mediate preparations fo* a siege. He dispatched Sergeant Koerfh\ to £Irs, Stanton for hlankets and pillows, but tiiat lady refused to send them', insist- ing: that the secretary should come homti and giro up the office. ,., Mr. Stanton smiled on receiving her message and simply said; \Koerth go to your ov»'U house and bring blankets, pillows and such cook-, lng utensils a s wo way need.\ 'Xhe Irish stew was tho first effort, of the secretary and his bodyguard, Koerth, bolng, a German,, needetj in- structions lit tho mysteries of prepar- ing the savory atow, and the secretary \named tho various ingredlente, which bo ordered tho servant to purchase. Both men had spent a busy and Ia« boriously exciting day, and both wero tired out when the pot was put on tho flro to cook the stow. Ihe conscqvenco was. that tho great war secretary and his bodyguard fell asleep. $ho secretary was the first to bo awakened by tho smell of tho burn- ing stow. \Koerth Koerth! \Wnko up, mani*' shouted Sir, Stanton, \Tho .stow hi burning!\ / Koerth sprang to his feet, bnt, alas, too into to save Mr. Stanton's Irish stow. It was burned ami smoking, whtla the pot waB a glowing red. Rue- fully the secretary rolled himself up In Ms blankets on, the sofa nttd went to alccp for tho night supnorIess.--Wosh- IngtonPosti POULTRY POINTERS. A \healthy fowl wilt drink fifteen or twenty times a day. Sharp gravel should always bo sop- plied to fowls that are fattened in close coiUluouient. , Bos nests are all tight If made large enough, tlio sbeo depending npon tho breed of fowls. Unseed meal is excellent as an egg producing meal, but It should be fed In connection with coarse or bulky foods. Soft eggs laid before the shell has formed arc earned by overfeeding. Give less food and more poonded- shells or Ihnownter. A varied diet for poultry Is a neces- sary help to their general health and has much to do with their value as breeders. If disease appears and resists reme- dies, It is better to begin with new stock than to breed from those that have been sick a long time, A light, sandy soil's always best for a poultry yard. A heavy clay soil 13 al- ways damp and, unless caro Is taken, wilt cause wtrp, while a sandy soil, be- ing dry, will promote warmth. 11«* 'aTarge siiia* from *is wfet>; ander fte:1>.a8anjgntB*f ^armjii^nt him on # chip of if oqd and set him afloat Ott-tfie Qhiet'#ater8 of the pVn& {&&% naturalist. < m %alke& ali • abdht t8> sides of hi* barki sUry.eying^the. situa- tion very earefhlly, and whefl the fact that he was really afloat and about a 1 yard from shore seemed to be fully ! comprehended-he looked otjt for ^tho nearest land, . *~ \ ' This ^poJnt fairly settled upon,* he im- mediately began to cast a web forit He threw it ap far ; aei no^lple.lh.»e air and with the wftd- *Jt'soon'reached the shore at|d nfade-fasi: TO the spires of grass. Then he turned himself, about and in true sailor fashion began to ba?I in hand ove* hand 'ott his #bl^. Oare- fuliy he drew upon it nnit^l his burs; began to move toward shore. - As^t; moved the faster, he, the falter \drew upon it 'to keep nis hawser 5 taut-and front tonchlng the water, nfery soonhe reached the shore and aoiekly leaping to terra nrmft sped his Way horaeward. Thinking that he might be' a special expert nnd an exception In that line of boatmanship to the rest of his com- panions^ tried several of them. Tboy all came to shore i n like manner. • Fl»t Ute. In such a dwelling as the average \flat?' of the north and west the pri- vacy of home is reduced too;, minimum, The footsteps of the tenants, tbe roll- lag of their perambulators, the cries of their :cbi!dren,'the varied odors Of their breakfasts, lunches and dinners, are omnipresent and nof to be banished jeven by mental scieiice. If they are rnnslcaiiy inclined, the others must lis- ten perforce, and have no other redress than to begin counter performances. Some cheerful •writer said, \While a man can sing he can work,\ but the troublo often Is that while ho is sing- ing other people are unable to work. Such forced participation in the lives of others Is. irritating and upsetting to the nerves, and though we may bo will- ing to weep with thtfm who weep and rojolco with those who rejoice wo would prefer to have some choice In tho mattcr.-New Orleans Times-Dem- ocrat I , *- Biuuilt Column* t% Mexico. Thero aro columns of basalt In Mex- ico wMeh may be regarded as one of tho natural won3ora of the world. They may bo seen at Itegla falls, and there Alexander von numboldt saw and ad- mired them when ho took; his famous Janrpcy round tho world. As regular nnd symmetrical these columns ore as though they had been fashioned by human bands, and yet they are entirely natural and of volcanic origin. They ate of great height, and no ono can see .them for tho first tlmo without becom. Ing greatly Impressed. In Flugnl's cave, Scotland, thero aro columns of basalt eomewbnt similar to these, and on St. Helena there are oth- ers, though tho latter, Instead of stand- ing erect, nro piled together on tho ground and look lifco trunks ot trees. .- By\ a decree -of Mt*u$. ^hfthT t&8 ^Id-^o»^b«#:'-a#-|h«^ea|tenSe of «* *tb« half, °Khe spal^w^cbases- 10 bntterflyj but tfiei hsF^ehases .the soarrow. for -fb'e prbbten^ pf-ltfeisl twofOIi It i s notioeonglt; hjerely m eat it Is necessary to SYM^^PS .«»*•* m. 'Xet nature detestsc laillpg-for kill-; •fiig's flafi^'Jaassaere fornis no- Ptttf of' ; he* g*eaii plan, 86,we seeithat ftvery. ; creftturej^ provided:. \With Some more; Oi? fesVeffeetivo 'quftlity ofdefense; hy: njeftns pf whichs the attack's pf-it»nnt-, urai ^nemtps are rendered, less frequent oriessdend'y- • , • '• :•• , '• i Tcfiul''the ant*iofee t>y tneans of its superior speed 4b 'hnies eseapet frost- ihedion.,. The armadPiQ, rolled i n its Wondrous, coat of niatt? itteis'•fteepuw toipng! \as'core of hnngry, gia.winf ( ' foes, whilo the white Bare.-j^qareely, distinguishable -from. the. sppw „on whlch'it crouches, is often overlooked hyWafoe, the fox, Sat of aU^reatufees none has 'received pore j^mpTe^prptee-, tioii than :|ho *as.ects. gome of them; possess stings, others bite, and a few jmtt! out clends of pois'onohs vapor to Stupefy or hlind. theirjpursuors. Again, there are insects elottied in Impenetra- ble hrmor, insects covered With sharp spines and pticjKles arid others whoso means -of defense consist i n nothing bnt a' likeness to the oo4e«tf which stnv ronnd them,-tItQyal Magoxlne, Hovr gaunt*?* W«lte., Savages always wait, with their toes turned in for two reasons, 'in the first biaeo the foot naturally falls in that position when It has never,been con- ftned by hoots or the ankles distorted by high heels. In the long'stride of the savage tho leg swings •freelR-h'ke a pendulum ropndt the center of gravity, which i s somewhere Between it and the other log. En. the swing the abduc- tor muscles <?f fhe Inside of tbe tMgh bring the sole of the foot tinder ibji center of gravity, and t in doing so slightly rotate tho foot toward the in- ner line, turning tho tan in. Conven- ience is also on the side of the natural position of tho foot In the case of the savage, for be bar to d o much walking 'through long gr«ss and undergrowth in forests. . A moment's reJefctloB will show now Very much hla progress! would be im- peded If ho turned his toes out to catch theso obstacles. Instead of brushing them nsldo and outward a* he now doei. Lastly, tho SAVSKO uses Ms foot moon more «s a help t o lite bands than we do, and It la obvious that i n doing this he must turn his toes In. Appreciated: HlxsueU. A little boy while playing near the Serpentine fell Into the Water. An Irish laborer who was passing at the ume coaragcoasly Jlnnped into the wa- fer, clothes and all, and rescued the many who are old and Uiflrm resort to boy, snys Spare Moments. them, nnd so tho average earnings are Carton* 33cnftx Casiora In Ftjt. The Eijiaps believe tiiat in ense a marriageable youth or maiden dies Without liavlug gone through with the elaborate niiptlsl huot.tying ceremony Of the islands his ot her sou! fa doomed to Wander about forever in an inter- gum is used principally In the manu- facture of varnish, but it is nlso found ffifcfrrt for many otUer pttEposes, m&i as dressing \glazed\ calicoes, etc.—Lon- don Times. Tho Snbncban CtrUdL, They were suburbanites, oM,they sat nt breakfast when a tetter was hand- A lady who had observed the brav«» mediate region between heaven and , ed to the mother, which she read with belt, 'When any one dies, man. woman J rapidly increasing consternation. \How Or child, a whale's tooth Is placed in : unspeakably dreadfolj\ she exclaimed, tho hand of tire corpse, the missile to | \Cecilia Hc-dney's enttre family has bo thrown at the tree which stands as i boon practically wipenout Her moth- a gnidepost t o point out the road that j or bos died, and her father, her broth- leads to heaven nnd tlie ono that leads er and her cousiu, all In tho same to hell. . month!\ \Ethel (four years old, who In her brief career has experienced all the joys and woes of the suburbs)—Did the qook die, too, mamma?—Harper's Mag' (wine. reduced to £1 15s. o r a a week. The deed went up to Pat and, shaking his \1 feel i t on honor, my brave man, to shako hands with you. Many a worse man than you has been present- ed at court\ \Faith you're roighfc mum,\ replied Pat ,ns he proceeded to wring the wa- ter out of his coat '\Eh* last toime Oi was presinted at court OI only got one month, wbolle me mate got two, begor- ral\ Worked a Profclem WfcOo Anterp. Atf Amsterdam banker once rooucst. ed n professor of mathematics to work out n very Intricate and pussllng prob- lem for him. The professor, tlnnktng tho matter good exercise for the intel- lectual faculties of his pupils, men- tioned It to them and requested them to work ont the enigma. One- of tho students, who bad pondered deeply over the Intricate subject during the day, retired to bed. Some time after- word he arose, dressed, and, seating himself at his desk, worked out tho problem accurately, covering sheets of paper with his calculations. He bad no recollection In the morning of hav- ing done so. • H!» SWcInt npiictlHons. \xou Sny'bls wife had him arrested for repeating:? 1 didn't know she took' any interest in political elections'/'* \In political elections?\ \Yes* dldh't you say she accused him of repeating?\ \JTeS: BIgamy.\-CnthQllc Standard and Times. i [ aii>*B to thi point. The Rmson-I intejftl /to pray that A Convenient Conicionee. \I don't \heBbve he has any con- tclcueeatall.\ \Oh yes, be has.\ 'Mot much of a one,\ .\No; not much of a one, of course. . - - , in fact, it's of such trifline iinnortflnpfl $?J?$ ftl'f P*\* for httvtoe ^ ^°»<te tots some «^ S thrown that Melt at you. n>m he can mme tMn ^ ^^ig COhtributing $1.60 to' charity, Still it's The Pfttient-atebbe yer rIv'Bence 'ud be saving toime If ye'd just T^it till Ol git well tai< then pray fer -<lasey.— . Brooklyn Lire, ;- . loo Par to Walls* Leading Lady (of defunct opera eom- PAnyjM wonder if we'll ever bo able tony; Manager-Well, that's about the only possible Way we'll, over bo able to get Jloine. ft conscience.\— Qkicago Post. i Brutal Treatment ot m Wife. Husbnud-Bon't you thlab that you aro rather unreasonable to espect mo to take yon to a bull, Stay awake until 4 o'clock and then get up at' 8 to g o to my work? Wife—I may be a little Unreasonable, bnt it's perfectly brutal of you to men* Uonlt,-tfew York Weekly StLXtd by the SoloUt. An old lady who at the best was cer- tainly not very musical attended church one morning a little while ago. During the servlttt an anthem was sungj' by the choir, during which a cer- tain Mr. Wood rendered a solo. When returning home, the old lady remarked -to a friend: ,, \Dear dearl What a mgss they made of that anthem, to be sure. Why, if it had not been for Mr. Wood they -would have broken down entirely In one parf'-London Standard, Clren» Dorse* Worlc Hard. . Traveling with a round top Calico found to be no sinecure. The Grand Occidental, being a wagon show, mov- ed wholly by road. The shortest jump was fifteen miles, but often they did thirty between midnight and morning, and thirty miles over country hlg*- woys make no short Jaunt when you have a five ton chariot Behind yao. The Jump, however, was only the be- ginning of the day's work. No sooner had you finished breakfast than you were hooked in for the street parade, meaning from two to four miles more. —Sewell Ford In \Horses Nine!\ An oaa Fi»h. One of the oddest fishes that ever swum In any sea 13 tlmt known to nat- uralists under the unattractive name of ophlocephnins. A species of It Is found in the sea of GalHee, where it builds * nest which for beauty of design arid el egance of wofkmansbip excels the ef forts of tbe majority of feathered nest builders. Its favorite spot for 4 building is In an old root or \rock projecting un- der the water, and the material con- sists of seaweed, grass and leaves. Revlaca. \I don't understand how Miss Mll- yuns can see anything in that foreign nobleman. He's nothing but a 'gilded fool,'\ \Thafs so, and yet'the chances are (ten to one this will be a case of 'a fool •and her money Soon married.' \—Phil- adelphia Press. The lUsht Way to 3BoU Witt ft \To boil water wouf<t scon* to bo m very slmplo thins,\ writes some ono in the* Boston Cooking School Magazine, \and yet tho lata Charles Delmonlco used to say that Tory few people know how to do It, \Eho secret Is,' ho said, 'In putting good fresh water Into a ket- tle already (rtilte warm, sotting the wa- ter to boiling quickly raid then taking It right off for use in tea, coffee or ott»- er drinks before i t htspoltcd. Xo let it steam and simmer and evaporate until the good water is ih the atmosphere and only tlie lime and Iron and dregs left hi the kottlo Is what makes, a great many people sJcfc. and ft is worse th*si no water at all.' -For water boiled like this and flavored with a few drops of lemon Juice Mr. Delraoaleo used to charge as much as for bds best liquors, and be often recommended i t to bis customers and friends who complained of loss of appetite. It Is -wor^h trying.** • . — Hitter-eat VIetr. \\Son see,\ said the old locomotive engineer, \riUlroad officials don't look at things quite as the public does. On one of toy runs a year ago I found a certain bridge swept away, and I had to hack up about two miles to get or- ders. As I reached the station the di- vision superintendent came ont and demanded. 4 \Whaf s the reason for all this?' \Bridge over Maple river gone,\ says I. * \Ahd why didn't you run your train into the riverf \My fireman didn't want to get wet.*' \Humph I Bounce him for blocking the road, and don't you make another such mistake unless yon want a year's vacation.\—Chicago News. BIn-tchca. Towne—Met Gabblo and Perkins at a smoker last night and Introduced them to each other.. BrowneiOh, Say, ff & a shame to In- troduce a bore' Sitte Gabble 'fe-anybody. ToWne^it > S*etdaeh1'y6p'\don^-know Perkins or yo'u'a see th'et'irum'or'oi! it j • - *•• ' » • • • • • y.'.ffi-» . '• - . - CrHloIsInsr'ills Own\ - \But my\ mar Inisbana,'if•really is•: unjust of you to abuse mothers-in-law so. There are good <ones.\ \Weil Weil| never mind. I haven't said anything against yours, If £ only mine I'm grumbling about\—Boston Traveler, ... neoaperatlnr. One day little fonr-year-old Cora was 'trying to stand oh her head. Her mOth- er.asked her what she was doing. She answered: • .; \I'ze standing on my head to rest my •feet\—Boston Herald. •*;;'',- TBiicmentiurT Knowledge. Simpson —bo you know anything about art? ' : '•tflckson—i know enough.'about* art hot to try to talk about it-Detroit Eree Press. Ere* at Different Aires. TJbO Stockholm museum possesses an interesting collection of eyes taken from human beings at different ages, which are cut across hi such a way as to exhibit plainly the Internal and the external eye. If is ensy to observe that the eye of a yorxng cbUd is as trans- parent as water; that of the youth a little less so; In the man of thirty the eye begins to be Edightly opaque, hi tne man of fifty or sixty it is decidedly opaque, and in the man of seventy or eighty it is dull and histerless. This gradual development of opacity is due to tho increase of fibrous tissue and de- posit of waste matter in hie eye. •i-' - r : • -i— i i—_/' FIenai*:a Revenge, The burglar softly opened the door Ot the suburbanite's sleeping apartment slipped inside and .searched the room thoroughly, but found •\nbthiagr'vrortb: Stealing. • —• - _-.-... \I'll get somfe-sa-tlsfactioh out of huhy anyway!\ besai'dL Thereupon he set the alarm clock 6nt the bureau for the hour o f 3 and softly departedV-klhlcagO Tribune. If ore Convenient. Hmployer^-Just .file these letters for. me, Will yoti, Patrick:? -••.'-;' . pmpIoyee-01 caai-trim -thi§Wdff-a1sier?: \With a. pair of scissors, sor.—KahsOsr. City Independent , . Willing to Keep It Senjed. , La*ye^-Tlie Jitry has brought in a ^eppte like yon, mr^T-^m^f^^/^mo court fh,* trouble-for voufgeif: h* HBWM* i^ii^t^^f-~r^~\- f \\ tne- court thatj iwhy^hl|n^,\~J_^.1^ «^t open it oninyaecQunt.;' <_> ft '\MAKl'l4:. ;; fdRt%^& i ' l>fc e Moj»ey,o*iti*er]ii*xJM*.}?«* Vot I ^ortune#haie been jnadfelii tne Chi- w^-ijoara'djftfa^g not b-yinieb^^ho totered tte #&*'e* i«tii.a'precO'ricelved fheory-liS to\ ittt 'con'lsei' whle.bi.'they at., ;te^t6tt : -ta-r:ffiaKer v .^o4'-.*M^bV- , rWek '•ina ^iwlpA^e j p$, fhp^Who. took things; as wey,,«am^. f ir ! atcinnjg tbe jhntt,„shapMiJfeM^ay^rqni^aay to fs#*ilk? prudent xperchants,,.accordfhg tc^t|iecurrehts ( .. ,. ._, :, -... -,..' ;. • K i !&#^&B^ for the r • novhje s ainjoBi alwaysi' copies i n jrftfe.S- preibn'eelVed-'theory. Some tjine J^''a';)fj)Uii^ : ;man w4th a large £S]pe, ^odera^ itorfaiffe; ind'eonsider- |bie»sacml prestige -^. ^owp the Inormons po8sibIJltte|.Hn December pork,''It ^ pathecailed upon.a>greire packer -with whom-heimd.a.penoflRl aequalntanco. Ses; ths«nacker *hongnjt -T*iy well of pork-wjiB? bflyinr 4fetK : *#t • 3?bna poobly asanrid tiie yo.ungf man ponght. The market went .hlf waii and he bought more, Then the maarket turned. Tlie young: man reviewed Jsitk Qfinvine. mgr statistics, femeambe^edt ttO'words of the packer and, stood stabtxirnly ^non his line, When he- was getting near to the end ef his marginj, he was horri- fied to learn that Bis' friend, the packer had| shifted to the other aide of the market two weeks before. He visited bun, recalled their, conrexsatioa and explained the situation* OTe packer stared. \Do you mean yon'tft, heen holding 2,t>00 barrels of pork aU.thla thne?\ he demanded. ''STeej,*' sold tho yonng man, \and I have it yet 3Mow,- what can I «o -with itt* . \I don't know,\ k said the packer, M nale»» you can eat it\—WIU Fayno i n Century. Vampire Smptnatltn: TU& .,prevailing hello! in European countries was that vanlptrea were the ghosts of suicides, or otbera who bad died violent deaths? and were*fowed by the devil to leave their p&vtt nt* night and feed on the blood of men and wo- men, and any who idled at the bands of these dreadful fcreatuw also became vampires. In thi* -way l)ea«stlful wom- en became vamplrea and enticed young men and fed on their blood; spdr flesh It -was\ believed that tboy had power to aitrumo any shape or form desired be- tween sunset *nd?imnrlie and.fhat they committed moat of their awft^l deeds at midnight, ^tmy were »owerlc«i in the daytime and were generally In a tor- pid *u\te« GarliCf*uid irild rosebushes wore guards against them, nnd cruel- fixe* were feared,by themu To prevent snicideisfroni bccoralng vampires they were buried witla a stake driven through their hearts, ^nd the straw they imd slept on was burned, Al! tho dogsf mid caWitt the vlll jgssw^re locked up, for if a dog or cat Jumped over a corpse it was enre.to become the homo of a vampire—Chicago Trlbtme, A Karrow K«e»»«» Por Ome Has, Tho Importance of oxnminlng closely the hair found oa weapons was shown In a case in wMchrtt liatcbwr, hairing clotted blood ana Jwitr/dtXhcrcnt to it waa produced sa etldenc* against a prisoner suspected of murder in a little country town. It mis foimd nHfler bit bed. This, with other ciKrnffistnntittl otidence, had tnrx$d ptihlle iopMdn strongly against the prisoner, but when tho hair was Oxaxained t>y A miero- scopist who chftneeta to be Inutho court- room it was found not to tie human, but that o f some animal, ^hlsdrcum- ttance led to « mare complete sifting of the evidence, and tho accused was acquitted. It turned out that he had killed a dog with tfi» hatchet and, had carelesaly thrown the weapon under the bed. So his life Itteratty hung on n hair. •Where JUteJt* Slre»«o«». tathelaorihwestohe ehcoarrterS the uv%^gp^seabatib« ML the strenu- ous life. Her§«mea work together i n n Way unknown anywhere elsew Tho east is insular, every man for himself. The northwest, Indeed the whole 'west has learned the value of cooperation and ^affissity Jeter^st^'. Migrating to a hew country, wito'SiEeutge* and dan- gers on every baha, the people have been-forced to combine andsrtand Tsith solid front to-the -worlds As n. result innumerable organisEatiqns have sprang up having, for their purpose the \ad. vaneement of wstoe eoffinn^ahy inter- est—Ray Stannard Baker In Century. J r,,-, J„, „„ No Canie Far Alaxmau • \AB sighed Mr. Henpeck, \iea a pity- the way most.great men's .sons turn out ItTs only In. rate'ca^es that they amount to anyt^ilng.. , , * . \I hope,\ the lady retamed, '.that you are not worrying: about our. child la this connection.**—Chicago Becord- Herald. Omt;«f Place. A sentry, an itrisriman.ywas 6h post duty for the \first time at night. When the officer of tte dasr approached, He called, • r Who Comes tfiere?\ \Officer of therdayi\ was. the reply, ,;<ia»en what- are ye* doin' out at night?\ awced me-sentryv-1Undon <*>?W!<a3t pfa|t, , •» <;A greftt'Birntgie:acrhfe8.In; a'woman's mind when she is asked what ner' new g|wn cost Shei is^atways in\doubt Whether-to efitthe! pMce'ih* half a«d niake yod envy, her the. bargainor dou- b|0 it and niake you envy her affluence. -SpareMoments. \. \. * ' \'' *\i' \' - ' -' fi'i; ;r '\ { *\ ,, T&« tmcslcr Man. 'A^-;<Ehat'8 Joties^aaupMer with him. |be>s>afl^.Rb^t•tot.h4-iM^5ed, , ' VB.--Who's the lucky\ man? 'A.-jroffea; .\.'•••. .,- --.-—•- - f- ; ' : , •'- :-^v --:^:--'-- .., - |^er^69se^1aiid i&n men grow Humbler andVWIser.—irrankllnu % ' ; • ~^,,,.-;yf-f -•'.:• ..• . , '••ghto&fm&M slinpiy apair Of fresh fyefc^-HigginsOfl, ; -l s .' ;._; _ •'•» —. ' ' '••.'.. '•' ; ,...' '.\\ V: I
