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• fe iAtflong A$ tSefo i^maiim* the-love of, bounty Hi the;Uu£a<m soul 60 long will tlie glory id dajlfornia scenery and that of thew'l{OJe ; pacific coast prove a source of •aspiration to the jJoettc mini. Deserlpttfe verses Bias -bebtt from the beginning a' marked feature of the literature of tbia region, Ini titcf, the term \landscape poets\ may lie .properly applied to this bevy of sops •birdB which Boomed to the late atiiiirjca ThompBon to have taken \complete possession of the entire Western sea- board.\ Snfllco It to say that if ft vol- ume of verso were written by a CJalt- .foMan which reflected nothing of the •tato's scenic beauty or its warmth of color it would not only come as a sur- prise to moat reviewers, but the loyalty of the poet might bo seriously ques- tioned. Whllo all thtjj display of local color may seom too apparent an effort on the part of Oalifornlnns to placgiip- on their work the stamp of a definite locality, and -may be considered by some a cheap form of art, It is this very sansitivonesB to beauty and grandeur wittf^fca nature has gjothed the west tbajt'pffqra the ntoWT>roTmlIe~-of Its rapid' literary advancement—a. sensi- tiveness, moreover, that will become moro and mqro acttte with the cultiva- tion of the higher faculties through In- creasing educational growth.—Herbert Bashfotd in Atlantic. Jdl jBwve »&' \Woh\ In Them. \Spsakfeg of Servian names;\ • said an observant man, \they are not so bad when you once get uaed to them, nor ore they so-Jjard to pronounce. Yon no doubt have noticed that all Ser- vian names ond with a syllable having •oroo resemblance to the English word 'itch.' Somq of pie names end in 'los' or Just with 'lc.' Sometimes It Is 'leu* or 'lcs' or 'I80I1,' and so qn. It mtilccB no difference how the nnmo ends, you will make no ralstako If you glvo the Bound of 'Itch' to the last syllable. That wlU bo tiio proper Servian sound, for JPetrovlch or _ Petrovlc would bo correct, and In both instances tlio word would bo pronounced In tlio same way, by sounding tlio Itch.' Servian names are oil right when ono gets uBOd to then)| but they are strange and shock- ing when put Into U10 columns of Eng- 1 llih newspapow.\—New Orleans Times- D«mocrat C^o'nU TTOat FlRht. A (pedes* of the wild goat, tho Cnprn ruppoll, haunts tho rocks of tho Aby« irtninn highlands and manages to bold lta own as to flight against all enemies, with tho MtcopUon of tho fleet footed jackal, an adversary whoso co-opera- tive tactics nnd^keonnoss of scent mnko flight ttnavnlllng and bnvo led the en- prxs to the conclusion that under cer- tain drcamBtnnccs valor may bo tlio bitter part of discretion. Tho yelp of an approaching hordo of Jackals Is thswforo a signal for Instant rally on the part Of the goats. Tho nannies crowd ajtonnu their kids, and tho bueks rush forward en masse, butting away ;with a rage that lays oat a yclper at ftvwry spring and makes tho survivors Stand balk howling and cowering. 'Xnftaeae* of Ln«nhter on Digestion. Tho efficacy of laughter as an aid to aoataUation and alimentation tins phsW into such a common physiolog- ical truism that no one of ordinary in- tolUgtnco noedi to have the principle .upon which it works elucidated for his understanding In thaso days of wide- ly dliiemlnatod die telle knowledge, Tbs average porson who Is not contin- uously \in the dumps\ knows from ex- Bortone* that laughter Is good tor di- gestion, says What to Bat It should bo borne In mind that mirth and good Chesr need not express themselves *h» convulsivo laughter in orden, to influ- ence digestion. An amiable, content- ed, calm and equable temperament has marked inihumeo upon tbo digestive prootsses without laughter. A SUrer Riddle. English tram car companies use in counting the money taken In what is drilled* a \silver riddle.\ Four or live frames or* plated on the top of each other, and a given quantity of mixed silver is emptied in on to the topmost. '\Shako the latter and all the pieces ex- cept the half crowns will disappear {through the wire net arrangement on ito the frame below. Shake frame No. S and everything goes through except the florins, and thus the colas ore even- tually exhausted down to the thrce- ponny pieces. 1 X Desperate Character. First Etenpeckcd Husband—Well, sir, J'vo been gone and done it My wife wouldn't givs me the latchkey again tills morning, so 1 took It by force—by force, do you hear me? Second Ditto (admiringly)—Say, old inan, don't let my wife hear that Bhe'll never let me go out with you again, One He Couldn't to»r. Peddler—Want to buy an umbrella Icheap, boss? Merchant—No; what's the use? tWhenever I buy an umbrella some- body steals it Peddler—Well, this one ain't worth stealing.—BxShtinge. J The Reminder. \Mamma said Bennie as there came ft brief pause In the conversation on (the part of tho callers, \Isn't It time for you to ask me what I learned at , the kindergarten today? If you don't jflo it pretty stso^Tj forget what you Sold me to say .\-Chicago Tribune. , \Wouldn't Show. j^ Mistress (greatly shocked)—Is it pos- sible, Mary, you are making bread Iwithbttt having washed your hands? New &Jri~Lor\ wbat&s the difference, mum?' ItfiW>rown bread. \ v T\0*&4kt <fce'f5is*Jce.K'«. Ofsfc,-. . • Tlje speaker's :v%i)ibandman-is call-' led\(Oiei-U at the speaker's desk\ and.Is one of the most',,useful men in the house of mm<#M0]itstii It is, b'fe DUSI- ae-fo to xwf f ^ass,v'aijl imm; js imi,, eveSytjilhg d#|ilc't;ed.wifh le^s- iut&n. He must'Know, pflVliameritajy few, preoedeate \bf P'e'h'otisc. and: mifs't have them ready at o*aecondU hotfie. so that theyjrjay be clt^dJby.mej&peaTi-. ei or the palriq'an 'of tjhe^coftWlftee of the whole h^use'wli^feyer a 'pplnt ( of. ordljris* rafsei or a p'«viij£nioBtitry point is to be decided; tieniust tnow'all l:|ie members ot the house and frdnj Vvhat state they come in order to tell .the: speaker or the chairman hpw jo JM- ojshlsse them when they address 'TOO presiding officer. He must know all tie secretaries of tho p'resldent \aid slerks of the senate, so as to fell the presiding officer when there Is at.\nieB- sftge from the president or the'senate ,to be received by the'house. Ho**is.eeps the tune on men w)i6 'fire* addroS§ulg the house, and.the \h'cftn'fflBr\'fftlls when he says that, r man Tfa^cOhSuui- od his allotted time. Of\ nil <€&&& tasks the greatest IB to - bd VeW *hi- formed upon pnfllamsntary law. There is no index to parliamentary ruUngsV and many 'points «ro found ty the man who will delve and dig ijnd study tho subject all the time.—Washington Post Infant Oenlti*e«, \\When he was but a^^oelhey fa tte Jesuits' college at Dijon Jttl'^ues BQS- auet was known afyroe et the Tjest olasBlcol scholars in Europe, At eight Louis do Bo\irtfOn, prince of Conde, was a perfect, intin scholar. -Phreo years later ho published a work on rhetoric, and at seventeen ho waB appointed governor of Burgundy, Fonelon displayed BO tnuch precocity that ho won famo as a preacher of rare eloquenco when ho was hut flftcim years of ago. Pascal wrote treatises on acoustics at twolve, at Which ago ho was busily occupied In constructing elaborate circulating machines, and at sixteen 4w'\pubHshod his treatise On \Conic Sections,\ which Descartes re- fused to bellovo was hot tho work of a great master. Joan Stuart Mill was studying Greek at three, had practically mnstered tho language at seven and a year later was acting as schoolmaster to bis younger brothers and sisters. John Ruskln actually produced a manu- script work In three volumes beforo ho reached his sevonth birthday. Mark Twain In * Fog-. Mark Twaln'B formor lecture man- ager told this story of an entertain- ment given by tho humorist In London during a heavy fog: \Ono night tho queen's concert rooms wero liko a smokehouse, and I saw from my chair in tho royal box a shadowy dress coat, supported by a pair of shadowy trou- sers, girdled by tho faint halo of tho Ineffectual footlights. A voice was In the air, but It was difficult to locato It with any degrso ot certainty.' Tbo ap- parently headless trunk of tho lecturer told what he knew of our fellow sav- ages, tho Sandwich Islanders, and at intervals out of tho depths ascended tho muffled murmur of an audience in- visible to tho naked eye. Mack began his lecture on this occasion with a del- icate allusion to the weather and said, Tcrhaps you can't see me, but I am here'\ Improving on Hor«» ro*V«r. In Venezuela many years ago a wealthy agriculturist was appointed minister of marine. Being n bard worker, he asked at once for particu- lars of the fleet Tho secretary brought him particulars about the only war ship. The details gave langtb, tonnngo and horse power. At this last the min- ister stopped the secretary and bado hkn write down quickly an order to tho chief of customs, \Take out these 120. horses at once, and I will sond you good mules in their places,\ explaining that mules were much moro econom- ical, both as regards food and ability to withstand fatigue. . A man la at his best when ho 1B at- tending to. his own business.—Dallas' jNewfc • •'. % •*- Caasacfc Castosas. Many queer customs and usages are prevalent among tlio Cossacks. No man changes bis clothes on a Monday. On Thursday no fat or flesh meat must be pickled of corned. Wool is aot spun on a holiday. A hen is always given an uneven number of eggs to hatch, never on even nnmtfcr. BOnes left from a dinner at a funeral are thrown Into \tho river, and at the same meal no one dare cut bread; it must always be broken. Apollo'a Fa-rorltc Instrument. Apollo was the old god of music, and hia favorite Instrument, the lyre, was Invented by Mercury. When tho latter was four hours old he found the shell of a tortoise and made it Into a lyre with nine strings in honor of the nine muses. This instrument Mercury save to Abollo, who became a wonderful player upon It The lyre was used by tho Greeks in olden times, and from it was fashioned the harp. —:—; 1 Matrimonial Dyipepula, \Well how do yoWlfce married life?\ Inquired the friend. \Net at all,\ replied the man-who had marrled'money and. Was suffering for it \I'm a ease of matrihionlnf dys- pepsia.\ \Matrimonial dyspepsia?\ \Yes. She never agrees with me; she's too rich.\—Philadelphia Ledger. Poor Simile. \I never saw any one so timid nS Henpeck In\ remarked Wigger. \Why he's like n mouse in his own house.\ \Nonsenset\ exclaimed Wugger. \His wife isn't the least bit afraid of him.\ —Stray Stories. '••••'• \ \ : T, ' There is more to be learned from one living Woman than from a whole Smithsonian\ museum of anthropology. •r-Llfe, -.*-'-.. Artistic; #olk ^rocjuentiy h^ve some- what v4gue .notions about business. Some of them: are jju'ite ignorant of it* others utterly; ^'different to it and otfc ers yet hatejhe very name of it One in OW Tast^pHmWeate'gdiy 'was P&t- He had *etutmo^from-''irsuccessful' tour, and^rincess. j^etterniqb^the jvife if the .celebrated sta'teBman and dlplo- {naHsti'wag qtieitidning him regarding thefc^!icerta>%ihadtbeen:givingaDroad. ., «I ieaft\ s^saia, \thatyou did good business in Earls,'' To which Liszt gave the tart roply: f$ onjy played -sojue music there. Biisl- ness-r-that I,leave to bonkers and di- piomaflsW'j /To'another; toy the inusical cleric gave a still more sarcastio answer. \Ah Abbe,\ she sighed, \what ft great fo'rtune you, would, make If only you could be'induced to gdjto Ainerfca to PlayW J \Madame return^ Liszt, \if you 's'tood ln r he4d jifr*Hat fortune, Deileve mo, I would go at once.\—Collier's woekiy. Tip Ere of -the Kant. JJamsBeus, perhaps the most ancient city la the. world, claims the proud title of ffae' Eye- of the Bast,\ which tho strlkiug beauty of its aspect from a dis- tance fully justifies. Bright buildings which sparklo un- dor«the Syrian sun rise out of a mass of mapy tinted foliage, To the nprth- wb'sf Btretch the long, bare, gnow white rhjges of Anti-Lebanon, while in -daiar'mlng contrast gntdens, rich corn- fields and teeming orchards form a brilliant setting on all sides. Winding through this profuse dlsplny of oriental beauty, the rivers Barrada and Phege—tho AbaUa and Pharpltr of Scripture—lose -themselves far to the «aBt in Lalce Bahr-el-Merj. On a near- er view much of this glamour van- ishes, and there is abundant evidence of general decay. A similar title Is given to Athens in Milton's \Paradise Regained.\ It is: Athens, the eye o(_Greeco, mother of arts. the .tfamM eehtury,\ said an. old; \^ s f^^^^mM^4n hat dealer, \were Wg; starchefl things, a* k»iieua»ie«. W. m a goaddea;! like a.ruji. Somelkas iu-;casesotaccideAt andiop mm Jp deed.they were Digger than maJJligest jm^es and ailnjeirt?. t A good: W^ ruff, •T^ey'Mu'lreia box of a*6od faexiimi one that is fo^f Jj^9|ni,flte : s'ketOb.ecSrrie^atfoUtin. v a'Irkvprite/if not a h'dus&WIcI\'^ecelr; '*l!hese. =c>prs we#? called bands. B j t [ B OliamberJain's Pafut r '©sM,, B^ji JoiiSQh }n 'Volpone' inys, '^if ijj^T awlMfliJ^ promptly tQ.a .'&j&l band shows not my aeck » ou ^ a - tX„: 0 i!* h™ it allavs the Vitfri Steetesays; ; 'Tlienextthatmounte*the ll#M &„OTL heal in' stage Was an under citizen of the »ath, an&<tafe» Jhe fmij ^°i^.^\ a Sn M&eTmong the Infe- abou Me-l]xM th ? tuto _i»uafe *$-• rior people of that place for his great qmyefl/and as it is an aatiseptjc IV wisdom'and his hroad band.' I pjfevejltB any danger of Dtpoa'pOiBOn^; \jBands yojj.si^ were col|lar8, and by ii/af When Pain Balm h: Jwgt 8t the same tokeft bandboxes were collar \fcfafi a 8 prain may be treated befqre\ boxc^^ey'were^bfgana round, just i u fl ammat ,i Q11 set8 in, whlc?> 'iiis'^esi \\\ For sale by Okas &>. Mack, Druggist, 420 Main street. Medina, N. Y. A Pnlr of Catflah. A pair of catfish that wero continu- ously watched in a government aqua- rium made a nest by removing tho gravel from a corner. During tho first few dnys af tor hatching tho fry, hank- ed in tho corners of tho tank, wero at Irregular intervals actively stirred by tho barbels of tho parents, usually tbo male. Subsequently tho parents were seen to suck tho eggs Into their mouths and then extrude them with somo force. Tho predaceous feeding habits of tbo old fish gradually overcamo the paren- tal instinct The tendency to suck tbo fry Into their mouths continued and tho inclination to spit them out dimin- ished, so thnt the number of young dwindled dally, and tho 000 that had been loft with their parents bad com- pletely dlsappwKcdJ 8 ^ 11 weeks, al- though other food was liberally sup- plied. GonnotI tbo Sinn. Gounod was one of tho most fasci- nating men I have over met His man ner had a charm that was irroststlble, Snd his kindly eyes, as soft and melt- bag as a woman's, would light up with a smllo now tender, now humorous, that fixed itself lneffaceably upon the memory. Ho could apeak English fair- ly well, but pro'Tred his own lan- guage, In which- he was a brilliant con versatlonoilst, and he could use to ad- vantage a fund of keen, ready wit He was at this time Influenced by a re- crudcsccnce of that religious mysticism which had strongly characterized his routhful career, but bis tone, though earnest and thoughtful when he was dwelling upon his art could brighten up with the lightness and gttyety of • true Parisian.—Hermann Klein In Cen- tury. Fuel In Ancient Rome. The fuel of the ancient Remans was almost .exclusively charcoal. This was burned In open pans, without grate or Que, and gave economical heat for liv- ing rooms and baths. Careful experi- ment lms shown that such fires yield no considerable amount of dangerous carbonic oxide. The inconvenience of chimneys was avoided, the heat could be easily regulated, and a pan with a burning surface sufficed to heat s church seating 2,000 people. Wg enOSglj to parry a clean, well. . , „ Starched band-Just as big, in fact, as 1^3 '^eiy, they are today, \Wbenev'er therefore, you talfe of bandboxes .you are unconsciously re- ferring to the collars as huge as ruffs that the Bngjlsi of the seventeenth century wore.\ Chnued fur an' Emperor. Brtperor Frederick William of Prus \ HINDOO SUPERSTITIONS. Bnecrinir la a Bad. Omen ana Keep* • Men From IIUHIII^SK. A resident of Dharmnpurl, writing on the subject of Hindoo superstitions, sia sometimes would signify bis rejeo «*• «»» f B °*\*£ ITst^he most «on of what he- considered an absurd 2^ B ^ w ^'3SS e ^2 petition by drawing on the margto an £j«JJ °* » lm 1 ™ ie fln3t obj e Cts f ^V 1 ?^ ? ne day ' \ Tof £ Sou omen^ which a Hindoo should of ancient patent navlng co' uedo \J^ 0 ^\ ftS Ue wttbes frol 2 his \tforefOlly. Whe^er a man sits above g^.«£LaTS £3 pie to the streeta who they wore, a pe- 'ore It Somo do not toWTO^ cuilnrity which made nervous people during GuIiUaka urn as ^\^~^ evade the royal presence. One day one hoar and a half a day. The-ea1- when a man saw & king approaching *»«** J*\ ™1™%L*£!± he took to hlB heels and ran, but Fred' oriole William pursu\d him In hot haste and whea he overtook him asked, \Why did you run away from me?\ \From fear,\ answered, the. man, whereupon his majesty. gnro~blm a heavy thwack with his cane abd said that he •'wished himself to be loved and not to be feared\ more advanced coontrlor some people mnko Itakufcalam and Gullkakalnm last a groat deul longer. Besides these there are Nutchathlnuus (sturs), of which there are twenty-six, each of which occurs every-day. A partlcu- tar-Natehatlilrnra on a particular day Is either good or bad. At times an orthodox Hindoo will not have a \good\ • day ovon In a fortnight. Even sneez;- | Ing Is limusplelous. Instances are nojt rare In which men are prevented from 1 attending their olllce by sham sneer- ing. Tho espying of a malo and a femalo crow together means the ap- proaching death of tho observer. His I fate may bo averted by writing * But tho man of action said: \How 1 letter to somo of his relatives at a old fashioned! 1 shall cornor the stock distanco saying that he Is dead. The market, and that will bring hor.\ 1 appearance of a rat snake ot tho right So tho dreamer wrote verses, and he ', hand sldo of a Journey Is considered Induced a friend of his who ran a mag-. most lucky. A Uttidoo wll never feed azlno to print them. And tlio man of a guest for tho first tlnio on Sundays; action cornered something or othor and Tnesdnys or Thursdays-these days are becamo a billionaire. | supposed to bring enmity between the In the meantime tho girl matrled a host and the guest. A Jllndoo doctor man who inherited his money and will novor administer medicines to his lived happy ever of tor. 1 patient, oven If lie Is very dangerously But the dreamer was so proud of his ' W. for the first time on any day other verses that ho didn't care, and tho man , than Sunday or Thursday. It Is also of action was so busy that u» didn't 'old down that a Hindoo should never care. I sleep with els head townrd the south— Tho only one to suffer was the man , the direction In which Yamn, the god- Nice Little Love Story. A dreamer and a man of action loved a woman. Tho dreamer soldi \I shall write vorses In hor praise. They will touch her vanity, and she will lovo me for them. sho married.—Smart Sot Work While Ton Pray. A squall caught a party of touHsta on a lake in Scotland and threatened to capsize their boat. When it seemed that the crisis had really come, the largest and strongest man in the party In a state of intense fear, said, \Let us pray.\ \No no, my man!\ shouted the bluff old boatman. \Let the little man pray. You take an oar!\—Success. No Apology Keoc»»nry. \I congratulate you most heartily,\ said the nearsighted guest nt the wed ding, \on this happy—oh, I beg your pardon! I thought I was speaking to the bridegroom.\ \That\s all right\ the other man re- plied. \I accept your congratulations. I am the father of the bride.\—Chicago Tribune. The Nnmo. The London Hospital complains that the w6rd \nurse\ means too many dif- ferent things, from the board school girl of fourteen, who gets 2 shillings a week for minding the/baby, to the highly Skilled nurse who follows the trmy doctor to the very battlefield. ' Hl» Worst Experience. \Hez you ever been kicked by s mule?\ \No thank de Lawd, I never hez e* perlenced nutliln' wuss dan a house fall in' on mel\—Atlanta Constitution. Things move along so wpldly nowa days that people who say «it can't fie Hone\ are always being Interrupted h? lomebody doing ft^axby's MagasstsV A Nile Vlllasre. A traveler of tho upper Nile tbus de- scribes a typical native village: \Tht houses are built of Nile mud, each house accommodating a family of no matter what size, the Inhabitants ot each village almost all related to each other, comprising sometimes several hundreds of people. \Their streets are littered with filth, animals of every kind obstruct one's path, dogs growl and snarl at the ap- pearance and intrusion of a stranger, and women dele, hiding their facer in their yashmaks lest a white man should behold their features. Files In swarms settlo on tho children and- laj their eggs on their eyelids, unwashed, because they believe It to be contrary to their religion to wash or remove tho files from their eyes.\-Chlcago Record- Herald. of death, Is supposed to live. East and west are always preferred.—Ma- dras Mali A CROWDED CITY. To Fighter! In London Streets. The. r*fgu of George II. was a great fighting time. Every man who went abriia'd knew that he might have to TCalk In Conataatinoirte li Like a Fierce Stragglo. To walk in Constantinople Is like a fierce and active struggle. One should look at ouce before, behind aud under- neath one's feet Some danger or dis- gust Is always threatening. I never: walked up the steep road which leads from tho bridge to Pera without the feeling that I was fighting my way through n hostile dry. A born blows furiously, and a black man runs up the hilt, clearing the way beforo tho dash- ing and straggling horses of tho tram. At the same moment a cab drives at full speed down the hill, and tho horses sot their feet on the pavement In front nf you a man balances slices of offal on a long pole across his shoulder. They dangle before and behind. He swings cheerfully with his burden through the crowd. A. Kurd, stooping under a weight higher than himself, follows. or. bully. Most men carried a stout ! to steak? mod nnA e&iefl en the cobbles •net When Dr. Johnson heard that a 1 ftr ,„ th „ Brtri _ „, „,. „,.,, man had threatened to horsewhip him I A i?„ £«? ° f tt f W,UL - he ordered a thick cudgel and was easy I. A d0 f w tt a ^ d w . ouna behInd *** in his mind, mar^wirs » poZ.^3 Z^ll l ° ns ^ °i ma °S,?WP on therefore a m aa had to flgnt. 1 eannoj ^±^^i to f l^ 6 0t «\» be dnnht«i thnt thd m-tE-i .jSrv2: P av ™ G l Yon <»** into the road to bo doubted that the\ martjal spirit of the country, which was extraordinary, was greatly sustained by the practice of fighting, which prevailed alike In all ranks. The ItetU Thin*. \Tell me, Harold,\ Bhe said as the avoid the dogs and the hainals, and, wheels and horses fife upon you. $b*u step back Into the midst of the dogs and tho hnmals. As you stand aside fot a moment a beggar -with a handless arm rounded Into a stump and a woman with her face eaten away In the cavity of the hood wttfeh she draws back be- gentle old horse they were driving ; ooa WBrMl me anyrs back be- iloug the country road dropped Into a! , or ? ym ttppear suddenly, filling what walk, \am I your Ideal gitf?\ z!f Eemea the only alley of escape. \No he said fervently. \Y<ra' re ™ T ' * m 8 ° afeS d< \ m tot0 tte \ nuTOW real girl!\ i street The smell of the mad rises up Whereupon the horse, finding him- self totally neglected', stooped and be- gan to browse.-Chi^ga'TTiBune. An tlnjnut Anpcrnlon. \Yes our society's new president cer- tainly 1B a busy woman, but they say she 1B neglecting her duties as a wife and mother.\ \That Is not true. I know for a tad that she manages to see her family al- hiost every day.\—Brooklyn Life. Confession. \Pardon me, dear.\ said the village editor's- bride, \for appearing at dinner in my wrapper, but\— \Oh that's all right\ intorrupted tt.« knight of the paste pot: \some of emi best\ thoughts come to us In wrappers.\ —St. Louis Star. some'thlns; to Ilead. Young Lady Customer-I don't know Just what I want- Can't you suggest something? Clerk—Here's a book 1 think might fclease you. , It starts out with the •eene laid in England and— Customer—Oh, I don't care how it *ta\rts. HOW 1 ddes it end?-Kansas City Journal. luto your nostrils, mingled with those unknfijKa^amells which in Constantino- ple °seem to ooze upward out of tho ground and steam outward from every door and window and pour ont of every alley and rise like' a cloud out of the breath and sweat and foulness of the! people.-Arthur Symons In Horper'a Magazine. A numerous Snatce. In Marianne North's \Recollection* of a Happy Lore\ is a description of a tame snake. Its mistress would sometimes' twist the pretty bronze creature to ! the gr^at plait of hair she wore Ofdufid her 1 ne&d and once threatened tO : go down thiia decorated to a dinner party of rather' stiff people. But one of the shako's own'eccentric- ities serves to disttaguish it amofig all other reptiles of a'sunllar nature wfiicb' have served as.pe'ts: li was ns fond of glftteritig flVih#ai i Its mistress herself, dnd 1 whe*'slifc''$oi' off her Many ringS afid^dcM'tnWoni different parts of the tattleit* wodldgo'' about collecting them and, stnmjing' them on Its lithe body. Then it Would tie itself in a knot, so that 'the ringsr' could, not be^taketi on!\ until\ it wii pleased to untie -itself again* \ L s^jj^ut'a* J^noek' 05 anaotthcejnenf, of any ;SP)£ and In stalked.! a gaunt-pjan. wto-'stfe^KM-e^ne. &ni&a|dW in 'eM^i#^*4a|. aB^d/^ifaVsfe;.e|,. prgssien of- cohhtenance. , The .; duke was of course a ilit*l§, annoyed af tach- ^n'^uncoVemdhJoHS: i.htBrru'ptlion, ;iand, iioo¥lng vpi h^astedi, »fWho' ;are.-you|?\ \j ani j3Ioi?yslu8i\ was the .sthuju^ar answer, /\'Welj What, do ypji waTnt?\ '\Xour'life %? WeV' \¥ef!rn.m mat ' to 'Sill youi\ \Very !• odd?*; said the duke, sltttog,baek; < and calrpiy x .gaa- mg at the .intruder*. ','Not at all, for I im- DionysluB,\ said the stranger,- \and Imust put-youto dSath,\ .V&efyou obliged 1 to ^erfota -this duty to?layr' aslted the commander, in chief. \I am very husy ^Just now and have a large riumbe'r of iefteM\to*wHti?. It would be very lneo x nveriient today,'' The vis- itor laked, hard during a moment's pause. \Call' again,\ -continued • the duke, \or write 'and make an: appoint- ment\ \You'll be ready?\ \Without fall,\ was the reply. The maniac, awed doubtless 1 f>y the stern old sol- dier, backed out of the room witiiout further words and halt att hour later Was safe in bedlam. Tolcfaur M»e Too Ser!o«rty. Taking Hfe'tbb seriously is said to be an especially American failing. This may be true; put, judging from ap- •peararices, It would seem \to be WOrld- wifede, for, go wu*ere y'ou may, you wjil find the proportion of serious, not \o say anxious, faces ten to one as com- pared with the merry or happy onea If \the outer is always the. form and shadow of the Inner\ and if \the pres- ent is the fullness of the past and tho herald of the future\ (and bow can we doubt It?), how many sad histories can bo read In the faces of those wo meet every dayl Tho pity of it Is, too, that the sadness is] a self woven garment, •ven as Is the joy with which it might be replaced. Buskin says: \Girls should be sunbeams not only to mem- hers of their own circle, but to every- body with whom they come In contact Every room they enter should ba brighter for their presence,\ Why shouldn't all of* ua be tunboajns, boys as well as girls, all along the way from twenty-five years and under to utghty- flv«) years and overt-Success. tilt* Ssvlav Dovlc»». Mimicry among' butttrflles, mothi and other Insects would b« comic wcr« It not a mattsr of life or death. Not • tew tooths 'hats at the hinder ends of their' wink* a black mark and two 01 more tails rc«mbl!ng the horns of thclt own QMds. A veteran in warfare not teddom has these portions missing. » proof of the value In having saved hit lite. Taus tht. llsard's brittle tail, waden, first attracting th«' 4 enemy, COSMS off at kli touch, lata his would b« prty tscape. When at bay, crabs distract th* «netny| fcy throwing off their claws, and lobsters do the trick mbrje' neatly by seising th« enemy with a claw and then throwing off limb and easffly. Thus the bushy tall of the iq.tiTrr*l I* accounted for. There Is 1 chasct of escaping the enemy minus only a mouthful of fur. f- ' , Tho Kiaaloaarr Apple Tree. la tto rectory garden of fysford, Ueti Wcktaf, .England, there stands what Is familiarly known as the missionary tppls trea, Tho tree Is a large one and of a good* age and has been to named f»r ths reason that for many years £**t it has been the custom of the rec- tor of the parish to collect the fruit sell It In the best Baarket and devote the proceeds to' the missionary socie- ties of the Church of-EnjIInd. qfulte a Urge sum of money has been rllied In this way, and th«) apples, which are of the Blenheim orange variety, always find a ready sale at excellent price* among th* gentry and'farmers of tht district Afeteea Ka^rps aaa salt. Td obtain salt the Bakalplua'and oth- «r African natives burn banana leave! and certani graSteVand, coUefuhg tht uhea, place them in a large ftumel In- geniously ral'dY from large banaiis leaves. Through this .they percolaU water and then evajwrale^hftrflltered water by boiling, obtaining a fairly White salt, composed of a\ very small amount of chloride of' sodium and a very large amount Of chlorate of potash and! oftmr (aits. Prior tp the advent of the traders and the missionaries this waa the only salt they hdd to satisfy moTiatu^aleravuigof avegetnfils ««•• tngpoopla.' ,' , CrO>a«!fe1i In %|ier. ' The crocOdiies are tfloroughly aquatic in thett^habl^, fifid tH^uf peculiar con- formation\'enabfea^lnem \o~ atfack and seize their prey unawares. Their nos- trils, which lead bv a long canal to the back part of their throats, their ey'^s and their ears see'placed on the upper part of the 'Head, ^\ that When in the water they camhreathe, see andhear P while they are msmseives'.pr&otically invhsihlfo. When ijsey dive,,their nos- trils and ears are closed.\by Ms o» Vaiyes, dn^jtnfllrjl^ei ^j* covered by a transparenfadentat^membrane. Tbey are further furttl.|b,ed with an arrange- ment whlchl pWveiStS the water from getting down their own throatB when ffiey «!«, holdingi'large animals andei tho-^terjo d|0wn; thcin, . Tie dejitttfo^ lo^'these reptiles Is pe- J^iUax. .Th* te§ffi.'' a \^ ah^rp tod con- ical lad n» hjiUofe: »t the base, and jt^en tojfcli^fy^rw the sheath of an- other, *hlc*'.Jwlll''ih''1tlni6- rep'ttce It Tho ttogo^ot.aotwiiMianmng the. ancient belief * to croroMe\ does pos- ses* a tongue—Is fleshy and is attaehed •toiiaieb'oi^ni'o^^'aj'uth. And fln»^ ly-thtftter j^is'SsKed at the very back of tiie al«ull,vMus%vin , B ttie ani- mal;its.extraotdIna%^\pe4kn<l »l s0 a '* peculiar appaa,rtoc* whlci causef thti *mm»M • H^Mr%«%« flave you 5 % T HEY are the fi np^eitherlont \the nioftpbhby Trc myunlof'Suitingi For business I ai Sack Suits fe _&r$ Green lnlxtores foi I make a sj p ^Ak . 1 ir.%B,-r-L«in»l \*\I_J p*?^1l hi the caw, 1 MICH! Ufa a mil' , gives to 1 , sasy anc annnaU) OfwQm A. J. SMITH. 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