FOR LOVELY WOMEN. Vnon lira Who War* llmrk l ull of Lot* Md Lott (iiinil Jniltnuial. A large number of the world’s emi nent men have made fools of them selves for love of women. Ilolofernes loit hie head—In two senses—by ac cepting the carossos of duditli. An tony was a lunatic to have sacrificed everything to his love of the charm ing Cleopatra. 1'uris, son of l'riatn, ought to havo been put In a straight jacket for having tampered with the matrimonial preserves of Meuelaus. the result of which poaching on his part caused the spilling of ocnans of human blood, as well as the destruc tion of Troy. Petrarch spent his crazy life pen ning sonnets to the oyobrows of a portly married woman, the mothor of a large family, while ho utterly neg lected his legitimate wife and would not permit his daughter to live undor hla roof. Dante, in his maudlin love of licat rlce says: "So powerful was the apell of lior presence that I had to avoid her. From thinking of this most gracious creature I became so weak and lean that It was Irksome for my friends to look at ine." I-ove found ready victims in the knlghta and troubadours of the middle ages Ulrich von Lichtenstein, a medieval German cavalier, loved a woman with all the intensity of a lunatic. lie used to roam over hills and valloys In quest of other knights, whom he challenged to duels if they dared to doubt that his Dulclnoa wns the fairest of the fair. On one occa sion he ainputatod one of his fingers and presented H to his patroness as n proof of the torture he could endure for her sweet sako. And moauwhllc hla wife pined alone in hor chateau in the forest. HUNTERS, LOOK OUT. The Old Mm rropom to Stop Thom In Tholr (l»jr I'tpsr Chun. The old man laid aside his paper and fot up with an air o( determina tion. "I’ve hearn tell o’ them things,” lie ■aid, as he got out his cowhide boots and began pulling them on. “What things, llezekiah?" asked his wife, anxiously. “Never you mind what things," he returned gruffly. “It ain't nothin' for women folks to worry about. Now, Henry, where's that there new pitch fork I bought last week?" "Out slickin' In the strawstaok," replied the boy. "Get It an* put it by the barn door where It'll be handy," Instructed the old man. “Then take the old pitch fork down to the gate to the ten* aere lot and leave it there.’’ “Meroy, Hezekiah, what be you goln' to do?” askod his wife, in alarm. "Don't you fret about me,” ho answered, as he reached for the ohl muzzle-loading shotgun that had hung on the wall for twenty years. “1 reckon I can't do any damage with this, but it's good to scare folks with. I'll get the scythe and the axe, too, an’ put them at the head of the long lane so's I cau got at ’em quick if they come that way. I heard from Hiram, Mirandy, down there by Now York, an' he’s had his farm all torn ap by some of those smart Eastern folks 'bout a week ago. He told me all about it, and arter that I reekon I ain't a man to go to sleep when I see the Western people has got the fever, too, and are preparln, for one o' them eroaa-eountry paper ohases. Not much I ain’t.” THB LADY OF THE PLAINS. Ska Thought the loans Man Was Draw lag tho Long Bow. A you nr woman from the treeless plains of the West had gone to lloston to a music school on her first trip East, and among the first persons she mot at her boarding house was a youth from Bangor. As their acquaint ance ripened, she told him of what had interested her on'the journey. ••Why," she said, with an exultant spirit, "I saw at one place in Venn aylvania a hundred sawlogs in one pile." “A hundred?" he asked, with a tinge of a smile. ••That's what they told me. You know, we don't have sawlogs where 1 came from." "Is that so? You ought to come to Maine once". "Do you have them there?" “Do we?" ho replied magnificently. ••Do we? Why, my dear young lady, sawlogs grow on trees in Maine.” "Really?” she asked in open-eyed astonishment. “It’s a literal afact,” he asserted positively. "Well, I don't believe it,” sho con tended, and do what he could, he could not convince her that he was telling plain, unadorned truth. Th«y W«rt Numbered. The sultan poured forth the tender old story in passionate phrases. “You are the—” He paused and pressed his hand to his brow. Turning to his faithful attendant he whispered hoarsely. ‘‘I’ll trouble you,” he sain, "for the reading of the turnstile. How? Oh, yes. Thank you. You are—" Again he addressed the blush ing maiden he had asked to share his fortune. "The one hundred and thirty-seventh girl I ever loved.” Which goes to show that all things may be reduced to a system. Fran and L’ntrammeled. One of the most independent poets In the South is Dr. 0. T. Dozier of Alabama, formerly of Georgia. In a recently published volume of verses, entitled "Foibles of Fancy and Rhymes of the Times," the poet throws down this challenge to the critics: “Ido not on re one fiddlestick For what the erittoe say: I’ve paid the printers for the job— So let ’em kick and bray! * SOIJSA’S DISCIPLINE. general Nrhofli'lil'* Funny Hrenk u to th« Conduct of an Orchestra. • How Conductor Nousa was taken to task by (Jcnernl Schofield for his lack of discijjliuo is told as follows. The last echo of one of Sousa's overtures was just dying away over the sand hills south of tho fair grounds, when den. Schofield stepped in front of tho band and saluted the distinguished leader. Sousa returned the’salute and sent one of his men to escort the general up into tho baud stund. "That music was beautiful—beauti ful," exclaimed tho general ns lie shook Sousa’s hand warmly. "I am astonished, sir, that you get such re sults with so little discipline." There is nothing tlint Sousa prides himself more on than being ono of the strictest disciplinarians and he was naturally nettled at tho general’s criticism. "Why, general, my men aro under perfect control. I'm suro they aro thoroughly drilled and I can hardly believe that there Is any lack of dis cipline. 1 have never noticed it." . "No, that’s just it; you don't see it," persisted the general. "I saw It, though. Do you know Hint as soon as you turn your buck on one side of your band to shake your baton at tho athor those all cpiit playing. Of course you don't soy it, for as soon as you turn around thuy begin again.” The fun in this, at the expensu of tho general, lies of course in the fact that when u section of Sousa's men became silent as he turned to the other was when the musio so re quired. llut the general looked upon this lapse us ho would look upon the suspension of a section of his artil lery when he turned his attention to auothcr part of the field. HIS REMARKABLE ACTION. Everybody Gave Him a Wide Berth, Yet Me Showed the White Feather, It isn’t often that one finds among the mountaineers of tho Southwest a hero of the highest type, but they exist, and a year cr so ago I mot one. I had boon in his neighborhood for three months, and I knew that lie had killed a man or two and had tho roputation of being tho gairiest man in the mountains, lie was extremely handy with a gun, too, and everybody gave him a wide berth whenever there was a prospect of a row. One lay, however, ho got into difficulty witli a man from nn adjoining county, »nd when tho shooting began he cut ind ran liko a whitehead, leaving the (Jold in possession of the other party. Vwo days afterward I met him on the road and we talked about tho late disturbance. “I was rather surprised at the way you acted,’’ as mildly as I could, for even then I had no wish to stir him up. ‘"I reckon most folks wuz,” he re el ied, brielly. “I knew they were, and they don’t understand it; neither do I.” “Well,” he said, half apologetically. “I reckon I jist run, and that was all there wuz to hit.” ‘’There was more than that; you ost your reputation by it" “Mobbo I did, colonel," and he swallowed a lump in his throat; "but that thar fellow had seven little children dependin’ on him, and I kinder had an idea jist afore I pulled tho trigger that mubbe I could git along bettor without my reputation Ilian they could without their daddy, >o I run.” Ho stopped as if uncertain what to say next, and I took him by the hand and shook it with a vigor that I know he appreciated by the look that came into his eyes. 1.1 It* Sweet AIuilc. "It doesn’t hurt much to be knocked jut," said a young boxer to a crowd >f admirers. "1 guess I came as near going out us anybody could and not lose. It was when I had the go with Murphy. I was getting the host of t until the third round, when I made i slow duck und lie caught me on the jaw. After the first jolt it seemed ike goiu’ to sleep. I waslnyin’ there 'istonin’ to the sweetest music you >ver heard, with bells ringin’ and iglits dancin' before mo, not hurt a (lit, when 1 heard some one say; ‘Won’t that dub ever get up?” Then 1 remembered where I was and pulled up on my knees just in time to save myself from being counted out I clinched the rouud out and came back all right at the next call nud won in the sixth. Hut I’ll never for ?ot the sweet music.” How Could They Refute? An energetic woman, about 30years old, for work applied at the office of the United States rubber company, in New York city, und was told by the clerk to go upstairs and see the fore man. The woman, not knowing the way, went out into the yard, and, .eeing no other way to get up, she tucked up her skirts and ascended the fire escape to the fourth story. There she opened the window and climbed in, to the surprise of the foreman, who was standing near by. The foreman, after recovering from his embarrassment, asked her what iho wanted. The woman stated her nission. She got the job. Mr. Solpie't Cockatoo. Nasturtium Solpie, an eccentric citizen of North New York, who goes tbout with a horse and open buggy, mt never gets inside the vehicle, either riding on the horse or leading t, has secured from a dealer in curios t huge Chinese vase of light blue jorcelain. This now occupies the Vont seat of the buggy, and out of it :omes a pole, on top of which is ihained a large pink and white cock itoo. Mr. Solpie, under the circum ;lances, now attracts more notice than typer on his daily shopping tonr. LIFE OF OCEAN CABLES. Sams or tha Otdaat Submarine Newi Con ductor* Still la Active line. Noteworthy advances aro being ■nude in the art of submarine cabling, and some of the new cables arc beau tiful productions of modern ingenuity; but it is encouraging1 for those who have invested tiieir money in ocean telegraphy to know that a very large proportion of the oldest cable still re mains in aetlvo service. The prim eval cables break once in a while, a repairing fleet is necessary, and an occasional new link needs insertion, but by diut of watching and patching the old cable enables the reserve funds laid aside for their renewal to take on such gratifying proportions that the stockholders could almost draw incomes from them alone. T.ie latest Atlantic cables are distinctive chiefly for their greater weight of copper and dielectric and for the greater speed possible In transmis sion. One of them, with 500 pounds of copper per mile, gives a speed of forty words per minute easily, while tho other, with 000 pounds, is said to he capable of fifty words. In the old days 400 pounds was good enough, and it remains to he seen whether this will not sutlica for tho deep waters of the Pacific. Cables have been laid in 3,800 fath oms, but in the Pacific 4,400 is figured on. Alexander Hiemens, the distin guished young president of the Eng lish institute of electrical engiueers, says that he knows tho bottom of the Pacific as well as he does his own bedroom, owing to the method of sounding employed by his staff when cable-laying; but there is a trifle of hyperbole in the statement, and a few more investigations are needed, especially around the Friendly islands and Now Zealand, where depths of 1,000 fathoms appear to ex ist, and where cables 1 ighter than the Atlantic types would probably have to be resorted to. DINED IN BLACK. Novel Method of M IVomm for Com momorittlng Her Husband's Death. Although the culinary art has in the last twenty years made rapid strides, still there is a sameness about dinner parties, which, to the habitual diner out, comes but little short of dull monotony. Now and again, however, one comes across a hostess whoso imagination or eccentricity is the means of providing a meal for her gnosis's!pon lines other than those upon which the ordinary dinner is given. Such a one was a lady who every year gave what she termed a memor ial dinner on the anniversary of hor husband's death. The room in which the dinner was given was draped for the occasion in mauve and black, no other colors be ing visible. The tablecloth was like wise of mauve silk, while tlio only lloral decorations in use were violets. Tho lady guests were arrayed in either black or mauve dresses; the footmen were dressed in black plush breeches, mauve silk stockings and black coats. On dinner being announced the hostess took the head of the table, but on either side of her, seated upon two stools, sat two black poodlo dogs, ex cellently clipped after tho approved French fashion, and with mauve col ored ribbon bows on their heads. Those two dogs had been great pets of the lady’s husband d uring his life time, and it was for this reason that they were allowed a seat among the guests at the dinner table. The menu was remarkable for the absence of any color in the viands save mauve, the rest being either black or white. Thus tho soup was white, likewise the fish and entrees, as regards the game, the lady got over the difficulty, or at least met it half way. by providing blackcock. The sweets were either mauve colored or white, while at the end of the din ner black coffee was sefved. TOO POOR TO PRINT REPORTS. The National Academy of Sciences Has Hut One Endowment I.egaoy. The National academy of sciences is not popularly known to the Ameri can public, although established by congress as a representative institu tion of this country over thirty-one years ago. The academy includes in its list of members m any of the most honorable names in American science, and is of such rank that it has been a board of appeal upon a number of governmental questions which re quired expert scientific judgment. One of its important functions, too, is the awarding of medals and gratui ties for meritorious progress in scientific research. It has no funds, however, with the exception of a single legacy, and can not publish its reports. This is the 1H-,000 estate left by Alexander Dal las liache of Philadelphia, and its in come has contributed to the prosecu tion of original American research in physics. The university of Pennsyl vania, where Mr. Ruche was a pro fessor, the Franklin institute, of which he was a promoter; Girard col lege. of which he was the first presi dent. and the public schools of Phila delphia, of which he was superin tendent, all honor the memory of this earnest scientist. Prepared. A self-important little country gen tleman entered Rarou liaussmann's otliee in Paris one day, having some complaint to make, and proceeded to state his errand in a pretty lofty tone, and without taking off his hat The ofiieer was equal to the occasion. “Wait a moment,” he said, and he rang a bell. A servant answered the summons. “Rring me my hat" said the prefect The hat was brought the ofiieer put it on, and turned to his caller. ‘ Now,” said he, "I will hear you.” DANGEROUS TOYS. ! They Mmy Carry Srrlou. DlneasM to tho Month* or < Iiliilrvu. There are few persons who walk along1 the streets of a c ity whose at tention has not been directed to the exceedingly ingenious toys which are sold by the itinerant vender for the delectation of children. One of the latest of these is a hollow tube of paper, furnished with a short piece of bamboo at one end, to which it is coiled by the action of a very light steel spring. On blowing into the bamboo the coil is unrolled and reaches forward nearly a yard. The sudden extension of this coil pro duced by blowing in it is a source of great amusement. Toy bagpipes are also popular contrivances. These are not blown i nto in the usual way, but the breath of the performer is made to inflate a small India rubber ball, which, once blown into, sup plies sufficient air to play a few bars of any popular tune. The London Lancet, has called at tention to the possible consequences of buying these toys, which, it says, are presented to a child after having been inflated by questionable breath, and perhaps wetted with the moisture of tho still more questionable lips of the vender. An infected mouth piece, it says, has not unfrequcntly been known to bo the origin of grave con stitutional troubles. This is perfect ly true. Persons who would hesitate to drink out of a glass that has been used will buy and present toys of this kind to their children, not know* ing by whom they have been used, or by what disease they may be con taminated. Among impoverished makers and venders sore throats, diphtheria and contagious fevers in every stage may be raging, and children may contract fatal diseases even of a worse character than any we have mentioned by blowing and using the questionable toys. Surely it is only necessary to call the atten tion of persons to the evil, for care ful supervision would prevent the dis semination of loathsome disorders by these menus. A Worthy Judge. .Sir Matthew Herbie, chief justice ot British Columbia, recently deceased, once had before him a man charged with having killed another man with a sand-bag. The evidence was con clusive, and the judge charged the jury accordingly, but a verdict of “Not guilty” was promptly brought in. The judge was astonished, “Gen tlemen of the jury,” he said, ‘‘this is your verdict, not mine. On your con science the disgrace will rest. Many repetitions of such conduct as yours will make trial by jury a horrible farce, und the city of Victoria a nest of crime. Go! I have nothing more to say to you.” And then, turning to the prisoner: “Vou are discharged. Go and sand-bag some of those jury men; thoy deserve it.” A Ticking Tombstone. There is a tradition that a tomb stono in the graveyard of an old and uncompromising little stone church in London, Britain township, Chester county, Pennsylvania, gives forth a ticking sound, and it has long been locally famous as the ticking tomb stone. The noise is not loud enough for tlio stone to be located by a stranger, and if tlio ticking is really ever heard, it comes doubtless from tho trickling of water through the limestone formation not unusual in tho region. The old church dates back to about the middle of the last century, and is surrounded by grave stones, some of them considerably older. Wrote Ills Will on n llou .a. One of the queer documents in the oilice of a county judge in Florida is a will on a piece of unpainted plank, five feet long and one foot wide. The plank was sawed out of the house of Mrs. Arnold, living a short distance from the city. It was part of the wall. On a bed by the wall a man named John M. O’lirien, whom Mrs. Arnold befriended, died, but before he died he wiote ou the plank, in pencil, these words: "Mrs. Arnold, God bless her! shall have all I leave.” lie left §500. The will is probably tho most unhandy document to tile in all of Duval county. St me. Tolstoi's Work. Mme. Tolstoi is a remarkable wo man, who received a diploma from the Moscow university at the age of IT, was married when she was IS, and her husband twenty years older, and is now, after thirty-one years of mar ried life, the mother of nine children, and her husband's potent aid in his literary labors. Fntil her children are 10 years old she makes all their clothes. She copies and recopies her husband s manuscript, a task the diffi culty of which is increased by the self-invent, d shorthand in which Count 1 oistoi sets down his composi tion. I* tho Ilarth lloilon-? According to a queer belief in ex istence ain.ng the Icelanders, all waters which licit toward the north are drawn thitherward by a suction creat ’d bv- the oceans tumbling down ward throura the hollow which they firmly believe penetrates our globe from pole to pole. Their authority for this curious belief is the "tltama Saga,” a serai-sacred work, written early in the fourteenth century. They I estorn Shrunken Flannel. "here :s a concern down in the old French quarter in - New York that undertakes to restore shrunken flan nel garments to their original size. Customers ar - instructed to indicate the origiual size of the garment to ,be treated and the size to which it is to be restored, but they are cautioned against asking that a garment be stretched to any .size larger than the original LOOK HERE HAVE YOU VISITED THE NEW Grocery Slim? In the Millard Building, Next to the Postofflce. WE HAVE A NEW STOCK NO SHELF WORN GOODS THE FINEST LINE OF FRUITS IN THE CITY. CALL AND SEE US. M. L. 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