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The Little Waves of Breffny.
The gl"ft'ill road from the mountain goes
shining to the sea ,
And there III traffic In It and many a
. , horse and cHI't.
. ) i' ( , But the little roads of Cloonagh are dearer -
or far to me ,
And the little toads oC Cloonngh go
rambling through , my heart.
A great storm from the ocean goes
shouting o'er the hill ,
k And there Is glory In It and terror on
the wind ,
But the little roads of Cloonagh arc
dearer fur anll still ,
And the little winds oC twilight ore
dearer to 1I1Y mind
The great waves of the Atlantic sweep
storming on their way .
' Shining green tool sll'er'with the hid-
den herring shoal
But the Little Waves of reffny have
drenched ' ' heart III ' .
my 1I1)\'ay.
, And the Little Waves of Hl'effny go
stumbling through , 111) I'onl.
-l ; vll GOl'c-llootll.
Ancient Stenogr < \phy.
Shorthand was known to the nn
dents , though It Is ImpossIble to trace
the system to Its source.
Ennlus , the Roman poet , Is said to I' '
have improved upon an already exist
Ing system , He was a friend of Sci-
pie , and was born B. C. 23J. ! Seneca
also made it a hobby.
Orlgen , the Greek Father and Mystic .
I tic , who was born about 186 , and erns
' :1 voluminous writer , says , In the
course : of his commentary on Sl. John :
"The absence of my shorthand writers
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prevents mo from dictating my medl
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tallons " 'Ve are told , too , that he I
allowed shorthand writers to take :
f down hIs extempore homl1les.
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In the tenth century Greek : and
Roman stenography gradually died
out , and the art dId not revive until
the beglnnlt , of the seventeenth ceit-
' tury. DurIng this long interval several -
oral systems of quick wrIting wemc
evolved , such as that of Dr. Timothy
Bright in 1588 , who had a separate
sign for every word , and some at these
, i'fs" ' almost rivaled shorthand in rapll1ity.
- . ' - A Mountain Theater.
.l Probably the most novel theater In
' the world is that whIch was- recently
aliened at Thalo , In Gormany.
The theater is on the summIt of a
mountain and Is surrounded on all
sides by steep rocks ; the scats for the
audience are hewn out of the rock
and accommodate and
w 1,000 persons ,
the stage , which is also hewn out oC
the rock , is 80 feet long by 5-1 feet
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_ No artificIal scenery Is used , but the
background is formed by the dense
forest and by the outlines of the
mountains in the dlstanco. The dress
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ing room for the actors Is close at
. . . blind In the forest hut completely hid'
" den from the audience.
" The theater Is fully protected from
the wind , and Its accoustlc properties
are so excellent that every word Is
hcard.-l\1ontroal Herald
t _ Remarkable Lightning Holes.
It Is generally known that lightning
striking the ground sometimes forms
tubes lined wIth fused minerals , but
comparatively few persons have ever
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. seen these phenomena. Not long ago
r . during a thunder storm In Essex ,
' England a ball of fire , which seemed
I to cast darts In all dIrections , was
seen to descend from the clouds. There
' : was a crashing explosion and after'
' . . , -ard. in an out.field , three distinct
r
sets of halos , rangIng from nine
: inches down to one Inch In diameter ,
r : ' .q.i i were found in the ground. They were
t T perfectly circular , diminishing In size
- as they went deeper , lint ] were cut
- , , through the yellow clay as clean as
: auger halos
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Maln Girls Good Shot
, There are several : girls In Bath who
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use a rifle to somextent . but pC'hap !
, none are DO exhort with the Weapon '
a AI rites Go1d\o \ Lord ; " , 'ho dome : trl1tod'
I. 1 i\tt flktH1f \ Ihoe.tlnti f . i\ big 't . 'o : inhtltH :
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as hu was runnIng past at a distance
of 100 feot.
The woodchucl made his appearance .
anco on the street and was chased by
several people , but they were unsuccessful .
ceHsful In trying to hIt him with rocles.
Miss Lord went Into the louse after
her rifle and whol1 1\11' Woodchucl
mndo hIs appearance again she cuusoll
his death wIth a pill of ead. ! She has
received many , complIments on her excellent .
cellent shot.-Kenneboc Journal.
Unfortunate Baked to Death.
1\I1IIe. Nigen , the wife of a farmer
living In' the vlllago of Kernan , in
BrIttany , France , was about to bake
her bread In the village brIck oven ,
the other dar , when she was aston-
Ished to see a man's body inside ; She
sUlllmonoll assistance , and thr l1c' '
body , of one of her farm laborers was
taken out. The man had been drInk-
Ing heavily the night before , and It is
supposed that he got Into the oven
and Cell asloep. 'rho fire was kindled
durIng the night or \ early In the mttormi-
lng , and the unfortunate man was literally .
orally baked to death.
death.
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Attracts Humming Birds.
An aged resident of Bar Harbor ,
Maine , says that since the gardens ot
the summer vIsitors have been plant-
od to nasturtiums , gladioluses , salvias
and other bright flowers , the number
of hummIng birds has Increased more
than ten fohI. In the old days the
bird with the ruby throat was n rare
visitor to the Island , while now the
hlrds como early and stay late , and
are . very common all through the
summer.
A Natural Death Trap.
In a remote corner of the Yellowstone -
stone park ' , out of the way of tourists
and rarely vIsited , there i8 a little
vale , known as Death gulch , which ,
when the weather is calm , asphyxiates -
ates wild anImal unlucky ! enough to
wander thero. Fissures In the rock
emIt fumes of bloxlde of carbon , and
sulphuretted hydrogen , which collect
In the bottom The dead carcasses of
bears and other denizens of the surrounding .
rounding wilderness killed In this way ,
have been observed In It by several !
travelers and sclentlsts.-l'lontrea !
Herald.
Burmah Has Old Sacred Tree.
The oldest sacred tree In the world
that has any auther.tlc history is reputed
puted to be the great Ehoo tree hI
Burmah It has for the past twenty
centuries been sacred to Buddha , the
image that nearly all the Burmese
worship , and no one Is allowed to
touch the trunk of thIs sacred tree
In the fall , when the leaves holn
falling , pilgrims and curio hunter
gather and carry away the leaves .JS
I'ellcs
Piece of the First Monitor.
In the public library at Lowell ,
1'Iass. , Is a huge piece of Iron , about
12x24 In sire and an Inch In thickness
It has a history as the following In'
scrIption relates : "flece of the first
Monitor , removed after the battle
with the rebel steamer lol'I'lmacle hi
Hampton Roads , 1\Iareh 9 , ] SG2. Presented .
sentod to the City of Lowell hy G. V.
Fox , Assistant Secretary of the Navy ,
18GG "
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Students Too Fond of Cider.
A farmer lIvIng in the vicinity ! or
Watervl11e , Maine , drove onto the
campus at Colby with several barrels
of russet elder for sale. WhIle ho wa
delIvering a small quantity In ono at
the studonts' rooms somebody made
off with a full barrel from his stoc ! : .
Search faIled to reveal the plunder
and the vender drove way in haste
In order to save the remainder ot his !
load.
Her Own Dentist.
A lady living near Campton 'Village
N. H. , recently PUlled two ot her own
teeth , oho of which was not loose nt
all. She haci to cut around the tooth
with liat' penknife [ , after sharpening ; It
for that ' iui - poAd , " , and with old . frbhloh .
ed tori t cptij wlch sUpped 00 thrl' > *
tlr1i6a:1 : the rn4lflier,4 : ) : At tart ,
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Before and After Taking.
Astdll-Suy , do YOU believe It Is
possible for two 11001110 to live us
cheaply as ono ?
KnoUt-Arter readIng all the stalJq-
tics I could find on the subject before
I married I was convinced that they
could ' , but-
AHkltl-WoI1 ?
Knoitt-Artor I had been married
three months I lost an faith In stutls-
tics.
Her Preference.
" 1\y dear , " asked the rind ] lady president '
hlont to the reclaImed waif , "to whIch
would you prefer to bo sent-to tao
Sunday school seminary , or to the
'Worltlng GlrJij' hone ? '
"Please mum , " replied the ignorant
malden , QuIckly ; "I'll choose th\
cemetery , mum , of ifIS ' jes' time same
to 'ou.-New ; Orleans Plcn 'uno ,
Misunderstanding.
. Lawaon-Hullo , doc ! Glad to see
you back ! Did you kill anything ?
Dr. Carver ( wIth dlgnlt-I ) don't
know what you moan. I have just 10'
turned from Now York , where I was
culled to perform an important surgical I.
cal operation.
Lawson-Groat Scott ! 1 thought
'ou'd been on a hunting trIll.
Only One He Ever Had.
"Doos your coachman have any
perquisites ? " asked Mrs. Oldcasllo.
"Ho had one once , " replied her
hostess , "but the doctor saId It was
brought on by beIng out too long In
the hot sun. My ! I don't know
what I'll do with a person around
me that hall them regularly.-New
York Herald.
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. Plain Everyday Fellow.
"I am really and sincerely proud of
the common people " said Mr. . Pomp'
ous. "I am fond at the plain eve ; y-
day fellow who can never hope to he
great. Call it Quixotism , It you
wlsb- "
"Oh , I wouldn't say that , " interrupted .
cd Peppory. "I'd call it egotism. "
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Hotel Guost-What's that , boy ?
Dell Boy-A clean towel , sir.
Hotel Guest-Oh ! all rlghl. I
thought It was some reporter sending
Ull hIs card.
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Good Definition ,
r Little Wlllle-"Sa , 110 , what Is : con'
, celtt"
Pa - "Concctt , my lion , II thr tt:1f ,
IIIIumJ,10tRlna to our nellbbrn , "
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Husband Had Presence of Mind.
herself ! and her husband In n railway \
itcc'idetlt'o were suddenly pitched
< 'Inn I' ont. . of the car. John said tu
limo , 'Aro you hurt ? ' 'Nott . 1hit , ' said
I. 'I'hon ho lip with lila list und gave
lime n black eye and wo c\almcd \ $ [ iOO
danuiga3. Now I call that real presence .
once of 11111\(1. "
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Pennies Bother Car Companies.
Whnt to 110 with time copper pennies
taken In by stroot. . 1'I11\\ay ; companies
Is getting to t ho more amid Moro or n.
Ilruhl'l1I In ] nglsh ; cIUo In London
I1Innr ur those coins are dlsllosod of
In 1I'lH1hlIlhllIlltelmgcR to hotels and
other plitcos where change / Is needed ,
hut much l1lahlH to 110 disposed } or
othorwIsl' ,
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Monkey of Brilliant Hues.
One of the most brilliant colored of
all monltf.'Ys la to be found In 'I'lhot.
It la Ittlown as time orange snub.nosell
1I10nltl' ' . it lives In troops among the
taller tl'l1CS. After Its color the next
conspicuous ! feature about this animal
Is Its UII.lIltlHl nose.
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Cream , Arle. , Nov 7.-SI10clal- ( ' )
After eighteen mouths' suffering from
Epilepsy , Dnclwche and Kidney Com-
plaint , Mr.V. . II , Smith of thIs place
Is i a well man again and those who
have wntehcd his return to health
unhesitatingly give all the credit to
Doll's ( ! Kldlloy i Pilla. In an IlItel'vlow
regarding his ! cure , 1\11' SiuitIi Baya :
"I had been lo\ ; for eighteen months
with my hutch and kidneys and also
ElIlluIISY. 1 had taken everything ! I
knew of , and nothing Iwomoll to do
mo nay good tIll It friend of mine got
mo tu send for Dolld'a Kidney PillA.
I find that they are time greatest medicine -
Iclno in thQ world , for now 1 am able
to work and am In fact as stout allll
strong ItS before I took slclt. "
Dodd's Kidney Pills cure the Kid-
no's. Cured Kidneys cleanse the
blood of all impurltlos. Pure blood
means good hoalth.
Improved Milling Facilities.
Flour.n eking and whoat.ralslng go
hand In hand. During the past twenty
year the millIng industry has been
revoluUonized
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Every hoUsolet.ollor snoulll know
tllllt It they will buy Doflance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
wll ! save not only time , because it \ .
never sticks to the Iron , hut because
each package contains 16 o . -ono Cull
1lOund-whllo all other Cold Water
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Starches are put up In -pound packages - I
ages , and the price Is the same , 10 r ,
cents Then again because Del\anco \
. Starch Is free from all injurious d iem- .
Icals. If your grocer tries to sell you
a 12'm . IHlclwgo It Is hecauso ho has
a stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose of before ho puts 111 Dofirrnco.
lie knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package In large letters .
terR and figuroa " 16 ors. " Demand .
Defiance and save much time and
money and the annoyance of the Iron
atIcltlng. Defiance never stlct.s.
When n man introduces hlmsolf I
wIth flattery you may count on him as \
a probable foo. ' , )
The Wabash Is the Only LIne Landing .
You at the World\ " Fair.
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Uround trIp rates front Omaha " areas
aa follows : $8.50 sold dally except
Friday antI Saturtlny , good 7 days
$13.80 sold dally , good 15 d(1)'s. ( The
'Wabash Is time only line that land's
' or the
passengers at time main entrance
\Vorld's Fair groltTlchl. AlEc the onlY
line that can check your hnglllge : to
time 'Vol'hl'a Fair station. 'rhlnl what
a saving of time , amt'Oyanco antI ex-
tl'll car fare. i
All agentJ can sell you through '
ticket and route yon over the Wl1lJajh. . . ,
Very low rates to many points South ,
Southeast. For beautiful World's Fair
folder an , all Information call ul GOl
Farnam St. 0'1' address Harry E ,
Moores : , Gen , Apt . Pus Dept With ,
R , n. , Omaha : , ' Iijl'i I
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