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SEEIN' THINGS AT NIGHT.
I ain't afeard uv snakes, or toads, or bugs, or
worms, or mice.
An' things 'at girls are steered ut I think are
awful nice I
Mn pretty brave, I g-uess; an' yet I hate to go
to bed.
For, when I'm tucked up warm an' snug an'
when my prayers are said.
Mother tells me -Happy dreams!" and takes
away the light
An' leaves me lyin' all alone an' seeln' things
at night!
Sometimes they're in the corner, sometime
they're by the door,
Sometimes they're all a-standln' in the middle
uv the floor;
Sometimes they are a-sittin' down, sometimes
they're walking 'round
o softly an' so creepylike they never make a
sound.'
Sometimes they are as black as Ink, an' other
times they're white
But the color ain't no difference when you. aee
things at night!
Once, when I licked a feller 'at had just mond
on our street
An' father sent me tip to bed without a bit to
eat.
I woke up In the dark an' saw things standin.'
In a row,
A-lookin' at me cross-eyed an' p'lntln' at me
so.
Oh, my! I wuz so skeercd that time I never
siep' a mite
tt's almost alluz whea I'm bad I see things at
night!
Lucky thing I ain't a girl, or I'd be skeered to
death:
Bein' I'm a boy, I duck my head an hold my
breath;
An' I am, oh! to sorry I'm a naughty boy, an'
then
X promise to b better an' I say my prayers
again!
Gran 'ma tells me that's the only way to make
it right
When a feller has been wicked an' sees thing
at night:
An' so. when other naughty boys would coax
me Into sin,
X try to skwush the Tempter's voice 'at urges
me within;
An' whea they've pie for supper or cake 'at's
big an' nice
X want to but I do not paw my plate f'r them
things twice!
No, rather let Starvation wipe me slowly out o'
sight
Than I should keep a-livln' on an' seeln' things
at niht:
Chicago Record.
AUXT MARGERY.
How She Discovered Whici: Iliece
She Liked Best.
"Here's your chance, girls," said Mr.
Ropers. "Your Aunt Margery, down
In Florida, wants one of you to go and
fay her a visit."'
Flora acd Elsie looked at each other.
Which wrvs it to be? Flora was Mr.
feogers' only daug-hter and Elsie was
en orphan niece who had lived with
fcim for the last eight years. Neither
of them had ever seen Aunt Margery
who had never before been known to
Invite any of her relations to visit her,
and all they knew about her was that
fche was very rich and very eccentric.
It was generally supposed in the
Kogers family that she had not yet
made her will and was on the lookout
lor an heir or heiress, and therefore
the letter received by Mr. Rogers was
calculated to produce no small amount
of excitement.
"You are both to go," Mr. Rogers
'went on, "but only one at a time; and
phe says she will have Flora first, as
ehe is the eldest. You must be ready
for to-morrow's boat. Flora. I know
my sister Margery, and if you kept her
waiting- for a week she might change
lr mind."
"If that's so," said Flora, "I must beg-in
to pack right away. Come and
help me, Elsie."
Elsie went with the utmost good na
ture, quite as much interested in her
cousin's prospects as she would have
.been in her own.
Flora had rather a long jonrney, as
2ier aunt lived in the Bouth of Florida,
where she amused herself with an
orange grove in a little backwoods set
tlement. She traveled in the coast
steamer from New York to Fernandina,
and when she reached Jacksonville she
decided to go down the St. Johns river
"by steamboat, so that she might avoid
the hot, uncomfortable cars as much as
possible. She thought more about es
caping the cars than enjoying the beau
tiful scenery of the river, and came on
Aboard provided with a novel and a box
of chocolates.
She had just settled down to her book
and her candy when she noticed a lit
tle old lady sitting near her on a deck
chair, and remembered that she had
seen the same sharp, wizened little
lace in the hotel at Fernandina. The
old lady was knitting, and pres
ently her ball of yarn fell from her lap
and rolled toward Flora's feet. Flora
saw it, but she had arranged herself
comfortably, and did not care to
move; so she pretended to be absorbed
In her book, and did not look up from
It until the old lady spoke.
"Young girl," she said, in a shrill,
high voice, "air you a-goin' to pick up
that there ball, or air you not?"
The address was certainly not very
polite, and when Flora handed her the
yarn it was in sullen silence. The old
lady, however, appeared to take no no
tice of this. She said, quite cordially:
"Thet's right. I like to see young
folks active. Old ones mostly lie v
trouble in their backs an' cain't do
their own stooping. Fine da-, ain't
it?"
Flora nodded. Her mouth was full
of chocolate, and, besides, she wanted
to read and not to talk. She began to
think she would say so plainly if the
old lady chattered much more. After
a few minutes' silence the shrill voice
Vegan again:
"Youug girl, whar was you raised?"
"Are you addressing me?" asked
Flora, coldly
"There ain't any other young girl
ground hereabouts thet I kin see," an
swered the old lady, not in the least
discomposed by the intended snub.
"I'm askiu'you where you was raised."
I believe I was born in New York,
-- cotter sHPSTJinee. A blast was pint la
the bottom of the bole and ( red from
the bottom. Tbe explosion i irew f
of the well a number of piecisoi
f
of good eolor and appearance
said Flora, keeping her eyes fixed on
her book.
"Don't the New York people kok at
one another when they speak?" the
old lady inquired, sharply.
Flora grew red with vexation.
"I wasn't speaking by my own wish,"
he said, rudely. "If people will in
sist on talking to me I can't help it."
After that the old lady took no fur
ther notice of her until the steamer
reached Sanford; then, as they were
landing, she came up to .Flora and
shook hands with her warmly.
"Well, good-by." she said. "I'm glad
to know you. Y'ou're jest the most
obliging, pleasant, sociable young girl
I've met in a dozen years; and if you're
a-goln home you can tell your folks
the compliment you were paid."
Flora only stared. The old lady
seemed so thoroughly in earnest that
she could not believe her to be speak
ing satirically, and yet it was just as
hard to believe that she could possibly
have meant what she said. However,
before there was time to come to any
conclusion, the old lady had disap
peared, and Flora was left alone in the
waiting room.
She knew she had a considerable
time'to wait there before her train was
due, and so she bought some candy at
the refreshment table, and again set
tled herself comfortably with her
novel. She had not been reading more
than half an hour when a colored man
came in, looked about him, and finally
walked over and spoke to her.
"Are you Miss Rogers?" he asked,
waving a letter which was addressed
to her before her astonished eyes.
"Yes." said Flora. "Is that for me?
Who sent it?"
"Ole Miss Rogers, down souf. tol me
meet young lady heah an gib her this.
I'm M iss Rogers' head coachman, miss."
Flora tore the letter open, and read:
'My Dear Niece: I have chanced mv mind.
Go home again, and send the other one down
Instead. Your affectionate aunt.
"IIargkbi Rogers."
"She must be madder than ever,"
said Mr. Rogers when he heard the
news. "Probably, Elsie, you won t get
farther than Jacksonville before you
are turned back. However, you must
only go and try your luck. I hope Mar
gery intends to pay the cost of the
journeys.
Flora was much too tired to help
Elsie with her packing, so she got
through with it as best she could by
herself, and started for the south the
day after her cousin's return. She
reached Jacksonville without meeting
anyone to turn her back, and from
there took the river boat just as Flora
had done. Flora had not mentioned
the old lady at home, indeed, she had
not given another thought to her, be
ing quite full of disappointment; con
sequently it did not seem strange to
Elsie to find the same wizened little
creature sitting on deck and knitting.
Elsie had scarcely seated herself when
the ball of yarn went flying again. She
sprang up at once and returned it to its
owner with a smile and a few pleasant
words. The old lady only grunted and
scowled instead of thanking her, and
Elsie went back to her seat feeling
rather amused at the little woman's
qxieer manners.
"Hev you got a book or a paper about
you?" asked the old lady, after a time.
"I'm tired of knitting."
"I have both a newspaper and a
story-book," said Elsie, readily.
"Which would you like to have,
ma'am?"
"I guess I'll take the paper; but
ain't you going to read either one
yourself?"
'T think not, thank you. I would
rather look about me, the river is so
pretty."
"Well, 1 guess I can't read, after all.
It sorter hurts my eyes in the open
air, which is a pity, for I had a fancy
to make out the news."
"Then perhaps you would like me to
read it aloud to you," said Elsie. "If
it would give you any pleasure I
should be very glad."
"Rut if you were reading you
couldn't admire the view," said the old
lady.
"Never mind that," said- Elsie, open
ing out the paper. "Here is something
that might interest you "
"No," said the old lady, putting her
hand on the paper. "I ain't one to
drive a willing horse too hard. 111
take the will for the deed, my girl.
You shall talk to me instead of read
ing, and then you need not stop look
ing at the beautiful river. Where are
you going to?"
"To Pinewood City."
"You don't say! Thet's whar I live,
so we kin travel the whole way to
gether." "That will be very pleasant for me,"
said Elsie. "1 am not used to going
about much, and I don't like to be
alone. Perhaps, as you live in Pine
wood City, you know my aunt, Miss
Margery Rogers."
"Yes, I know her," said the old lady,
"but I won't say much about her.
'Least said is soonest mended. "
"I hope you are friendly with her, so
that X may see you sometimes while I
am there."
"Oh, friendly enough in a way. I
guess j'ou'll see me often enough."
They chatted on, and found plenty
to say for the rest of the short voyage;
and when they reached Sanford they
had lunch together, and Elsie noticed
that the old lady dropped her odd
tricks of speech and talked now like a
refined and educated woman.
"I am e vry minute expecting that
a colored coachman will come in with
a letter to turn me homo again," said
J the girl, laughing. "That was what
Happened to my cousin last weeK.
"Humph!"' said the old lady. "I
suppose it didn't occur to your cousin
that it was in any way her own
tftult?"
"Why, no. How could it have been?
Slue had never seen Aunt Margery,
aad so could not have offended her.
Did M ir.n Rogers say anything to you
about it? I beg your pardon for ask
ing, but I thought you spoke as if you
kn-sw something."
"Perhaps 1 do; but I can keep it to
myself, my dear. I will only tell you
this much: I don't think the colored
' ooachaian is coining to torn you back."
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to the dignity of a real court.'"v
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-'-ealj iLttle.
After a fatiguing Jonrney they
reached Pinewood City, a very small
city indeed, with a station not six
months old. A handsom carriage was
waiting there, looking quite out of
place with its surroundings. Elsie
found no one to meet her, and was
rather in doubt what to do next.
"That is my carriage," said the old
lady. "Get in, and I will take you to
your aunt's; I am going that way."
"Thank you so much," said Elsie.
"I don't know what I should have done
without you. I quite expected Annt
Margery would come or send to meet
me. I do hope she hasn't changed her
mind again."
"I suppose," said the old lady, with
a sharp twist of her head, "that you
expect she will leave you her money if
she takes a fancy to you."
"I am sure I don't know," said Elsie,
blushing; "but it would be very nice if
she would, for I have none at all of my
own."
"What would you do with such a big
fortune if you got it?"
"I would divide it with Uncle Tom, of
course, he has been so kind to me;
and then Flora would have her share.
But I confess I should like to keep
half to use just as I like. One has
such a great opportunity to do good
when one is rich; and then it would be
so delightful to go to Europe, and to
be able to buy plenty of books. Yes,
I suppose it is very nasty of one. but I
should just love to have a big fortune."
T don't think it is so very particu
larly nasty of you, when you want it
for good uses to help others, and to
give yourself intellectual pleasure. I
shall speak about it to Miss Margery
Rogers."
"Oh, please! please dont do such a
thing!" cried Elsie in great distress.
"Why, that would sound as though we
were all calculating on her death!"
"And aren't you?" snapped the old
lady.
"No, indeed, no! Of course we
know the money is there, and we
can't help wondering what will be
come of it; but even if the poor old
lady weie as horrid as horrid can be, I
shouldn't want her to die a day before
her time."
"And if she were like me, for in
stance?" "Why, if she were like you," said
Elsie, laughing and blushing again. "I
don't think she would keep us waiting
until she died. She would want to
help everybody at once, and she would
take Flora and me to Europe her very
self."
"Do you think I am as nice as all
that?" asked the old lady.
"I am sure you are. You have been
so kind to me ever since we met."
"And who began it, my dear? . 1
think the first kindness came from
you Here we are. This is Miss
Margery Rogers orange-grove; and
there is her house behind those pretty
live oaks; and this is her carriage we
are driving in; and this is her nice lit
tle niece sitting beside me; and don't
look so very much surprised I am
Aunt Margery! Yes. my dear. We'll
see about the will later on; and mean
while let us make arrangements for a
trip to Europe next summer. I'll be
just as nice as you expected, and take
you my very self."
"O Aunt Margery! And Flora, too?"
"No, my dear. I think I can manage
to get along very well without Miss
Flora. I shall send her a new novel
and a box of candy, and she will no
doubt be quite satisfied to remain at
home." M. Penrose, in Demorest's
Monthly.
"Why Tfte Was Unhappy.
The secret of child government is to
put j'ourself in his place. The moment
a parent can look at affairs from his
child's outlook that moment reason,
skill and good effect enter his care of
the child. It is the first impulse of the
average parent to say "no" to any re
quest on general principles, when per
haps only once out of ten times the
"no" is really necessary.
The ease with which children are
made happy is almost proverbial. The
ease with which they are made unhap
py is not so often appreciated. A little
Hartford boy 9 j'ears old. asked to
make a list snowing both sides of the
matter, compiled the following:
Why I am happy, liecause I have, 1,
eyes; "2, ears; 3, mouth; 4, can snuff; 5,
legs; 6, brains; 7, arms; 8, soldiers; 9,
books; 10, 1 am not sick; 11. that we
are rich; 12, house comfortable; 13, les
sons; 14, good family.
Why I am unhappy. 1, sins; 1, have
no bicycle; 3, no canary: 4, tost my
knife; 5, have to write this horrid list;
6, no dog; 7, no lamb; 8, sleepless at
early night; 9, I want a cap; 10, no ice
cream; 11, no bananas; 12, no plums; 13,
freckles; 14, friends away. N. Y.
Times.
"Economizing on Rait.
"Fishing!" said a man who lives on
Blake street. "Why, I went fishing in
New Jersey and caught the biggest
string of eels that you ever heard of.
There is the tandem eel that you have
all heard of. When they go down or
up stream from their quarters for the
winter or summer they go in single
file, one behind the other, like the
primeval man. They leave exactly six
inches of space between their noses
and the tail of the eel in front. When
an eel sees that the fellow ahead is
lengthening this space he jumps ahead,
and, seizing the tail of the offender in
his mouth, pulls him bach into place.
I dropped my hook down rij-ht in front
of a string of those tandem eels aud
the bait was accepted, and I jerked
out the eel. The one behind, seeing
that the fellow ahead was running
away, obeyed his instruction and
seized his tail to pull hira back, and
so also did the one behind, and so on
to the last one, ami I pulled them out
hand over hand till I had a great mass
of slippery eels about me." Lewistoa
(Me.) Journal.
Unfinished Plans.
Every man is the architect of hta,
own fortune. The trouble with most
men is they never provide enough
building marterial to carry the struc
ture up above the- ground floor. Ar
kansaw Traveler.
uiunrurvmi i- tvirsttru irmi tfie DOy
injuries will result seriously.
Japanese Liver Pellets aie small,
but great in their effects; no griping;
fifty doses twenty-ilve cents. Sold
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
The largest Sunday-school library
in the world is in Washington, D. C. It
is the property of the Assembly Pres
byterian church. The librerian is J. C.
Strout, of the senate library.
Mrs. D. Hayes Agnew, widow of
Prof. Agnew, has given -25,000 to the
university of Pennsylvania, and the
new wing of the hospital is to bear the
professor's name as a mark of apprecia
tion for her generosity.
Tho report of United States Com
missioner of Education Harris shows
that for the year ended June, 1S91, the
total number of public and private
scholars of all grades in the schools of
the country is almost 15,000,000.
There are said to be 28.C-00 school
and 3,410,000 pupils in Japan, but not
withstanding the interest in education
exhibited in that country there are on
ly six government high schools or
normal schools which admit girls.
The American Sunday school union
has received for its missionary work
during the past year 8120,158 as against
S109.2::3 for the previous year. It has
employed 133 men, organized 1,7S5 new
Sunday schools, with 03.273 teachers
and scholars, reorganized 439 schools
and aided 8,303.
In I). Li. Moody's Bible institute at
Chicago the students enrolled in 1S03
were: Women, 195; men, 331; transients,
85. Denominations represented: Wom
en, 10; men, 35. Thirty-one states of
the United States, Canada, Turkey,
India, Japan, Scotland, Ireland, En
gland, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland,
Denmark, Russia, Persia, Norwaj, Bo
hemia, West Indies, South Africa,
Hawaii and New Zealand were repre
sented. Chicago Standard.
The board of education of the Meth
odist Episcopal church shows an in
come of $87,653, of which 870,000 was
collected from Sunday schools and
ehurches. The number of students as
sisted is 1,416 in 100 different schools
throughout the world and of twenty
four nationalities. Seventy-seven per
sons are studying for the ministry or
missionarj- work. The complete list of
the educational institutions of the
church shows that there are 202, with
over forty-three thousand students, and
property and endowments valued at
8'2G,5S3.000, and an annual income of
81,810,171.
In the year which has just closed
the total receipts of the American Bible
society were 800.2,729.80. The total
cash disbursements for general pur
poses amounted to 8570,792.03. In the
direction of the translation and revision
of the Scriptures much has been ac
complished in the last year. The prep
aration of an edition of the Bible in an
cient Armenian has been completed,
and .several portions of the Bible in the
Siamese language have been revised.
The Sciiptures printed and purchased
duiing the year have amounted to
1,559.000 volumes, of which 1,133,775
were printed on the presses in the Bible
house. The volumes issued from the
Bible House numbered 1,009,900: in for
eign lands, 407,099. Christian Work.
THEY SEEK THEIR MEAT.
Pathetic Little Story of the Stubborn Lam
by and the Hungry Eaglcta.
The lamb stopped nursing, and the
ewe. moving forward two or three steps,
tried to persuade it to follow her. She
was anxious that it should as soon as
possible learn to walk freely, so they
might together rejoin the Cock. She
felt that the open pasture was full of
dangers.
The lamb seemed afraid to take so
many steps. It shook its ears and
bleated piteously. The mother returned
to its side, caressed it anew, pushed it
with her nose, and again moved away a
few feet, urging it to go with her.
Again the feeble little creature refused,
bleating loudly. At this moment there
came a terrible hissing rush out of the
i-cy, and a great form fell upon the
lamb. The ewe wheeled and charged
madly; but at the same instant the
eagle, with two mighty buffetings of
his wings, rose bej-ond her reach and
soared away toward the mountain. The
lamb hung limp from his talons, and
witli piteous cries the ewe ran beneath,
gazing upward, and stumbling over hil
locks and juniper bushes.
In the nest of the eagles there was
content. The pain of their hunger ap
peased, the nestlings lay dozing in the
sun, the neck of one resting across the
back of the other. The triumphant
male sat erect upon his perch, staring
out over the splendid world that dis
played itself beneath him. Now and
again he half lifted his wings and
creamed joyously at the sun. Tho
mother bird, perched upon a limb on
1 he edge of the nest, busily rearranged
her plumage. At times she stooped her
head into the nest to utter over her
sleeping eaglets a soft chuckling noise,
which seemed to come from the very
bottom of her throat.
But hither and thither ove-r the round
bleak hill wandered the ewe. calling
for her lamb, unmindful of the flock
which had been moved to other pas
tures. Charles G. D. Roberts, in Lip
pincott's.
Utility of Ship MckJcU.
Many of those elaborate models ol
liailing ships made by the sailors of all
seafaring nations and representing
often the occupation of hundreds ol
leisure hours, find their way at last to
the shops of the dealer" In junk or an
tiiues. Their purchasers are frequent
ly artists and illustrators, who find in
these t;ny but faithful reproductions oi
great ships the best available models
for ttudio work. A perfect example ol
tha sort is sure to fetch a good prica
even at second hand. Some of the best
r.ro made by Italians, because small
barks and full-rigged ship-i of moderate
tonnage are commoner to Italian com
merce than to that of most other na
tions, and it is the vessel with square
sails and abundant cordage that lends
itself l ist to the purposes of the illus
trate!. N. . Sun.
Upstreete- "Do you take any stock
in the saying that money talks?"
Frontpew "I've known it to er have
something t- do with calls to preach."
BuSalc Courier.
u
J. O. Phillipitthe Missouri Pacific
has returned to headquarters at Oma
ha from a trip overlthe Nebraska and
Kansas division. lie says that rain
at I must fall within t
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FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
VERY GOOD TIMES.
" Tho best time J can recollect,"
bold tbe boy from across the street,
Was when we played the Spartan nine.
The day that our side beet."
My best fun was a year ago."
Said the boy who never will fight,
When father and I went Ashing oaoe.
And slept outdoors all night."
Well." said the boy from the corner bouse,
"The jolliost time for m.
Was the summer they took me on a yacht.
And we lived six weeks at sea."
And the greatest fun ever had,"
Said tvm boy who lives next door,
" Was sailing down the river onoe.
Anil camping out on shore."
The very best time ever had."
Said the boy with the reddish hair,
Was in Chicago, last July
The time I went to the fair."
" It seems to me." said the lazy boy
(And his cap ha thoughtfully thumps),
"That the very best timo In all my life
Was the week I had the mumps."
E. Sylvester, In St. Nicholas,
HEARD ON THE STREET.
Aa Appeal Which Produced Xot Only a
Bite, But a Whole Pickle.
Two little girls of eight or nine years,
ragged and uncared for, were sitting in
the doorway of a wretched tenement
house. One of them was radiantly
happy in the possession of a huge cu
cumber pickle, which she sucked with
great satisfaction, while the other one
watched her with hungry eyes.
"Gimme a bite, Jenny," she said.
But Jenny was not generously in
clined. "Please, Jenny."
Jenny shook her head, and said some
thing unintelligible because of the
pickle in her mouth.
"I'll let you wear my red glass beads
for just one bite."
"I've got some nice yeller glass ones
that I'd ruther wear," said Jenny.
Several offers were made and reject
ed, and the pickle had nearly disap-
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"I Ars'T GOT 'SO FATHER-"
peared, when the little pleader said,
6adly, with moistening eyes:
"I should think you might gimme
Just one bite, Jenny, when I I you
know I ain't got no father."
A responsive chord had at last been
touched. Jenny rose to her feet with
a bound, and, holding ont her hand,
said:
"Come on; I never thorvght of that.
I've got another cent in my pocket.
You come with mo an' 111 get you a
whole bijpickle aa3 you needn't give
me a single bite," and avfay they ran.
Youth's Companion.
THE THREE FOLLOWERS.
V Fable Which Illustrates a Great Truth
for Younjf Tootle.
The wild old Hassan sat in his door
when three young men passed eagerly
by.
"Are ye following after anyone, my
sons?" he said.
"I follow after Pleasure," said the eld
est. "And I after Riches," said the second.
Tleasure is only to be found with
Riches."
"And you, my little one?" he asked
of the third.
"I follow after Duty," he modestly
said.
And each went his way.
The aged Hassan in his journey came
upon three men.
"My son," he said to the eldest, "me
thinks thou wert tho youth who was
following after Pledsure. Didst thou
overtake her?"
"No, father," answered the man,
"Pleasure is but a phantom that flies as
one approaches."
"Thou didst not follow the right way,
my son."
"How didst thou fare?" he asked of
the second.
'Pleasure is not with Riches," he an
swered. "And thou," continued Hassan, ad
dressing the youngefit.
"As I walked with Duty," he re
plied, "Pleasure waiked ever by my
side."
"It is always thus," replied the old
man. "Pleasure pursued is not over
taken. Only her bhadow is caught by
him who pursues. She herself goes
hand in hand with Duty, and they who
make Duty their companion have also
the companionship of Pleasure."
Northwestern Christian Advocate.
Ilia Sweet Tooth.
. -George Aunt Aliens, didn't you say
the ether day that I have a sweet
tooth?
Aunt Alice Yes, Grorge.
George And how did you know it?
Aunt Alice Because you are so fond
of candy. t
George Does my sweet tooth make
me fond of candy?
Aunt Alice Yes, George. Why?
George Why, because if my sweet
tooth makes me fond of candy I just
hope the dentist won't go and pull it
out by mistake when I go next week.
Omaha Bee.
A Small Boy's Small Bicycle.
There 13 a tiny boy in Rochester, In
this state, who rides the smallest safe
ty bicycle that was ever made. He
is only five years old and his little
: wheel had to be built especially for
him. Its tiny wheels are only eighteen
inches in diameter, which, if you take
a string nine Inches long, tie a pencil
to it and draw a circle with it, you will
find Is a very small bicycle wheel. His
j little machine has pneumatic tires,
j ball bearing and all the latest inv
I orovements, anc weighs complete only
I .irhtcen pounda. N. Y. Tunes.
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auu iua iu Cl UJumci, uj Ul Lilly ap- rfytg
nounced thatshe was "going to spank tJ . : s'
her till she-couldn't sit down." And lo
the Lincoln Vews remarks- Tn tho Tho
THE UGLY WOLVERINE.
Described as the Most Cunning VUlmln tm
the Animal World.
The wolverine, carcajou or glutton ls
better known as being the trapper's)
evil genius than for the value or beauty;
of his own fur. He Is tho greatest
thief and the most cunning villain in,
ur whole mammalian fauna, and
mountains of hard words have been!
heaped upon his ugly head. In fight
ing weight he is about the size of a
Better dog, but in form he may best be
described as a cross between a badger
and a bear. He has the head, legs,
feet and tail of a badger, and a bear
like body. In Wyoming he is called
the skunk bear, not a bad name; but
the Indians of northern Washington
go a little farther and call him the
mountain devil.
I never saw but one live wolverine,
and that was a fine specimen caught la
TUB WOLVER1XB.
the Yellowstone park and now in tha
National Zoological park at Washing
ton. He is very badger-like In tem
per and disposition, sullen and vicious,
always crouching in the farthest cor
ner of his cage, growling away down
in his throat, and showing a formidable
set of teeth whenever looked at.
The length of his head and body is
about thirty inches and tail about
twelve inches. I eay "about," because
he asked to bo excused from being;
measured, and I excused him! In gen
eral appearance the wolverine is a very
stoutly built, long-haired and dark
colored animal, with his colors in about
four values, as an artist would express
it. His head and shoulders are chestnut-brown,
the back is almost black,
while the legs and feet are jet black,
and the claws white. A very curiam
and conspicuous light marking is the
dirty yellow coloring of the thigh
The fur of this animal is not very fine,
and is chiefly desirable for use in robes)
and rugs. Although it is comparative
ly abundant in the fur market, there la
no special demand for it.
The most interesting thing about the
wolverine is the total depravity of his
character; we cannot say moral charac
ter, for apparently he never had any.
Wherever found he is king of thieves.
He delights in following up a line of
marten-traps several miles long, and
not only stealing the bait, which hia
satanic ingenuity nearly always en
ables him to do without getting
caught, but also devouring every mar
ten that he finds already trapped. He
makes a specialty of finding and break
ing open the caches of meat trappers
store up in the fall for winter use; and
what he can neither eat on the spot, nor
carry away and bury under the snow,
he paws over and soils so effectually
that even the hungriest man cannot
eat it.
In stealing, his industry is bound
less. Ho often enters a settler's cabin
when the owner is away, eats every
thing eatable, destroys a good share,
and then carries away everything port
able, hiding his booty in the snow or
in the earth. He even takes articles
that he cannot possibly use, such as
tin pans, clothing, belts and steal
traps; and more than once he has
been known to strip a cabin of almost
everything it contained. As an agree
able neighbor in the forest he is a com
plete failure. Fortunately he belongs
more to the northern portion of the con
tinent than elsewhere, and is now rare
ly taken in the United States. W. T.
Hornaday, in St. Nicholas.
Modern Gold Mining.
The quartz is taken from the mine,
sorted and then hauled to the stamp
ing machine. Here the ore is crushed
and pounded as fine as flour. It is
then run through a sluice-box that con
tains quicksilver. As the water carries
the ore over the "quick" it is taken up
and held by the mercury and forms an
amalgam. Tho quicksilver is then
placed in a retort and brought to the
boiling point. The "quick" passes out
of the retort through a tube and is col
lected in a basin of water, and hardly a
bit has been lost, while the gold re
mains in the retort in th shape of gold
dust and is now ready for market.
Only about 50 per centum of the gold is
saved by this means, and those who can
or have ore rich enough to justify it
send it to the smelters, where 93 per
centum is savsd.
Crow Catching tn India.
In order to catch crows after the
gypsy fashion in India, it is necessary
to have a captive crow always on hand.
This crow must be laid upon its back
and its wings pegged to the earth with
forked sticks. Immediately a free crow
will attack it, and the captive crow,
seizing tho free one with its claws,
will hold it tight. Crow No. 2 must
then be taken and pegged down also.
Other crews will come and two more
will soon be caught. They must also
be laid out with the pegs, and then the
four captives will take four other
crows. This plan is followed until the
hunter has taken all the crows he de
sires. lire Burning: for Centuries.
Here is an instance of a fire that has
been burning for centuries. According
to the testimony of the duchess of
Cleveland, the great hearthfire in the
hall of Raby Castle has never been suf
fered to expire. This castle is, per
haps, the noblest and most perfect
specimen of feudal architecture in Eng
land. '
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