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THE: AMERICAN It K 4' I tn.i, I . I . I . -I l Ik- . '' I tv 1 t ' . 1 ( .. . V ft 4 4 " It 4 It , .' t . - 4I ' t ....... I t l,SSi I-,,,,,-, A - ( ' r'IV-. tM. 1 4 t ! a- 4k.Io.aV' t ,.( 1 . . 1 !w i t t"l I i ! k ti t) tm l i 'i I!,!'-! -I 4 utM i .--1 a f ! i . I i afir-aul, 4 a -, -HH t- ' ' 1 tlK t I I 4 I '- v-a 4,s- .1.. . 4" Pa ST. M'KK'S sl'M MKII. it ti tw i.' i W It I iv I I. ttltg Itonald Iliim Ih rflnoiliralii Him ietlB n4 n) tiB -cnt lrt too oieaj lliala a!l Biinwine"' miJ t i ho tilting mi tlm floor In tin larea t almlow i)f tlm rtxtm aitr found I by Inund tultinmt of Punch. ' W hat's nil lion Pti " J III , ting": Why. that sentiment of your ll't narrcr' lair for you ituWd' That I a ni-r detail, tlm falrne i Urn Important point ahether tha uli cot lw a woman o- leapot' That I of I'liurm if you linvo miy taste or dn'ent feohng. but ponsibly Unit U tLo trouble, lion l you agree with mo. May? ' appealing to the accom panist who whs Hill wilt in at the piimoforUj. As to tho tittrrorness' of t tie senti ment 1 supposo you mean? ' she mid. lulling. Well. hud not thought much about it to say tho truth: but 1 did think how well your brother was singing; and evidently that must, have struck you, too. Lucy, s nee you at tacked him for his faithful render ng of another man's thoughts." There. Lu!" exclaimed Kona'.d triumphantly, with his eyes lixed eagerly on tho last speaker's lace. What a pity it is that you. too. could not take that view of my per formance." I should have striven to do so. my dear." said his sister, "if I had any grounds for presuming that my favorable opinion could alTccl you so strongly as as' "Mr. Kosseter, "interrupted I'onald. hastily, -have you anything sharp or sweet to say about my song? 1 think it is your turn now. " The man addressed was loaning back on a deep sofa set in the shad owed recesses between the windows. One arm was pillowed on a heap of cushions, the band shading eyes that looked stoadily toward the pianoforte; the other lay across an open book that he had been reading. I am afraid. Ronald. " he said, letting his upraised arm drop, and lifting himself slightly "I am atraid that I agree with Lucy in not admir ing tho last words ot your song. They are philosophica . no doubt and soothjng. but argue rather a poor capai ty for enjoyment. It is indeed 3iAJ.lwki as one's own any perfect - 'thing, whether, as Lucy says, it be a teapot or a woman; but a thing of beauty' should indeed be 'a joy for ver" a sad joy perhaps, if the treas ure be out, of our reach but still a joy. by reason of its beauty, not of our possession. There's a sermon for you! And all the time as Lady May said, you were only rendering faith fully, as should all good exponents, the opinions of another that is so, L-icyP" 'Possibly, " she answered, rather Impatiently. "I say, Konald. if you are going to ride over to the Sand fords, and be bacK before dinner, hadn't you bettor bo off? May and I are going over to Koseveare. I'ome and take an oar, won't you, Mr. Kos eetcr?" Yea with pleamre now?" "We shall bo ready in ten minutes. Come, May," and the two girls left Ihe room. "May." said Lucy Hume to her friend, hon they were coming down stairs. "I won't ask you to come up to the house at Koseveare. If they are out I shall only have to leave a message; and if they are in. I shan't stay very long. You won't mind sit ting in tho boat with Su l.ukeP" St Luke.",.- Oh. that is what mother and I al ways call him, his name being Luke. , lie really is a saint." ' - Dear me! I shouldn't have thought it" Oh, you needn't be disappointed not the variety you are thinking of; only about the best sort of man go ing. He was my father's doarest friend. And. since his death, he has been so good to us. helping us in every conceivable way, and only grieving us by his many absencos." "Ills oh, whon he Is explor ing and shooting. Isn't it? And ho is just going again?" "Yea immediately. It is horrid! And for longer than usual two or three years Most of it right in tho middle of Africa. I bollovo. And he never seems to got one a letters so we may be all doad or married, when he comes back with one arm and half an eye. perhnps. " Is it our beauty or your hero s .hat is tosu 1'erP'' said May. laugning. Ilia of cour.io. Hut beauty? Then you, don't think him tiot tho lea-t handsome,' as do the Sandford girlP" "I! I think his face sometimes beautiful, and always most interest ing." Lucy laughed, and, oponing tho drawing room door, called to Mr. Kosseter that t hoy were ready. He joined them, and they walked across the lawn to the river, where the boat loy moored at tho little landing place. "OarsP" said Miss Hume. No; sculla please." he answered. I will take you this last time if I may." When they reached the placo where Lucy wished to land, she jumped out, saying. If they are in, I must stay a moment but won't be long. Take care of May." I j ... t i-l n( , 1 V s - if l ' v 'f H It r ,,! f,; liv,,k, M' ,,.... 1- t ( ,H (Kl. Hf.J twt. 1- I Un f i !,. t ' 1, III . ', tl .': t . .! ' 41 J l"i- .-4 .i . I I m l Kl. M ,!(-,'( , W ,Hfl ,.t v; A " 'A4 jrli,ii mr u l it lit'M til ! i 4 !, k ml l Wf1 " li nMkr I !- f,l ' ' mm l.rt t'tm" An 4 ho nu d m for lhm I? um i ' : 1 ,1, : i I t, ! , "It I 4 t use il'4 l'o-i. i lli rolr ri- in ,.-r tn 'jmi rr rtii,r linr j ug t,i mm: l"h li tnng ei up I hikI, (!. ,L f that H a iiiiM(n le'i thtnttj." , ll rmttit hif or! aiiii tho ftuh n her hieli, l ot linfj lh laujjli and tlm look in hi tr i'twr liouald' am going rsy to tiiitrro I ady and that song Inlci-.ti mo viry much. Will you tell ma do you think it i tool eroed to car fur not lung that wo cannot grap? to " h! no, no'" she exclaimed, and then, chocking hotnell -but you too, Honald- ' "Yes. Itonald Ah! there is Lucy About three years later, on h still October afternoon. I.ucv Hume who was alone in her room heard a knock at tho door. 4'ome in," she said, and her maid appeared, to tell her with some ex citement that Mr. Kosseter was in the drawing room. "Mr. Kosseter!" she exclaimed, and. rushing past tho wo mm. ran down stairs and dashod Into tho drawing room. "is it really you?'1 she said, soil ing l-'osseters hands. "You. with all your arms and legs and eyes. 1 am so sorry mother is out she won't be long aren't you? And did you come here first? ' "! did come straight here as soon as I set fool in England. And, let me see I' m not long and am sorry is that what you asked? How well you look. Lucy and prettior than ever. You are not married, are you pi "No.notyet," she answered calmly; but Ah! indeed? I see of course! And ' "Ronald is you know. Did you get any letter ever.-"1 "Konald yes, of course. Letters? Well, no, I never You know how hopeless I am about having them forwarded." But then, how " "Lucy, come and walk by the river, will you?" Oh, by the by Oh, yes, I'll come. You go on first, and I'll get my hat, eta You can see Konald and his wife by the by. They are here," He walked slowly across the grass, and looked at the river flowing silent ly past as it had flowed since that summer day three years ago. Then the sun was shining, and the river glittered among bright green, and gay flowers. Now it passed on quietly, t.arkly bearing away red and golden relics from the dropping trees, lie turned away as a woman eame around a bend of the garuen toward him. "Already!" he thought, and then moving forward ho said. "Lady May!" She had not seen him, and, as she beard his voice, raised her eyes with a half cry. J beg your pardon." he said. "I am afraid 1 startled you." "Indeed Indeed you did. " she said. "I was I happened just then to bo thinking of you. and so" 1 see." he laughed; "the proverb is so true!'' Have you seen Lucy?" "Yes; and she told me you were staying here." "You know she is going to bo married?" "I gatherod so from her elaborate remarks." "You gatherod! Didn't you get their letters in your wild wander ings?" "No; never." "Then you didn't know of Ron ald's marriage?" "That I think. 1 knew. Just now Lucy mentioned it." I wonder if you will like his wifo!" Luke bosseter flushed, and said rather coldly! ' "I hopo I never gave her cause to imagine that I should do otherwise." "I novor knew you haa evon seen her when she whs Miss Vernon." "Miss Vernon!" he exclaimed. "He marriod Miss Vornon and not " Oh! I see! You thought no. Mr. Kosseter; ho did not marry me!" And she laughed, laughed on softly at the light on his face. "Ah! you wore not then, o to him. ' and so" "He doo9 not care and wo are all very good riends. And you see that contrary to Lu's prediction, none of us have died, and only one of us has marriod since you left." And you? You are well and happy? ' I am very well and h-ippy." Not very happy?" he said, taking her nanus. l.Htening tn the rippling of laughter that she could not check, and watching the glistening of her eyes that she o ,ld not hide. 1 think very." Ho looked down at the hands that he hold botwoon his own. May, May!" he said, '-it is autumn-tide now doubly so with me. How can I dare " Do you know' and her hands trembled in his "do you not know that it is St Luke's summer?" And they walked on through the rustle of red und golden leavos in tho ruddy light of the setting October sun, London World. ta t I i I - I t - 1 t ' (.!, ft t ll "II 1 i ,i : f4 II " I" l e- i aim ..' a ! i . t t.,n a a la I t J o ii M !. ' W ,1 li t i.-- A a ' li a i ,,-4 i, . t J to, llloi i,itn-t I hat tn .' it a ,foO-M aN f-4, a a r , " , a' ti al n-i a-il ,ais h Ilia ol' I t nl -l 444 1 I, a a iion tuy a m a m iiiy 'Ht ti II li, r.i-.g m iof",-t t'l', f Ifta llifc' 4m tiH';i at , -a an lt',1 a f ' i i'l I ha I IN ;ui a l! r- -i . i a I i. n oiiiiAmt lii.li tm ah, oil halt alt I. our b.'oio nmri lh rm-dij i aiua upon jitir ramp iii la ina fi ii-4'y. A amalt OiitpuM of mat in infaittv od.li n V oti i llio mill nm ! aoiii n-icniia looki iir t'j.'iin1 ci-op Itiif nut ol a aoo.J Id., run at ohc lioiitni lla't:i' ., Hi uk'' t hit unit eM'iJ a a nmh nn4 a lolley from ttlicli our h tulful of tn.'ii e nped lij' a uiiracln Ilia aliiriu an given ntiil a'ter a niiMiii'iit.ny ama 'iMiionl nlmh an very natural i-vorytmdy ijiiickiy to t'sinid hm lircwetu-a of in. nd It a as high Umk for the enemy was barely i.ioi-o than Hi t-ty vhi',U' distance from tho tcnu of tlm i.enj (iiiarler's slnlf. J'he "entries on duly an.1 tho colonel himself blav.ed away vigorous ly, and only a few step olT umlor the Hashes of the rillcs we saw a din k surging mass, whence came tho shouts of Ihihomey! Dahomey," with savage yells. It was truly impressive this attack by savages in tho shadow of niht, and with soldiers less seasoned than the marine infantry and our gallant soldiers of the Foreign Legion there is no knowing what might have hap pened, for the slightest sign of weak ness would have been our ruin. Very luckily, every one did his duty with cooluoss. In less than two minutes after tho commencement of tho attack two companies of the For eign Legion had hastened to tho front and the Lebul ritle at onse began wholesale its work of destruction, turning the yelling crowd advancing along our front into a regular human "'iash. In a few minutes the ground A,s swept cleap right away to the edge of the wood. AN ALPINE GUIDE. ilow 11a Saved Hit I'atrou 1' rum Falling Into ti CruvasHU. A thrilling story of mountaineer ing is told in the Quarterly to Illustrate the danger of making diffcult ascents with a single guide. A travelor fell through a snow bridge. His single guide could just preserve his equi librium, but, was quite unable to. do more; he could only hold loyally by the rope and wait for the event It is ditlicult to conceive a cruder situation or a more terrible responsi bilitythe very punishment devised by Mezentius and yet to decido upon cutting himself free! Fortun ately, after about an hour. by the merest chance another party came in sight upon the glacier and tho traveler was drawn up in time to save his life. If tho rule Is ob served that at least three persons must be on the rope, no such danger can ever occur. Though the idea still lingers that brandy keeps out the cold, the writer on mountaineer ing repeats that it has tho opposite effect and adds that as a cure for gid diness alcohol is valueless. The broad path Is the only remedy for giddiness. Another which was once tried may be eflicacious enough, but Is only mentioned, without being recom mended, in the following story; A party of four were entering on a nar row lodge, whon one of the travelers declared that ho was giddy and could not move. The loader, one of the two famous Oberland men of the time (nearly thirty year ngo), merely turned to the second guide with tho brief command: "1'ush him over." His orders were always beyond question, and tho travoler was straight way lowered over tho precipice, and, after dangling on tho rope for a few seconds, was drawn back with all hir powers of climbing restored. Ilrhlnil tlm Tlllim. Religious persecution still exists In Vienna. A Motholist congregation was first formed thero in 186.1, and after continuois Interference it has been finally forbidden. For several years the Methodists have worshiped very privately, but about a year ago a police otllcer visited tho pastor and demanded to see the articles of his re ligion. There being nono in the Wosleyan church, tho pastor found a copy of the twenty -live articlos which Wesley chose from tho thirty-nino articles of the church of Kngland. and on the strength of the twenty second forbidding tha mass as a blas phemous deceit Methodist preaching was prohibited in Vienna. The caso was brought into the courts with the same result, and tho Methodist pastor dare not now open his mouth. la It Ti-ii A correspondent of the Now York Sun. of late data, says, print these four lines without punctuation and no one would beliovo thorn, yet rightlv punctuated thoy are true: "Kvci'V lady in every Imul Has twenty nails on each hand Five and twenty on hands and feet This is truti without deceit." I.uvcil Ills raa. Little Roy I mot Mr. Jones on tho ttreet and he said ho wantod to soo papa about somothing and he called papa a "walkin1 enelopoda." Mamma Indeed! And what did mv 1 ttle net snv to Mr. .lones? I Little lioy lcallod him an old cen- ( tipode and throw a stone at him. , Good News. V t an l Miuit, iai.i k s..i i at I Ml l l' t 1 i. . Ma a- a V, .i..c.r ta .. a In I i tl hllf oit l'a 1,. I t . I .... , t ,-4 at i If l i m I a . a omi- 4 a!f.jl I ta-rn ,1,1, m -.. 1-4 o- f 4 1 1 i'l l i l 1 t l r I I I'a. ft M. am W I, a i"k- , --m !' i . 't a'tn o 1 O, aim , li lu- tii; M I D Until caxot an t I'Hrllil UI--4 Hi !lit1 Ta n Ida liui ,4 nj It iHr' I imi, Hi lt k '4 atmia i it.n in' ami It- ii 4o 'i I ar.ni i,! ti, ,. Mum a 4-l ', !, il - i In- iiimnt ,,( I II ilit alioi.1 iiiti-t uif ii, ii b, I'.h ilo.l it a t.ri" h 'ii4 t, am po) bi ity hr.tali out I'.nia m tlii a on lli aatct- fr.ml and , a a do treat ili al t d i'iin;n t,i a "g. of a hit it lon4 at amait tut t ilinir h im Ik mi ,n 4 Imiti ndi alu-n timing mii'4 ar open M to air 1 lit placet. li!kin audi a tlm titii patrol ti-e are proad over the i nro n Hm Imal additional pivaul on thai h i tun u gi niiity ran sugge-l 'Hm tin Diluted on lirnl atcnpiiig into Ihe cold, clu'oi li4 pi a e. with H dump cement tloor. are npl to wonder why it has all been unnn Tho long ItlacK stalks don't look like much V led against the walls, and to hear their immense value set forth is eniiitirh to take tho breath away, ltut tho pla e does not. always onlain it 1,000.000 sto k. Tho season just closing was a most pyoiitablo one, and in eonsoiuen e tho warehouse is near ly full. The lady purchasing a few slicks o' whalebone on her shopping tour sciircoly realize tho immense risk and great amount of labor nit essary to place it on tlio counters " said . R Wand, one of tho representatives of tho whaling company to ti Chroni cle reporter. "Thoro is a big risk even hora We can take no chance'. In the rough, after a simple polish ing. the bone is worth a pound and wo have at least .'0 ). 000 pounds on hand now. When the vessel docks at tho wharf yonder we pitch in and work day and night until the cargo is housed in hore and then we try to got itolT on tho railroad m soon as possi ble. While it is hero this little structure is guarded day and night. A million dollars is something of a responsibility." Where doos most of tho bone go? ' was asked "A great deal o' it goes to New York," replied Mr. Wand. but most of the cutting Is dona In l'arls and Rremon. A little Is done in London. We polish It oil here, get tho t olor, assort It out and put it up iu bundles. Then it is forced through to Its desti nation as rapidly us possible. 1 on see the bone with a light or pearl shade is worth more than tho bin k. and we have to separate It" Several of the bundles bore the mark of M. i. It In a diamond. "That" said Mr. Wand, is the naino of tho vessel rom which the hone was taken; In this instance tho Mar D. Hume a ve.sal which brought the most valuable cargo that ever ar rived from the Arctio seas. One or two o these bundles are marked cut' you observe. That li to guldo tho buyer when tho b mo is olferod for sale. It signifies that tho bono Is knicked on some portion of it. The value is greatly reduced, and we must there ore handle the ca -go liku oggs. If ro.,ghly bundled a cargo of whalebone can well nigh be ruined. Tho slightest cut iu a stalk brings it down In value about one-half." "The bone, you know, is the tooth of the wha a and a fair si.od front molar is worth aboat ):. In evory whale's jaw there are 47;J tooth and ono good sized tutad is worth a good deal of money. On tho last trip tho men on tho Jes-tio D. rreeman brought one big fellow alongside, the head of which produced .1,000 pounds of bono. Tho mouth of tho whale Is simply a hugo suction pump. The monster travels along with his mouth wide open on the surface The only food ho will tak-J Is a litllo red bit of animal lifo that floats on tho Northern sens He sucks in enough to make a good mouthful and then ojocts tho water. Tho food is sifted down through tho small teeth and is filtered like a lot of sawdust would bo in a sieve." This black hair that fringes tho bono lins a, separate value, it is cut from the teeth and Is used for making line furniture. It has become so val uable, however, that it can not be used to any great extent" "Whon do you expect to ship this cargo oil?" As soon as over Providence will lot us. It is something extraordinary for us to huvo such an enormously valuable load here, and wo won't hold it a dity longer than necessary, I can assure you." Kver troubled by thieves?' ' "No. " was the laughing response. "The bono is a trillo too heavy to run away with and the place is too well guarded. Fire is tho greatest dangert and you can see how that has been guarded against" Out In the bay six of tho most un sightly ships that ever huddled to gether in port were tossing. I'ui up at auction the lot would scarcely bring its value In old lumb'r but thoo hulks brought in as valuable a freight as many a treasure ship has boon laden with. I'o'ir Hint lldiui'-i If, Oeorgo Jones, a woodchoppcr. en gaged in tr. mining sycamore trees in tho center of Min bernardino. Oil., observed hanging over him two shin ing objects. He climbed higher und 1,1' l.v . , ,. 1,1 ' , . fa 1 ' 1 - . , .- a a , I 1 i , t , f !., i t- ' ' a- 1 r. , n, . , ,a l --' Met lVn.l- I I 1-,. 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Its pi 4--.4 tit. a M , li, laa W a ..I not . latiinr l a. a than 11,44 iattur pail fl tha ,ii . titf(tilh ii "lit ) alt,, ,t mi ttiitnlit-4 y at a And a a t I ,ttt tfino i -.. in I n land I hi-t-c an-a tio atoiiiii l'.ii and al' illll . nl 4 to i in t y li H c t ,l Hear ttr 4httit patla i Um otlt,lry at II, t 1 om a j'i-oi,fi at ,y , I lit Imiiifl ao giMn-i aily, llnr a not neariy u much letter a l it Uig Ma now go itl It c-iiii-nt journey and want lo lei our liear otti-s tnow w lie to wo ant wluit e art do n,- atol how an am fartn i tsuli llteia wt-ra tiot tuaiiv poato Ileus Hiuaitio of tint cilu4 ami largit tow na and ll was only In importatt places In lh vicinity t f I oiiilott that Iho mail m ai-nl as often at ttttco a day and tita ns at a distance hud their letters and newa papers hut onco a week. To retnotij country places, villages, geutleun n's country residence mid farms, espec ially during the winter wl.cn the pub lic and private roads were very had. tho mails were very iiucei-tain, being often a fortnight U'fo and somelimes an entire month apart At that time the bags containing the letters wo o all carried by horse men, the mail carrier jogging along by night and day at the rate of about hvo miles an ho ir in good weather, and in stimuiur-limo; lor the high ways were usually in a very bud con dition, ho that, fust riding was not possible. The post man often ran tho rink of being stopped ami plundered by mounted highwaymen, at that tune a terror to travelers by horse back or conch. 1 hey seemed lo be on a sharp lookout for any valuables In money, paper, or otherwino that might bo sent in tho post bags. They rode tho fastest and finest, horses, wore bold and daring; and when Iho postman found himself in a lonely road or crossing a dark moor late at night you may be suro he urged his weary horso forward and joyfully welcomed tho first ray of light that shone from tho lantern swinging to tho sign of tho roadside inn. llounslow Heath Kinchley Com mon, and (jiudshill. In the neighbor hood of London, were celebrated haunts of tho higuwayman and tho secluded roads of Kpping Forest on the road lo Cambridge, wero often tho scones of plunder in broad day light. Those desporato robbers at lust lie tune so dangerous and tho peril of tholr attacks so serious to ; travelers of all kinds, as well as to tho postmen, that tho governmont j passed a law making highway rob ! bory an otionso punishable by tho J death' o" the criminal and the conlls cation of ail his property. Rut rob 1 berles still occurred. ! In 17811. mail couches proto.Hod by armed guards took the pla-o of post boys. The conchas carrlod passen gers also, and. as these generally car ried arms, the malls wore bolter pro te ted; but still daring and o fit linos successful attacks wero inado upoo them. "44 .., ii I-- hi'-a -it Wont. ti. Thero Is one advantage In being a woman " What Is that?" "Women are novor at a loss for something to talk about." "That's true, but there's a disad vantage in being a woman, also " What is it?" ' ifo Is to ) short to enable her to talk about all sho wants lo talk about." Ilri I"-!, I'ru 1 1 1 a I v . Husband Did you drive all those nails yourself? Wlno Yea I did. "Let mo soo your hands " 'Hore thov are not hurt a bit" Hum! Who held the nails?" TOLD BY TRAVELERS. The Spnnlsh peasant works every tlay and dunces half the night, and yet cats only his black bread, onion and watermelon. The Smyrna porter eats only a little fruit and some olives, yet he walks off with his lend of 100 pounds. In the Roman Campagnit, at the sepulchre of Metella. wife of Nulla, there is an edto which repeats five times, each tlm:' being in a different key. It will bKo repeat a hexameter lino, or another sentence which can be spoken In two and a half seconds On the bank of the river Nairn, be tween llingen and Coblentz, thero Is an echo capable ot repeating a sen tence seventeen times. A peculiarity of this echo is that although the origi nal word or sentence be uttered in a whisper, yet the volume of the sound increases many folds in the echo. In Cochin, a town on the coast of Travancore, it state iu India, there is a small body of .lews who tire called White .lews, becaiiMt their skin is fair and their hair light They were once I very numerous along this coast: but in Cochin, where they have a quarter all to themselves, there are now only some '00 of them They have dwelt here for hundreds of years as a distinct race aud claim to be descendants of Uie .lews who fled f 'oni Jerusalem after its destruction by the Romans ( A. D. 701. - 4 tn a r 4- 4, . a I .-, 4 - ..- 4 s I , a 'A , ., u-a . , a.'. - - I :, . . I., -l Hi 4 t K .. n t - a , t t t u,. ll- i4 , -.'4 ..' ... r,, t .t j- a t fti i a, i-s-- n h i. at ' v I 'c m i - h . i,-..- li ,i ta i, m . i, 4-4 a I! a fnan.H-a 1.4 1,- li fi t. i -K Mi I I I 'f 4. It IH t .1 .4-4 I4H1, ll ill 4l initX-4 H.at !i um i u- .i a' livai-t ar j- nun, -tit, i i tl, al I ) li., imul t (,- In I etitr(ity I, ,t a ilwl ',t ntanr Jai ll,a - in aid iua ' a tha nl t,t an4 alia' li ;iiM t'tr-.Hi4t,ty 'a a i la' Ih-i- 1 1' a t,l I l." i in ' i. m iii-.i,ii th.4 intli.mm of liiemvitt tmt in many tan U sn.llii.i 4, imiitj a unit Itt, 'ur a 4-:. 4 to .tt ) tn t il'. k' ' n mat lef in a !i4t !an,' uae apoUeti hav t acn nit. -ell Willi iliri atnetirtty and the li'tn 4f p v ,'. it! wine , only yoiillt l CNpab It i iriiit iii.ii in r.,e tiitty Hi" rear ndituril ta ti'tnii n ferro.l to a Mlid luer ' Hill lie let III la not 1141-tt triet erently. I nr I -tin it. It U an tiolirenateil I'ttenitiui'ii rouveyliig also lite aaniifaiici' of ri'sec. Iho wht-kcrs itie ot tint I iiinilrciiy order itad il Is liinlated liy con nuisaeiiia in whlakct-a thill tint alght of lint rear admiral lacing tho whistling wind on the iiuarter deck, w-ilh tit i.i elongated sideburns slreiim ing gay ly b ack over each siioublur can never bu lorgottna The rear ndiniittrs whiskers wore till right when his flagship Coicago sniled for Yonouela and thoy ura all right now that she has returned, ltut between those two period-, ono of them to bo accurate Iho port whisker has pii.ssi.id through a noro trial. II was while tho Chicago was in Vonouolnn waiei s. One day iho otll cer of the dock was ordered lo order the bosun's mate to order "Jlld Shears." the ship's barber to "stand by lo trim iho ail in .nil's luiir. '1 "Old Shears' stood by, und presently tha rear admiral was iu the cliuir. Tho rear admiral's luiir is chiuily back hair and with a full realization of tho responsibility of tho task, the harbor beiMin work in tho region of the napa ol tho neck. Ho progressed satisfac torily, in spito of the fact that tho ship was rolling rather awkwardly. Hut presently ho caught sight of a short bristly hair in tho port whiskor which stuck out stubbornly from tho whiskor Itself. Acting on tho Impulse, tho barber determined that tho unruly ha'.r should bo cut olT. whon it Is ro cordod with pain tho ship lurched heavily. Tho sheurs olosnd on tho , obstinate hair, but alas! on iho port whisker also, sovoring il. and giving the proud roar admiral tho appear ance of having u heavy list lo star, board. Tho roar admiral roared with rnge. and, hurrying from tho barber's shop run to his cabin, issued orders that Old Shears" should go to tho dun geon coll, and then retired from tho world. 'Old Shears' " olTenso wu considered so serious that ho hud to servo thirty days of solitary conllno nient. It was some time before the roar ndiniral wus again seen on deck, Whon he did rouppcur it wus noticed with joy by tho crow that tho port whiskor had rogalnod l',s former pro portions. It Is emphatically declared, howovor, that thero Is no connection botwoon its unprocodontodly rapid growth und Iho fact that on board tho Chicago are seamen who can beat all others in tho art of splicing. New York Tltnos. A f ThnuKlit. Ho was not tho kind of a husband ho ought to be, and his wifo frequent ly told him so. Tho other morning they wero having a tiff. "RyJovn."ha oxclttlmod 'you're tho hardest woman to please 1 ever saw. I cumo In lulu and you found fault with me and told mo I had bet tor stay out all night and when I did that you got worse and raised more row than ovor. What the mischief do you want me to do?'' Come In early." she said mildly. "Km-er-or " ho stammered "I nov or thought of that" Dlai'iivi-ry ot C04I lit IlllnoU. Fathor Honnepin. tho missionary, discovered coal in IGtiil In what is now Ottawa, III. This appears to bo tho first rocord of tho finding of coal la America, but it was not mined until nearly a century and a half later. In IS 1.1 Hvo uric loads of flinty coal were tloated down tho Lehigh river and sold for per ton. ilill-il It Oil. Out in my state," said the man rom Kansas, "wogrow pumpkins so big that tho horses can't haul them. What do you think of that?" I think. " said the man from the blue grass district "that you need some of our Kentucky horses out you- way." tin ir tut Inn ililor. Mrs. Snooper Isn' t that a very peculiar perfume that Mrs Ham burger has co nnioneed to use lately? Mrs. Skidmore It s carbolic acid. She wants ti tuuko poople bolievo she's been to F.uropo. - Tuck. i'hi' Hulliia' I' is tttin. Dr. F.mdeo Is there any last, word you want to leave for your husband'.' Mrs. aidso loll him he witl al ways have that when I am gone. An, I Ni'i'i-sa irt. It's fashionablo to havo a white rapped maid stand guard over the presents displayed at a wedding.
