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CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1889. CWOG? 1 Milwaukee, gsimjt ftVi., "s0w" I ' !CM'i Own nnd operate IUpOO mile of thoroughly nulppcrl rcnil In Illinois, Wisconsin, lown, -Missouri, Minnesota nml linkutn. It I the ltct Direct Itoulo boiwi.011 nil ttio I-rlurlpnl points In tho Nurthwost, Bouthwetit anil Knr Wrl. For inni), limn Initio, rntcs of unssngo nml might, etc.. nply lo noiircnl station nui'iit l CltuiAiio, Mii.waiikkk A Mr. I'Airi. IU11. way, or lo liny llnllronil Atront nnywhuro In tho world. K. Ml I, I, nil A.V. H.OAUPI.NTKII, lloli'l 1'imn.AT'IU Ant. (1KO. II.III.AI-TOIU), flcnernl M'aTa r.TUUKK . UnUoti' Mcr, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, AMI. II. I'.A'l.Allli JMP'1'o; Information In reference to J.ntuU mul Towns owned by tho Chlmim, Mllwuu kro A Ht. l'mil llnllwny rnmpnny.wrlu to It, 1. llAUOAN,l.nud Coiniul"iloner,MIIIvaukro Wlscoualn. Shortest : and : Safest : Route TO aLi. ruiNis IN Oolnrnilo, Wyoming, Ulnli, California, Mon tana, Idaho, Oregon nml Washington Tcrtltory. Tuko tho OVERLAND FLYER .And tnvo ono dny to nil l-ncllle coast points. HIE UNION PACIIv .Running Into union dopoi nml ion -with fltst IIiiiIIimI train or nil linen lo. points en!, went, north nuit'soulh, Throuif.. tickets nml modern tiny couches, llngiriigo cheeked thnnmh to destination rrmn nil points oast In tho United HtutoH nml I'minda. Blootror aconmortntlonH reserved In throtiKh l'ullmuu Vnlnco cars from thu MUsourl river totho l'n cino coqiu FAST MAIL ROUTE ! 2 DAILY TRAINS 2 TO Atchison, Leavenworth, St. Joseph, Knnsas City, St. Louis mul all points South, East and West. The direct Hue to Ft. Scott, Parsons. Wichita, Hutchinson and nil principal points In Kansas. The only road to the Great Hot Springs o! Arkansas. Pullman Slkk.-kks and Frkk Kkclinino Chair Cars an nil trains. H. G.HAM. R. P. R. MILLAR, City Tkt Agent, Gcn'l Agent. Cor. O and 1 3th Sis. Fremont, lilkhorn & Mo. Valley ESJTOpcrntcs and con trols Its own service between LINCOLN, NEn., and OMAHA, CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, SIOUX CITY MINNEAPOLIS anij ST. PAUL. W Through Tickets ami lUiggago Checked to all point In United States nml Canada. Veatlbulo Sleepers, Palatial Dining Cam and Union Depot. CITY TICKET OFFICE t 113 South 10th street, - . Lincoln OEO. N. FOKEMMAN, Agent, II. Q BCKT, J. , IlllCIUNAN, Ueneral M'uer, Oen'l Viva. Aic't OMAHA, NEn. Dr. petit Arnold' COUGH KILLER Is tho best Conch Cure I ever used. Wm. A. Mycr, Weston, 111 DruccisU, 26c., 60a, anil 1.00. MliHlilin? E. T. ROBERTS & SON Undertakers and Embalmers. 212 North nth Street, Windsor Hotel Annex, Telephones. Office 145. Residence 156. Open Day and Night. M liiM-n9& m D A THIP THnOUQH SPACE. I Would Tnlin I' Fifty Venn lo Alalia ft Vlult In n Neil lloor Nellilinr, lt iti fur 11 moment upno cci tain rail wy to Im hullt, 0110 round tlio world In n n'riort circle, otlioni to vnrloiis olnt In tlio ol.ir ttynicm. And wo will further nmiow hat tlio ti-nlns(ou tin?) railways could ho :ept ipilng nt tho into of sixty miles nn uonr for any required length of tlmo) Hint their pashongeni roiilil ilo without rood or could Iki supplied with nu nlmndnnco of it; lluit the bodies of micli iwiiwongors eouliflio mink' cnKthlotf enduring tho various changes of nlr, toinorntu.ii nml oilier cllnmtlo con dition to which llioy would liooxpoticd. And on our world this kind of tinvel would bo eoiiiMirutlvoly easy, nnd would tnko next to no tlma In twenty-four hours tho wuwon gor could travel UK) mile, or considerably farther tjinii from Now York to Chicago, In forty-eight hour ho could travel im faros from (Won to Uverxx)I, nnd In less than nuventei'ii liny ho could go round tho world. Hut us regard tho Journeys In stmeo. n illlllculty In inoMt ciim'h lnMiwrnlilo would stand In tho way. In order to visit any but n very Taw of tho nearest bodlost In spuco, tho traveler on our celestial railways would nood to Imeo their llvra very greatly prolonged. Wori'thoy to not out for liny dbttnnt part of tho itystein they nil would illo beforo thoy had fairly begun tholr Journoy. A voyngo to tho moon, to Venus or to Mnr would, uu tier tho nlxivo conditions, Iw OHnlblo, to nny other body In thosysUun It would bo liniios slblo. Thi Journoy to tho moon would 1 com paratively short. Our companion Is distant about UIO.OUU mlloHt or, In round uumbors, Its dlstnnco contains ten tlinea an many miios n aro eoutninai in tho cart Irs clrcmu foninco. Traveling nt tho rnto of sixty lulled nu hour, and tiovor stopping, It would tako botweou 1(10 nnd 11)7 days to reach tho Jounioy' eniL Compared with other lionv only distances, this Is n moro nothing, but compurctl witli tho distances nctunlly trav crfcrtl by tho avorngo man, it Is very groat Indeed. Kow over travel nt sixty tnllos an hour, and then only for short jiorlods, nnd nt consldor ablo Intorvnls, Many, probably tho major ity, of thiHo who llvo to n gooil old ngo cover la than 10,000 mlioM during tholr wholo liven. A great travclur might do It In, sny, iUtcen years. For oven n conductor or engi neer of nu express train It would reirulro sovcrnl year Lot us now tnko a trip to tho plnnot Ve nus, our noxt nearest nolgubor. This will bo a much moro formidable undertaking. Wo liavo keen that a succetftton of tho long est Journey oyer this earth would form but short and passing episodes In n llfetlmo. Wo havo hoen tliat, on ono of our Imaginary rail ways, tho traveler could clrclo tho world in Iota than throo weeks. Wo havo mwh, not only that n Journoy to tho moon is quite oa slblo to tho pnaougors by our celestial rail way, but thnt equal ami oven greater dis tances aro often traveled on earth. Hut a trip to Venus would bo n very dif ferent matter. Vouus, as you may know, is nliout 'Ji),000,000 mllos away, or, at sixty miles an hour, without stopping, tho Is dis tant a Jounioy not of threo wooU or six months but of somo (lfty years. On tho Im aginary railway such n Journoy would bo iMhsiblo, for a groat many persons llvo longer than fifty yoars. Uut In real llfo no ono over tins traveled, and no ono over will travel, anything llko bo far. No human bomg over has traveled 5,000,000 miles, nnd It is FAfo to say that 110 ono over w ill To comploto this measure of Journeying would rwpilro un avorago of 100,000 miles a year for (lfty years, homo few, porhnps, In all tholr lives may havo traveled t ,000,000 miles, but theso aro probably raro exceptions. 80 wo hco that no ono over has lived who has traveled moro than n small part of tho dis tance to Venus. Yet, comired with other bodies in tho system, this star may bo said to bo almost a noxt door uoJghbor. St. Nicholas. LttvrjetV lo. In England a barrister, as a lawyer la thoro called, cannot recover by nn action at law any feo to which ho may Im morally entitled for ecrvtcoH rendered to a clleut. Tho expla nation of this dovlatton from tho commou rulo of paying for ncrvico is given In Casholl's Saturday Journals An article or Magna Chortn nfllnns that Justlco shall not bo sold. As tho king Is tho fountain of Justlco and barristers servants of tho king, it was hold that it would bo unlaw ful for them to receive payment for aiding a subject to secure tho bencllt of law. Formorly tho monoy In aymcnt of tho barrister's foo was dropped, as If secrotly. Into tho hood of his gown; now a member of tho bar adopts tho moro open method of re fusing to go into court until his elerk has re ceived tho feo marked upon his brief. "What brings you hero to-day, Mr. L f asked a Judge of an eminent counsel "Twonty guineas, my lord," answered tho lawyer, making no secret of tho raet that ho was violating Magna Charta and doing, In substance, If not In form, what tho prophofs servant was punished for doing exacting a foo for a uumauo kcrvlco. English law liooks call tho feo an honorary reward. Tbo black gown worn by EnglUh lawyers Is a relic of the days when tho clergy were tho only lawyers, and always appeared In an ecclesiastical dress. Tho homo hair wig, which every English barrister wears whllo In court, Is a survlvnl of tho tlmo when men wero ashamed to wear tholr own hair. A I.luccrliig Grip. Robert Watts, a young farmer from Chat ham, attended n faith euro meeting. Anna Delanoy, a young woman about 0 years old, also attended tho mooting. She wont Into a tranco, nnd In walking about tho room ap proached young Watts, seized his hand with a llrm grip nnd started off. Watts struggled to get loooo, but couldn't Sovcral men tried to fctop tho girl, but sho kept right ou walking and Watts followed her. It was -J o'clock In tho afternoon when Anna took Watts by tho hand, and it was soven and a half hours bo foro sho let go her grip. Then sho fainted and lu about llvo minutes let go her hold. Tho young farmer lost no tlmo lu getting out of tho halt. Mba Dcluncy caino out of tho trance, but has no recollection of what hap pened. Philadelphia Times. Uxpllclt Information. Thoy wero n rty of fun loving school girls going homo for their summer's vacations. A ma&bor had sumwlod, us ho thought, in making tho uctunliitanco of tho most vivaclou. Uowuvur, try as ho would, ho could uot succeed In learning her i:nmo. Sho was equal to all hU otTorU in that dircc tlon. nnil mold not in-nt, iw uirrL..i 1,.,.. giving It nway Uho gave him a logu ad- tuns, nun evon woui kj iar ns 10 gi vo linn tho desired (ennlssIon to call on her nt her city homo. As tho train sloivivl im nml kiu inmi.. nrrangemuiits to Imvo tho car with her com panions, no umiio ono moro frnntle npjieal. "Say-whimi bliall I nk for when I -alir With nn liiinxx'Ut look of turpi t on her sauey faeo dm bald: "Why, ixaU f... me. of couiv)." Chicago JouniaL Experimenters at Manhattan, Kan., have discovered that the uko or salt on wheat Holds will greatly iuerrmo the yiehL It U nbx) an nounced that ualt will kill ptato bag Easily Done. It often happens that "a substltuto shines brightly ns a king," though through noc pocial rndlaneo of his own. Ono day n II ttlo Iwy came homo from school, nnd announced, "Mntnnm, I'm at tho head of my clnss." "Indeedl and how did It happonl" "Oh, Kitty Gray stayed uthoniol" Youth's Companion, To Hull Krnrr Tiutr, Mlsa A. Don't you find Now York society rather empty nnd unsatisfactory I Mr 8. Not necessarily. You can tako your cholco In that reoct. Thoro U tho llohemlan net, all brains nnd nostylos socloty proier with n fair amount or each, and tho four hundred, all stylo and no brnliu. Life, Developing American Literature. Scone, tho ollleo of Sharker's Monthly. Tho editor Is nt hi desk. A young man with a roll of manuscript in his hand enters. Young Mnn (with proper deforoneo) Aro you tho editor, sir I Tho Editor leondcscondlngly) Yea. Young Stan (dlflldontly)-I hnvo n story hero which I would llko to submit for your approval, sir. Tho Editor (coldly) Ohl a story I Young Mnn Yes, sir. Tlio Editor A short storyl Young Man Yes, sir. Tlio Editor (with gontlo sarcasm) Your flrst effort, l prcsuinof Young Man-Oh, no, sir; I havo written sovcrnl others. TllO Editor And whnrn hnvn tltnv l. -published f Young Man Thoy havo not been pub lished yet, sli Tho Editor Hal Indeed I Well, tho fact Is, wo make It n rulo not to publish anything bV IlIIV ono who linn nut niiltkl..l nnvil.lnr. nlrendy. Tho standard of our inngtulno ro- piuva inni. uur Humors suouiu uavo somo co lobrlty, you know. Young Man (loftllyj-Ah, Indeedl Well, sir (going), 1 shall call on you again when I am celebrated. Tho Editor That will not bo uecossary. When you aro celebrated I will call on you. I.los. Thu Mistake of u Lifetime Ambitious Mamma Ethel, didn't I see young Mr Fergubon paying iwrtlcular at tention to you last evening at tho jiartyl Ethel Yes, mamma, but I snubbed him effectually befcro the evening was over. Mamma liorror of horrorsl Aro you crazy f Ethel Not at all, mamma. Not this win tor, ills father. Is an lee packer. Mniiuua Yes, but ho makes artificial lea Daughter faints. Chicago Tribune. They rtuyeil II Im n Trick. "Thoro nro somo mighty menu men In this town," said tho tramp, as ho mot an ofllccron Woodward nvenuo tho other day during tho piping storm. "Wlint'shupjioued nowP qulrlcd thoofllccr. "Why, 1 saw a looso sign over a store up horo, and I went und stood undor It In hoixss It would blow down nnd glvo mo a knock. Had It done, so thu llrm would havo boon glad to sottlo with mo for (25." "And It didn't blow downr "Oh, yes, it did; but, you seo, tho houso got on to my rackot, and as I stood thoro tho porter camo out and ordered mo off. Ho said 1 was obstructing tho sldowalk, and that bo'd havo mo run lu. 1 hadn't gono thirty root beforo tho sign blow down. I did sup pose that tho farmer who kept a Dogardus kicker at tho gato nnd n dog In tho barn was tho meanest man on earth, but theso city chaps go him ono better." "It's sad," slghod tho officer. "You bet It Is, but I'll go down street and seo If somo coachman won't run over mo and niako a quiet settlement." Dotrolt Froo Press. J Getting Into Deep VFuter. I h;ard a pretty good story Tuesday. It Is ono or Oeorge Slaw-son's. Ho said that n Wend or his has n bright ray of sunshluo, In tho shape of a pretty little daughter, who, llko most children, says somo funny things. Not long ago tho little ono, artcr having boon very quiet Tor a Tow minutes, asked her mother If Ood knew all things. "Yes, he does," was tho reply. "Does bo know all that you or modoosl" "Yes, I think ho does." "Mu, does ho know all that 1 am coins to think I" - "Every thought, my dear." "How docs ho know It nroro 1 think Itl" And tho llttlo ono looked up Innocently nnd torrlbly In earnest. It Is not stated whothcr tho mother answered tho oscr or not. Do trolt Sun. Touching Her u Lriuon. Dnclo Rnstus (who has cause. I tho arrest or his wffo ror assault) "I want yo' ter gib it to her. ledno. rib her tin limlek nli iln Imv ni. ain't do fust tlmo sho Wilted mo." Judge I'm afraid, aunty, I havo to flno you f 10. Aunty-Well, yo' honah. I ain't cot 10 cents. Judgo tto Undo Rastus) It'll bo $10, Unclo Rastus. Unclo Rastus (handing owr tho money with a bowildcrutl look, mi nlmklinnld uiv This may Ihj right or this may Ik wrong) All rlllt. lodf-o. ilurn'a tin mnmiv iTnulfn as they leave court together) - Dar, olo woman, 1 irus- uis ycro siericuco 11 ram yo' a lesMin what yo' wou' rerglt." Haqr's uazar, I'rult nf Kxpcrlenre. Dobbv llQM Im-OII lllllinrtltlf. tri fllm mtntcrnr . j . , . O - ...w a.-v. tho Imiiortaut nnd cheerful Infoi-nintlnii thnt his Irthcr has got a new set of fal-? teeth. "lndml. Hobby," rvplKnl the minister In dulgently, "and what will bo do with tho old hetf "Oh. I s'liosfl.'" unswnrnil Ftnliliv "thnr'll cut 'em down and muko mo wetirVm." tlar)cr s Uazar Oil the Itoml to Wealth. "What nro your prosjwets iu lifer her father sternly BkuL "Well," haul the young man, nsodertly, "1 have Invented u new cough medicine, which b all .ready uo-.v to lo brought beforo tbo publla" The engagomvnt was announced o.xtday SotuorvlUei';4. !. THE ARIZONA KICKER. Botno rirnnnt I'strnrta Culled by TJie Drtrolt Tree I'rrns. Wo extract tho following from tho last Issuoof Tho Arizona Klckcri Poon Siiootino. As wo wero returning to our ollleo rrom tho Widow Smith's tho othor evening (wo havo been sparking tho widow (or sovcral weeks past), and Just as wo camo opxl(o tho otd Indian fort, somo ierson whoso manners certainly need polishing up, llred four bullets nt us from a revolver Tho Intent, no doubt, wn to kill us. It took us nbouttho millionth partof n second to reallzo this fnct, nnd tlion wo oX)tied out ror a run nnd niado good our wciiikj. Wo don't claim to Iw great shakos on shoot ing, but if wo can't hit tho editor nnd pro prietor or n grout nnd growing weekly nt n dlstnnco or twenty feet onco In four shots, wo will leave Arizona. Wo don't claim to bo a Chostcrllold, but If our manners iwnnltted us to hide awny Iwlilml nn old wnll nml begin flopping nt n gentleman without warning, we'd oxoct to bo mentioned in thosamo lino with n hyena. Too Much Talk. Thcro Is altogether too much tnlk about that mlstnko of our popular young druggist of tho Illuo Front which tent Col Jim Jackson to Ills grnva Col Jim asked tor qulnlno nnd got strychnine by mlstnko, but there nro n irood man v redeem ing rcntures. Tho colonel was old and lazy, nnd left no ono to mourn his loss. Tho drug gist Is n young and energetic mnn, who sold out n coal ynnl hi Chicago to como hero nnd go Into tho drug business, nnd It must bo ox iectcd ho will innko a fow mistakes iu tho go off. Wo call attention to his liberal manner of advertising In Tho Kicker. Ho has as sured us that such a mistake cannot occur again, ns ho has properly labeled tho bottles. Anotiikh Lit Nailkd. Our esteemed con temporary down tho street charges us this week with bulldozing tho business men or thU town Into advertising with us. Wo nail th statement as a Ho, and every business mat. will nail It as a Ha Our methods or securing, advertising hnvo always been porroctly legiti mate. H n mnn who lied rrom Ohio tooscapw stato prison for nrron oiwns n grocery hcrw wo urop nrotinti ror n rrlcnilly chnt with him, and wo let hint know thnt wo nro posted on him. Then wo sot forth our circulation nnd lulluonco, glvo him rates, and If ho says ho doesn't want to advcrtlso thnt ends It Whllo wo ndvlso nil to advcrtlso, wo never bulldozo, as all can testify. If bulldozing would securo advertising tho old elnp trap concern down tho street covered with mortgages would bo qulto apt to try It Dotrolt Freo Press. Will Never Do It Agnln. 1.1 ISolxtH I I IV YounR Dlgby was told to try a Chlucso barber In Mott street, nnd ho did. N. U. Ho Is to lend n "gennan" In tho ovcnlntr. Lire. A (J rent I'mergcncy. A recently nppolntcd xillccman was ono night scut to n rcmoto part or tho West Twefftli street district to travel tho beat or nn officer w ho hail boon taken suddenly 111 Tho locality was a dangerous ono, and beroro sotting out from the station tho new man was admoulshod to Im suro to call for tho patrol wagon If ho got in nny trouble. Two hours later 11 tcrrlllc thunder storm nroso. Capt O'Donuoll sat In his prlvato ollleo, a number of officers lu rescrvo Idled about tbo squad room. Suddenly tho telephono Instrument clicked. Capt O'Douncll hoard tho operator tell tho patrol wagon to go to n certain local ity "In a hurry." A "hurry call" Is serious. It means that an officer Is in need of Immodlato assistance. This call camo from tho post to which tho now man had been sent Tho captain Imagined all sort of despcrato crimes. "Como on, you men)" ho shouted to tho officers in tho squad room, as ho rushed out of tho station and sprang aboard tho wagon, which was already In tho street Tho re serves hurried after him. Few stopjiod to got storm coats. Thoy piled on tho wagon, tho word was given, nnd away dashed tho patrol, rushfng through tho storm that In less than a moment had drenched every man through and through. Arriving at tho box from which It had been called, tho wagon pulled up. Capt O'Donncll leaped to tho ground, his men following. Tho policeman who had called for assistance camo forward from a doorway "What" tho troublof" excitedly demanded tho captain, "Why, I wanted my rubber coat," replied tbo officer. And ho Is still on tho forca Chicago Tribune. In ltllfnl Ignnmnre. Thcro Is an U-year-old Ijiwroncovillo boy who, ir he lives, is likely to liecomo a second Artcmus Ward. He was at school thu other day when tho teacher wos trying to lllus trato some question of mathematics no moro difficult for tho ordinary scholar to compre hend than tho simple projiwitlon that two and two make four Sho bail made tho ex planation several times over, but. wishing to make sure that tho buy underbtood, asked a question of him. Ills reply Indicated that ho had not tho remotest Idea or what sho had been laboring to make clear Tho teacher explained again, then In quired. "Do you too nowf "No," was tlio answer. Her patience exhausted, tho school ma'am exclaimed 1 "Johnny, you aro terribly Ignorant" "YcsMiin,' returned tho youngster, and then added, with stolid gravity, "where Ig norance Is hlisx 'tis roily to lie wlso." The twichor (omul It lmx,lblo to keep from laughing, but Johnny did not oven smlla PilUhiirg Ihstmtch. Tim .Mt-uni-Ht Tiiun In America. A iarty nf driimuierN resting over New Year's wciv4-ntisl in the oirrldor of 11 lead lug hotel thN morning dlxusslng the chur nctcilhtlen of the dim rent low n thoy visit Said uuoi "The meanest town In the west Is in northern I'mimw. While I wn there last month they found the deail lxxly of nu un known man lu the tiwtn lu his ixx-kets were ftui und 11 revolver Instead or Inking tho money and giving huu u diiviit burial, they iiirnlgmil him under the name of Itleh aril llixj, lined I1I111 the $IIX) ror i-mrjing con rvuled weaxius, and burled him In the pot ter's Held In an old pine box. "-Kuunin City Star. A Swrrt Mouth, Do Smith-Don't you think Miss Trav I has a remarkably sweet mouth I Poseyboy-Sho ought to hava I furnish her with alut I'J worth of caramels a week. Uurllngton Freo Press. JViOTflw5 wliv' mm "A Well Hounded, tluppy Life." If, as it Is claimed, happiness is ono object of living, Is It certain that largo wealth means unalloyed felicity! Tho possession of wealth Un goal thing. No ono but a fool derides thow who seek to mako money legit imately, but wealth, when suddenly obtained, rnrely brings contentment Men must bo educated to tlio enjoyment of wealth, thoy cannot ncqulro tha nrt of oven iondlng money Judiciously In a moment, or oven tho knowlodgo lion to tiso wealtn to their own advantage. Men who ncqulro n fortuno by slow degrees ripen Into a knowledge or Its proper use. Rapidly acquired fortunes bring with them nsplrnMons which uro uovcr satis fied. Tho world Is apt to protest thu demands of such men. You tuny tnko tho bluo Ixxik of nny city of oven 1 row years ngo, nnd thoro will bo tho names or scores or men who Moated to tho surrnco Uxm glided shingles who havo asscd nway, and tholr brier careers or prosjierlty, which many, no doubt, envied, hnvo termi nated, ierhaps, In dishonor, but moro fre quently iu xivcrty, tho result or having ob tained i.t n year that which ir It bad como by degrees would hnvo Ixmjii kept, for then thoy would have attached a proper vnluo to tholr wealth. "When I eiid borrowed money," remarked a iqxjndthrlft, "I don"tseemns ir I was sieiidliig anybody's monoy." 80 It is with wealth. Lightly como, lightly go. Monoy honestly and laliorlously earned (snpt to stick, ror tho hand that has hnnlenod nnd tho brow that has sweat In securing It nro powerful reminders or its proper value, A well rounded, happy llfo Is not to bo built up by feverish sjioculntlon brought on by a hosto tobecomorlch, but a llfo reaches its rullest perfection and ncqulrcs its greatest caablllty for enjoyment when by modcrnto growth Its roots strike deep Into tho soil or pcnnntioiit prosjierlty, and Its branches Increaso slowly till It reaches rullest legitimate maturity. Uoston Journal Owl mul Mnn. Tlio flrst Is of n singular encounter between a man nnd nn owl, tho scene or which has often been xlntod out to 1110 by my guides. The occurrenco is well known, and If 1 mls tnko not thu hero or Itisstill living In Drown vlllo or vicinity. A teamster, taking In n loan 01 union uay to n lumber camp by the wny or tho old "toto road" rrom Browuvllle to tho Jo Merry lakes, stopiod Into in the nftoraooH to Imlt his horses. His halt was under a big yellow birch, und whllo his horses munched their onts tlio teamster colled himself up on tho top of his load and pulled his blnnkot over him ror a llttlo nap. Wheth er ho slept longer than ho Intended l do not know, but when honwokolt was nearly dusk. Ho with a quick movement drew his blnnkot rrom hlsrnco, when instantly his raco was pierced deeply by sharp and cruel talons. This flcrco onslaught had liecn mnilo by n huge owl, which on seeing his white racosud denly rovcaled, and doubtless taking It ror a rabbit or somo such animal, had tnstnntly pounced with nil his energy rrom tho trco nbovo. Tho assaulted man, rrenzled with pain and terror, and not In tho least knowing what had seized him, grasped diwjicratcly at his enemy, nnd clutching tho legs or tho owl with ono hand and its neck with tlio other, actually by ono wrench toro Its bend rrom Its body How ho oxtrlcated tho talons rrom his raco and how ho mado his way to tho clearings and help tho man hmilly know. I bollovo that by great good fortuno Ills oyea wero not destroyed, but for a long tlmo tho swollen condition of his faco prevented him rrom seeing, nnd I havo orten heard a de scription or liis nppcaranco during that period. Forest aud Stream. I'nslly Won. Nothing Is moro embarrassing to Its pos sessor than n reputation w hlcli ho has not deserved. A laurel wreath awarded by chanco becomes absurdly heavy, and tho un fortunate wearer, though ho may long to toss It Into tho nearest thicket, is usually un nbloto tug It rrom his brows. When tho late Proressor Moses Stuart Phelps was a stu dent nt Now Haven ho ono morning took a walk with Proressor Nowton, who lived In tho world or mathematics. Proressor Nowton, according to his usual habit, began tho discussion or nn abstruse problem. As ho went deeper und deeiicr, Mr. Phcljis' mind wandered rurtherand rurthcr rrom what was licing said At last his atten tion was recalled by hlscomiwuion'sTcmarki "Which, you see, gives us 'x.' ' "Docs Itr asked Mr. Phelps, thinking that, in common politeness, ho ought to say some thing. "Why, doesn't Itr excitedly exclaimed tho professor, alarmed at tho possibility that a daw had been dotcctcd in Ills calculations. Quickly his mind ran back over his work. Thcro had Indeed been a mistake "You nro right, Mr. riielps; youarorightl" hoshoutcd. "It doesn't glvo us'x;' It elves us 'y.' " From that hour ho looked upon .Mr. Phelps as a mathematical prodigy. Ho was tho first mnn who had over caught tho professor napping. "And so," Mr. Phelps used often to add, In telling tho story, "1 nchioved a reputation for knowing a thin? 1 Imtv rt'u i. ....... many reputations aro mado In this superfi cial world." Dotrolt Froo Press. Increasu of Noxious Insects. Noxious insects nm mm-n M,,,n.i.o nM,i .i structivo now than thoy wero fifty yearsago. Where nnturo has a chanco to work out her laws, nil animals, rrom tho highest to tho lowcht, do not Increaso beyond proper limits. Even man himself (3 110 oxcoptlon to this great law; hut lot a break occur In this great natural chain nnd It is relt all along tho lino. Bomo siccles will Increaso cnoi mously, whllo others almost entirely dis.i;vur Now, as Insects aro tar moro 1111:11 than all tho higher animals, It rolluws t ir somo un foreseen ovent takes place t...w favorsa great increaso of somo noxious sx."cles, man Is suro to bo a great sufferer. And tills stato of things Is exactly what is taking placo today. Tho reader will naturally Inquiro why tho boncllclal oues do not Increase as rast as tho destructive ones. Tho answer Is, tho rood plant or tho latter has increased enormously and all tho surroundings havo favored Its rapid Increaso, whllo tho other, living upon animal (Imago rood), Is entirely outstripped by tho vegetahlo eating species. -Now y0rk Telegram, A Trick on tho I)o. A friend of mine on tho west sido Imported a lino hunting dog from England which answers to the uamo or Short lie prizes tho animal very highly and ono or Ills dutlcH Is to seo every day that Short gets nil (ho esereUo ho wants. Ills groom usually attends to that, but tho other day ho was busy, so Short's master undertook tho Job himself. Ho has n treadmill ror this pur(oso when tho groom cannot tnko hltu out, nnd Short was hoisted 011 this to tako hU (irst walk. He had moro brains than ho was credited with, and calmly lay down. 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