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Take tip the green nnn's burden ,
Stand forth and 10 your best
fro ripen him a little ,
So ho can 1o the rest.
ne Is not altogether '
13tsyond a\slstullce yet , . .
And promptness still ratty save him
Frolll many a trap and net.
: 'l'ake up the green mnn' , burden
. ' And let him know thlll ho
Can't monkey down In Wall street
\Vith great Impunity ;
Strive earnestly to teach him
, That It Is scarcely meet
For " lambs , yet young and frisky ,
1'0 butt Into the street.
Take UI the green man's burden ,
Show him that bonds and stocks
And lightning rods and gold bricks
, i Are llll' ! d with painful shocks ; '
Teach him the hunko steel'Ol'1i
Are hot upon his trail
4 , TO catch the guileless lobster ,
'l ' By interview or mall
Take up the green lIIan's burden ,
Awake him from his dream
That woman's wiles and witching
Are always what they .CCIII
Restrain his fevered ( nudes ,
.t Lead him way to cool ,
. Before the maids and inn trons
. have turned hIm out a fool.
Take up the green mali's burden ,
Show him the devious ways
The wide world 18 pursuing
1'0 make needed raise ;
Persuade him , curse him , kick him ,
Do anything you dare ,
1'0 make the green man's burden
Less hard for him to hear.
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Green Diamonds Are Seen.
Considerable Interest , writes a correspondent .
respondent , has been aroused In Johannesburg .
hannesburg by the discovery on a
mining property at Klersdorp ) of a
green diamond of about three-quarters
of a carat. The gem had slipped into
a crevice in the Iron plates of the
crushing mill , and was found during
f ( : ' the dismantling of the mill to mae )
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room for a new stamp battery.
In 1893 over seventy similarly colored ) .
ored diamonds were found upon the
same property. They had all slipped
between ! ' the dies and escaped de-
struction. It Is conjectured that
_ many other green stones got crushed
out Ct existence.
For the first time since the date
the Ierlsdol'p ) G. and D. Company
intends to resume operations on this
particular ground , and the prospects
or unearthing more of these green
gems are being eagerly watched from
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Fire In Darktown.
An old member of the fire department .
ment was talking about some of the
big fires he had fought In his day and
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he remarked ) :
"But the most Interesting fire Is always -
ways a blaze In Dartown. ) If you
want to see a lot of excited people )
you just ought to get into the midst
or a small conflagration In Dartown )
at night The negroes begin to empty
houses of their contents for blocs )
around. That Is fun enough but the
real fun commences when they try
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to get their goods back into their
. ' " h. . uses , for It Is a sort ot grab game ,
everybody taking ) \ everything they can
get hold of. I'll bet that after a fire
in Darktown there Isn't a house in
the neighborhood of the blaze ) that
was furnished like It was before the
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I In his pocket during a lightning storm
the other day Napoleon Dutil , a trick-
man , 1Ivln , ; at Lewiston , Maine , owes
his 1Ite. The electric bolt struck ) the
watch , leaving ) a dent In Its edge and
smashing the crj'stal Under the
i watch the flesh was badly ) burned in
, a clrce. )
Keys and a key ) chain which Mr.
Dutil had In his pockets when the bolt
i struck him were destroyed. No one
has been able to find even a link ) of
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' the chain.
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son of Isaac Lecalr ) were In a barn
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the three from their cllllil'.a Young
Lecalr's ) feet were badly burned and
the Dutil boy was unconscious for
some time.
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Cavalrymen Who Ride Oxen
The oddest cavalry in the world Is
m.dntalned on the west const of Madagascar .
agascar by Gov Genera ) J. G. Gal- )
, lien I. While the French troops In
that country are nmille to meet the
occasional ) revolutions , the governor
general ) makes use of native talent for
police ) work in Gut of the way ocal- )
Itles. On the west coast of Africa Is
a tribe of natives , possibly racially
connected with the Hovas , who are
known ) as the Sl11mhova , the most
warlike tribe of the country. The
natives , In Imitation of French troopers .
ers , organized an oxen cavalry corps ,
under command of a French ofllcer.
They are armed with modern long- I
handled lances or Sllcars and side
'arms. . .
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Queer Old Time Railroad Pass.
Col William Derris of Huntington
enjoys the rare distinction or traveling .
Ing on a Pen + tsylvamia railroad pass
Issued in 1850 , which Is without 11m.
It. This pass Is a curiosity , having on
It , In addition to the necessary wording .
lng , the picture of an engine and two
cars , which are uultjll , as might be
ImagJned. The engine Is anything but
modern , and the coaches have the
old time "possum. hel1y" In which baggage '
gage was canled. The colonel retains .
talns this pass because he was one
of the original stockholders ) or the
company.-Tyrone ( Pa. ) Herald.
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Old Woman's Treasure Lost.
A remarkable ) story of burled treasure .
uro comes from Courtown harbor ,
'Vexford. An old woman , living
alone and in apparent poverty , fell ill.
By the doctor's order a jacket )
which she wore was taken ) off with
the aid of scissors , and was In such a
condition that It was burled. The old
woman , contrary to expectation , recovered '
covered and asked ) for her jacJt. )
When told what had been done with
the garment , she grew excited and de-
Glared that In one of the pockets were
sewn a deposit note for .c 1,000 and
.f : : 12 In cash. The jacket ) was ex
hunted and ) the pocket was discovered
In the position Indicated. But It had
teen ripped open and was empty.-
London Dally Mall
Fercclous R&1bblts.
A correspondent of the Washington
Post tells of a rabbit which killed ) \ a
hound with one blow of Its claws
A rabbit Is more dangerous than Is
really thought. Last winter on Po-
eosin Creek John Hobbs , while hunting -
Ing rabbits , had his dog run one Into
a hollow log. As he stopped to peep
into the log the rabbit leaped ) out full
against Mr. Hobbs , breaking ) \ his nose
and knocking ) him upon ) his dog with
such force as to crush that animal to
death. The rabbit escape . We don't
know as to the truth of the story In
the Washington Post , but Mr. Hobbs
Is a living but disfigured witness or
the tragedy on Pocosln Creek.-
Princeton ( W. Va. ) Journal.
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Horse Went Home to Die.
Allen Gilmore of West Glover , Vt" ,
found that one of his horses was
sick. lIe turned the animal loose
on his lawn and went for a veterin-
ary. When he returned the horse
was nowhere to he seen and later
he was found dead before the stable
door of J. G. Calderwood. Mr. Calder-
wood sold the horse to Mr. Gilmore
three years ago and the sick ) animal
had covered full two miles that he
might die at his old home.
Had Adventure In Plenty.
While two young men were returning
from a fishing trip at Bennington , Vt. ,
the other evening they came suddenly
upon a large ) bear In time middle of
their path through the woods. Both
men were unarmed and fled deep Into
the tQrest. Later as they were skirting ) -
Ing the locality ) occupied lJy the bear
they ran across a wildcat whose presence .
ence served to further accelerate
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their speed.
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MOTH CAUSE OF EPIDEMIC.
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Residents of Boston Suburbs Smarting
Ino Under Visitation.
A new cilidomic from 1\ wholly unlooked "
looked ) for quarter has , for the past
few weeks , been sprcal1lng among time
people ) In the more open sections of
Somerville , the Nowtons , Arlington ,
\Vatertown , \Va1tham and nearly the
whole of the rural locality north of
Boston , until hundreds of people ) ) living -
ling In the vicinity of the swarming
places ) of the brown.tall caterpillars
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Moth.
are already suffering from Its ravages ,
and recently so many new cases have ;
been added to the list that the epidemic .
demlc has now begun to bo" regarded
most sel'iously.
Reports from the board of health In
Newton , from Somerville and from Arlington .
1Ingtoll all agree that the painful skin
disease caused by the flying spines of
the thousands of caterpillars swarm-
Ing in those districts has already been
the cause oC great ann 'ance and suf-
ferlng.
'fhe ellldemlc Is caused by the
, minute spiked : hairs of the brown-
tailed caterpillar coming In contact i
with the skim of people living in the
Infested districts.
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A Mexican Wondcr.
The phrslclans of the Juarez hospital .
111tal had something very unusual to
talk about all day recently. Ramon
Espinosa , who was murdered some
three 01' four days ago , was taken to
the hospital for all Imtollsy.
When the physicians were sawing
the skull ) the saw touched a strange
object , and as the physician attempted
to continue his work the saw was
broken ) In two plecus. Another saw
was brought and the skull ) opened ,
whell It was found that the strange
object was a big steel ) piece , half the
blade of 11. knife that evidently had
been there for j'ears Even the scar
produced by the wound hind already
disappeared from the 1111I1'S Coreheud
How this man could live with the
steel piece In his skull Is something
that physicians have been unable to
explaln.-1\Ioxlcan Hel'ahl.
Monkey Trap.
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The greedy money ) Is thus made an
easy captive , for , having once grabbed
the nut , he holds on and cannot with-
draw his hand.
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Would Attend Church , but Hc Didn't
Like "de Pnstol'1Ue. " : ,
1\1l1j. g. ' 1' " D , Myers , lll'csilll ! ot . :
the rich little road over whoRe rails
all southbollllll trains must run hOe
twecitVashinglon and nlchmOlI , has .
' HOI'\'lInt-n hllllcl'-to whom '
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ho Is much IItlnrhl.'l1. .
'l'om" Is IlJ'omllll'nl In all l1H1lll'rs
concerning his church and Il was j
therefore wit i h
sOllie S11I111'IHe that _
time major dlscov- ' . .
I'ed him cleaning
silver one SlInl1ay i
afternoon recently " .
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arc you Iioing "
there ? Why al'on't
you at church ? "
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tuh go this evening . r
lng , \Injol' , Huh. " ,
, "NonsenHe , " anRWUl'ed the ml1jor " .
testily . "Yoll nlwttys have tlmo to go
to Chlll'ch StO)1 ) dawdling' there and )
be off with j'Oll Are you u bacllslh )
er ? "
"Nawsuhdnt ! I ain't , " answered . ]
Tom , "Do chll'ch suits mo' mighty 1
wull. ) ) J'no Dlelwn In , hit , en I alll1 ) : " 1 .
do music en 110 1II'IlI'S cn de soloinn
hut tell ' 11e tl'ufe \ ' I a
ness
; , you , Major , . i
don't like do III\Htol'llge , on dat'fJ
hoccum I'He lost Intl'uHt-Ncw YOI'I : i
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Immense Cask Made 1:1 California t
A case ) recently constructed for 1\ ' ' 1
California firm haH put the famous
inn ( of IIl'lllellJcl'g completely In time
l1uclgl'omlll. It If ! made of California '
red wood throughout , and the selection .
tlon of the timber and malting required - _ . ,
quh'ed two , cars. Eleven omit of i
every twelve trees selected ) were rejected . ' !
jected as unsultahle. 'l'wo entire
trains of wagon ! were needed to convey . '
vey the selected ) timber to the vine- .
yard. Time heels ] ) o'f the cask , which
are of the finest steel , weigh eighteen ;
tons , while time completed cask ) Is 38
feet high and 78 feet In circumference .
ence , and large ) enough to form a '
three.story house where 300 JCOlllo ) ,
could dine In comfort. - '
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Ancient English P&1stlme. :
A curious clause , taking ) one right
back to the middle ) ages , UIIOI1I'S ) ) In
the title deeds of Il hIHHIO In time vll-
Inge of Offham , In Kent , Eng This
Is that the owner of the house must
keep ) In good repair the vlllago qlllll'
tllln , which still swings 011 Its Jitollt
oaken ) post before the hOI\Je. ] \ !
One Cllll of the swinging crossbar -
of this qulntaln ( said to he the only
surviving specimen Lu Englalll l ) la
shaped lilt ( ! a square target pierced
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with a number of hoeR ) Into which the
)1olnl ) of the llaycr's ) lance would cn-
tel'
When struck It would swing around ,
amid unless the player ) WOI'O nimble the
salllIJug ) hung on the other end of time
crossbar would swing around and un.
sent him I
Blossoms on Dead Limb.
A rather remarkable ) curiosity can
he seen In the orchard of he t Dresser
Stevens place I1t NewnHu'lcct , N. II.
During one of the severe storms of
last ) winter a large IImll was broken
off of an apple ) ) tree amid lies port ) time
ground Time apparently dead limb ,
with not a leaf on It , Is covered with
blossoms.
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