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IW'ica ,i tint liny wmil.t 1. tn In'l Mm
p,Mh With t lti nf lb lnl.Mu l
Ybtn Jim si. "Well, air, tli wj'lHt .
Ilia ittit. the ifiiimvmi Hi j-t I hen-m-va
Ihat one tt a lime animate,! lliat Imar
rob ciiii w It liln ail am f w lilxn tug
Wife, ntphtining u j- ki.U nii, innkltiti
linvlicr lt a lt f toy urmiiinwiry !
(r (, tr, lliat la Ih fur f annua
nit'n tn-r. Thai l-r wa a Imtn iwhk
wl In kiip act. A a riiU-, I'lniianion ltar
ain't iniii'li ul i-MS'i'l fur clri iiiuri
and tinK"; bill, a Hi ft any, (lnTcaro
rxii'pll.inn lo all rill, and Hint l nr w aa
IhemoM rtv)lloiiHl txivl Inn thai vrt
got unnii!t'. I In waa an nil around
alhli'tr. Il rould rim like a atrvak of
Blue Ltn lightning. w)un tlm jiIiik pullor
bit h r luiiil and innkrn It 1m nmrlilni'lii'
olndi'ra, hla blow na vry niin li mom
dtwdly than any Hraidliiin warU't, hninuld
aivliu like l.i'niuliT whi'ti ll ro vn mi tlm
olhor aldn of lh rrwk, and Hint lu'iirentild
uao up more cnrtrldK w ith lost wniriuid
tvar to hla ronxtitiit Ion than any n'imloiiir
on the mils.
"Whi'ii ho Rot into a controvrrxy, be
didn't know how to null, any more limn
IhauNiinl a ft or din mr CI orro. Ilia Voire
waan't tuned to cry 'rmnmli.' I not into a
dlnuito mice with that lirnr, ntnl It re
quired the beavlext tSiv(ii(l'll nrKUiumita
1 eould Hit oIT to make him admit, the au
periorlly of liim w ho waa alli'Ki'd to have
dominion ovrr the biumta of tint tlclil, I'll
tU you how it waa, LiiNt aummi'i' I waa
Qhhlutfon KiHitrnay lake, tu llriilnh Co
lumbia. I not tirt'd of thla.
"The (IhIHiik waa all right, but tlirro
waa nobody around to lixtt'n tothoatorli'H.
I bad a brother at Cumr d'Alene military
remrvation in Idaho, ami 1 pulled up
atakea with the Intention of veiling him.
I followed the Kooteuay rlvor in a aouth
erly direction till I itokmmI over Into the
land of the free. I halted at t ho town of
Hope, on Lake Tuna d'Oreillo, ferried
Clarkn'a fork nud alruck into Ccmir
d'Alune iiiouutaiim. It wna about noon
tide, and it waa one of theme wift,, Mill
daya that iM'tmr moro frequently in the
piiRen of a novel than t ho mnm of the
weather map, The t rail led through a Jun
tile of blueberry btiMhea and ragged iiiar
rleaof jjniy, lleheiieovered bow Idera. Tall
pine timber grew at intervala. . About the
only Hound of the world that threw up
any aound wavea waa the grinding and
twining clatter of my pony'a hoofa. 1
ruached the brink of n mountain atream
that had been awollen Inlo a torrent by
Into ruins, nml I thought it bent to camp
until aome dove ahoiild ainiouiieu Hint the
raging wittera would be culm than to at
tempt to avvltn itand get jammed by dead
treea ami branehea that were whirling
along.
"I waa preparing luneli when the pouy
began to act curloiialy, lie pnweilthe
gi-oniiil, raised hla head In a frightened
manner, Hiiorteil ami did other thing
which hornea UNiially do when they know
that bivakera are ahead, I followed the
line of the pony'a gane, but couldn't nee
anything but, blueberry btiNhea. I noticed
one away nud felt that an Indian waa
lurking there, I brought the hammer of
my gun up mid funned In line of battle,
but the IiuhIi continued to away, and I
eould acd nothing. At hut, I felt wire that
I could aea part of a brown object, ami I
fired at It. It waa the porterhoiHe cud of
a ben r that I hadahot . Hit w in cut lug
th berrlea from that buah, nud I had in
terrupted hla meal,
"llrulii wheeled round, came out Into
Urn trillion the other aide of the torrent
and aurveyed me. Ilaugl I bit him again,
but It wiian't my day to Khoot, and the
pellet lodged forward of the Mhouhlcr, lu
atead of ingi-ai luting Ilaeir In tlui aent of
lila nlTcetlniiH. That ahol waa enough for
him. He amtpped at the wound and apoke
a aonoroiia growl, Then, loeating me na
the cailKe of I lie effect, ho proeeeileil to re
move the eatiae. ( inward be came, down
the ateep decline to the waler'a edge, The
Kprliigflold rupted nud iiuiiIk one morn
bole in the bear. He waa mad. Ilepltntg
ed Into the Mrivim, and keeping hlNamall,
wicked looking cyea bent on me awaiu
with n whole Nonled dealre to j.'et there.
Ilia head waa the only thing In night, ami
thla waa my target, I abut at It, alruck
him between the cyea and lifted lliu topof
hla bend off, m Hint. I he w alcr hlch he
waa NpliiMhlrig vtlih hla paw a washed Into
the akilll and mingled with the blond and
bra I ii a.
' "Hut he didn't halt, lie landed on my
aide of the creek ami wall zed along the
trail. lie waa a bideiiua object, w ith the
roof of bla bead gone and atriuga of brain
dangling around hla face, Another ahot
took effect in the body. He waa within 10
feet of ma. lie ralaed on ilia trnilera ami
came at me. One more ahot. I felt hla
bot, punting breath. My gun waa knock
ed from me. I waa In the embrace of the
bear. Hla bug waa terrillc, and I f"H my
ikeleton giving way,
"My w hole life paaaed In review. If I
bad known a prayer, 1 would have prayed
It, but my memory ia bad on aucii unit
I era, and I did not have my mamiNcrlpt.
I tried to get out my knife, but I felt that
I waa falling. I loat coTiaclouaueaa. When
I returned from ratalepay, the bear waa
dead bcalde me. He bad expired from bia
woumla juat ita be waa about to flnlali me.
Ha bad taken two bulla in the heart, hla
brain bad been almoat blown out of bla
akull pan, and yet he dlaarmed me and al
moatklllvit me before be died. Yea, air,
that bear bide you a there ia bia akin."
WaHhington Htar.
A .Simple llaromtr.
One of the simplest linromi'tcin In a spi
der's web. Nature day that when there
is prospect of ruin or wind the spider
shorten tho filament from which 1U web
ia suspended mid leaves things In this
state as long a the weather U variable.
If the insect elongates It thread, it la a
sign of linn, culm weather, the duration
of whk'h limy be judged by the length to
which the thread are let out. If he Kin
der romaina iunctive, it ia a sign of rain,
but if, on the contrary, it keeps at work
daring a rain, the latter will not last long
and w in be followed by flue weather.
Yankee Blade.
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and ! iiii l,t ci-li (ii, l with
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hu rrni'ii, On -t w a iltt iriifan
In 'tpatlun In aii.tl. ti 'We aliatl bavi
a rinUr lirnile IM Wi'Uiiing. WbiMfi.
rev btitmn,t, mid Mm Miiln, lnina
!tllit a fi "'a In fii-ul ol tup, alight
ly klitiik'ki d bervilltl kin. ill. t, r a klie
Biaiieril al hi t tiinpp-.t iirlghlmr, l inn
waa lliuiid.r In II. air, and no one Mi
ttrprlwl when In rinulng Imicalbnl lilb-l
Ilia farthiKl corner of Ih Rrial editli the
dciniiH Utoiv ri waa tveii out, 'Won
Onto you, acrilaai and rtiriaei, IiJ'mi
crltwi!'
"In Ihe paiiae that followeil llteatmoa
pbnre Beemed tnox clmrgisl w It It lllclllnl
elii'trlclty than ever, and Ihe tloinlule w aa
evidently Jnt almut l burl uponuahU
f,rrit Invert ivca, wbeil a Very atrange
thing liaipeiii'd. Old T , the aeMon,
niuat have Hlimiliered at hla pit, for Into
the rhnrch ami up the broad middle ainle
walkeil llmbily but t run! fully a very lilt In
child, who, with her poverty atrlrkcn
dn-aa and general apieamnee, preai-ntiil
the atrongcat contrast to the richly clad
aaMcmhlHge, Awake to bia dutlca nt laat,
Iheaexton hurried after her, but the up
lifted band of (he nvtor motioned him
bat k, and on walked the Hide one In ut
ter uncoliai'louaiieaa, until she reached the
Velvet atepa of the pulpit Itaelf, where alio
paused, and Hfter an instant'a lieaitatlon
ant comfortably down. An tndtwcrlliabhi
change came over the face of the preach
er, anil puahing aside the manuscript
which lay before htm be looked ntua wilh
kindly, benignant eyes. 'Suffer littlechll
drcn to come unto me,' he aaid aoftty,
'and forbid them not, for theirs ia the
kingdom of heaven,' and with a demeanor
whose gentleness strongly rout ranted with
his late indignation bo preached forgive
ness and divine love and the charity that
never falleth." New York Tribune.
Throwing an Old Nlioe.
The throwing of hh old shoonfter a new
ly married couple on their departure is
general all over the country. In Kent the
custom la accompanied by n little more
detail than is usually observed in other
parts of the country. The principal brides
maid throws Hut aline; the other brldea
maids run after It, the belief being that
the one who gets it will be the first to be
married, She then throw the shoe among
the gentlemen, and it la aupiswcd that the
one who la hit will also lie married before
tho othera.
The custom of showering rice over the
bride and bridegroom la a universal one,
although in aome parts wheat is aubstl
tuted. This waa formerly general In Not
tinghamshire ami Sussex. The practice
appeara to llnd a parallel In Poland, where,
after the nuptial benediction baa been
given by the priest, the father reeelvea the
newly mnrried couple at the door of their
bouse nud strews aome barley corns over
their beads. These corns are carefully
gathered up and sown. If thcygrow.it
la considered an omen that the married
pair will enjoy n life of happiness, (iraln
of any sort Is symbolical of plenty, and
no doubt nt different perlodsand In differ
ent countries that grain lifts been selected
which could be procured the most easily.
An old Spanish ballad of tho alxteenlh
century, "The Chl'a Wedding," re f era to
this custom, except that cars of wheat ap
pear to have been lined instead of Jhrash
ed wheat:
All down the sired tho ears (if wheat ore
riHliul Xliiteiiii Hying.
Westminster Hevlew.
tin Was trreeluliunlitti.
The parents of a youth who inukeathlnga
Interesting fur a Hiiffalo family were try
ing to instill into the young man's mind
the principles of self sacrillciuintl generos
ity and all that sort of thing. He had
been given aoine camly that afternoon and
had refused to divide with a little boy
who came to play with Mm, ( hilmlng that
there was no more than ho could get. away
wltli himself,
"Now, Heg," aald tho mother, "you
must nut do like that. When Johnny or
any of your other Utile friends ask you
for some of your candy, you must give
them Nome, You must not be selfish."
lleg couldn't see things In that light.
His mother labored with him for awhile
longer and aucccrded In making-tin Im
pression w hatever. Finally aheaaid: "Sup
pose ymi had two bananas, and one of
them wna smaller than the other and not
so good. Supposing your llltlualatcr waa
to ak you for one, which banana would
you give Iut, the small ami poor one or
ihe best oiicy"
Keg pondered for a minute. Then be
aald, "(In out ami get the bananas and
give me a cliiince,"
That ended tho lesson Huffalo Ex
press, Knew the Appla.
A man of about 00 years of age went
Into a store on Main atreetand stood ly
the stove wnrmlng himself and listening
to the con versa! ion of the men present.
Happening to glance nt a barrel of apples
by the counter, be took up one and bit
It. He looked nt the apple and then
atopjied reflectively. After taking another
taste of the apple, be broke out: "Say, I'd
almost bo w illing to bet a dollar that I
can tell where thla apple grew, There la
only one tree on enrth that hna the flavor
that apple bus, and it grew bark of the
houau where I first lived when I waa mar
ried and act tip for myself. Say, now,
didn't that apple grow in Howdoinhamr
I know full well it. did " Tho clerk told
him that a man from Hint town brought
them in, and the stranger said: "I have
not been down there for 10 years yes, 15
but I rcmi'in her this bit ter sweet apple tree,
and the apples here taste as they did 20
yeara ago." Lewlston Journal.
(he.
Excavations at Sakhara In Egypt have
brought to light a wall painting in which
two men are playing chess in tint time of
King Tela, whose reign Professor Hrugsch
puta at the year 8;I0 B. C. The game
evidently la thousands of yeara older thnu
baa been aup)iosed. It baa been auppoai-d
to have been introduced into India from
Persia by the Arabs In the alxth century
k. D. Exchange.
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In II-.- ifl pl, II.. it sin l insny le atli It
r. Ilis( ii iv i iiii-i itaiiKi r i ( a rar
I -. l-iiillsloll Thru nvn llt,l lit J
ttirir Iraln lots lis own lidl of way and
runs tx-tfitlfith t',- y ii(,-l and la limited
mil bf l-y all lb trains I'ist'a iimihIid
abrad of It Thi n tl the lit'! tlntiKi r la
Irntii aomi lblim l bind btrh ibn' kiiow
W In n we haw Mopped or broke annul liitig.
and which run lnli ua uiirkm'tally.
1'hirealu'l any nun bsking oul ,r any
kind i'f collisions, ' aue w Io n they come
it ittntlrr mlgbly little which cud i u'n
putting forward - your lnmt or your fi-rt
bill if you insist on looking ool fur Vm
from ladilud - I'm n tilling you."
"Any more arguments! ''
"tint plenty inoreargtiMicnts, tsiaa. You
don't w ant lo sleep w lib your fis-l tow ard
the engine, Isi-aitse if ymi do the draft
through the car blowa right again your
bead, and when it gets cold at night your
head and chest aro exposed. Put your
bead toward the engine, and you foci cisj
w ithout gilllug in no draft. Il's just the
Mine way in summer. If you alei'p with
your fwt toward the engine, you can't
have your windows open, with the screen
in 'cm, w ithout getting the wind and line
dust right In your face, whereas, if you
Bleep with your bead to the engine, you
get the oik il air and no draft and dust.
"Is that all you knowf"
"No, Ikiss, I hain't told you tho big
geat argument yet why you should have
your bead mndu up toward the locomo
tive. The most aerions thing of all ia the
circulat ion of the blood hi your body. You
been having your feet made tip toward the
engine, eh? Well, I reckon you don't nev
er sleep very well in the cars, do youP
lour night a res' is usually broken, ain't
UP Well, air, lcnnno make up your bead
to the engine, and you'll sleep like you was
a bnby. Dat s because the mot ion of the
train is so strong and stendy that it sends
all your blood toward the end that's fur
thest from the engine. Put your fret to
the engine and all your blood rushes
straight to your bead and gives you n
restless night. Put your head to t ho en
gine, and the blood goes away from your
bend, leaving It cool and easy so us you
can res' like a child."
"Put my bend toward the engine und
stop talking, will youf"
"ica, sir. All right, sir. Anything you
say, air. You won't gredge me dat quar
ter lu tho morning, I'm u telling you."
A lapse or half an hour. Then a voico
from between curtains. H addresses t he
porter,
"Solomon, Diogenes, porter I Any ar
guments aa to what part of a trnin is the
safest f"
,ITIiiiWni.,in,( tin liunnl a ,i i mnt, I a l,m,f
tint, air, The safest place on h train Is
the middle of the middle car on the side
furt hest from the other track."
'Good night, Cicero." New York Sun.
Kyrslultt and Rpeetarlea.
The proportion of people who wear apon-
tacles la constantly increasing. Is this a
thing to be lamented? In other words,
ihs's it indicate a deterioration of eyesight
under modern conditions of lifeP Those
who may be supposed to be best qualilled
to answer these questions answer them
without hesitation in the negative. More
spectacles are worn, not because poor Vi
sion la more common, but bent use the eye
bus been more Intelligently studied,
A writer snys that it ia the exception to
find persona whose eyes are normal anil
perfect. Of the advance already ruadti in
thla direction the writer aaya:
"The methods of testing the defects of
vision have In the last two decadivi been
brought to a standard of accuracy and re
finement previously unknown. Thus many
troubles, disabilities and maladies hither
to suffered in patience or treated Incor
rectly ami lu vain are now traced to de
fects of vision, and are quickly remedied
by the use of appropriate glasses, concave,
convex, cylindrical or prismatic,
"The schoolboy's headache, tjio seam
stress' browache, tho convergent squint
of childhood, so far as they nre the results ,
ot rnmiiy retraction, are lieginntng to he
erased from thecatiilogueof human woes."
Atlantic; Monthly.
Matthews In 1ST.
It wna sad to think that the last of the
old comedians had gone from us. The
gay, venerable ('buries had made bla last
bow and left us the black curtain being
run down. Aa ho looked so smilingly on
the audience on the last night that he
performed, what If it had been whispered
to Mm: "You will never be here again,
Hero la the last of thla fairy world?" He
was certainly Ihe best comedian of Ida
time, bia charm being Uiilsh and perfect
eaae, with an air of gayety and aelf satis
faction, which la aa difficult to assume, aa
tho air of a fH-rfect man of the world.
Wna there not aomethlng piquant in the
look of hla back and shoulders even In
the way bia rat her limp ami "skimp" rout
hung on Ii i in r Even in walking across the
stage he had a dapper pertness quite sig
nificant of the mind within. There were
few men more agreeableorwho told a sto
ry with so light a manner. Even in hla
decay there waa no one to compare with
blm for style. Thla little tribute oonveya,
happily enough, a fair Idea of his general
attract ion. (ientlemaii's Magazine.
Invention of th Sli-iim F.iigln.
The Marquis of Worcester, w hile impris
oned in the Tower of Ixmdoti In Hifill, in
vented and constructed the first steam en
gine of which we have any nut bent Ic rec
ord anil had it publicly exhibited the
same year in Vauxliall in successful oper
ation. In HHMl Dr. Pnpiri Invented and
made a piston, and in Kil'H Captain Sava
ry devised and built a steam engine on a
slightly modified pin, while in 1 705 New
comb, Caw Icy and Savary constructed
their atmospheric engine complete in ev
ery detail, .laiiies Watt, who today enjoys
tho distinct l f ls'iiig the veritable au
thor of this most useful contrivance, did
not appear upon the scene until IT05, just
00 yeara later. Pearson's Weekly.
Not Well I'ut.
I the first woman yon ever
She Am
loved t
He Ys. Am I tha first man who ever
loved you.
She (tempest uously) You ara Insulting.
Now Y'ork Weekly.
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In aaltsf y b.H i 1 1 rv lU' I B I he idiot
arising fcin "tl e Irinl nf sl1h "
1 be far' of Hna klfia I im-ri lialil bsikiil
like a well Liked, im aly poinlo, and tin it
Waaa gnoial alrnf Wallulll and Mi, tig
Hra almut blm giUngWill Willi bii bum l
calling. My llrl qm-ry was a to the sue
ci- of bla ist upat Inn in a jas'iiiiliiry ai-iiwv
"Well," be replied, "'spuds.' aa the
imple j!i-iirrlly calla Inters rooud Vre,
ia alius n favorite weiO'talOi', Hut trade
'as fell off tu wot it waa. Trade slaria lu
middle o' Orgust and ends atsiiil last o'
April. A ainii blu 'ol aumim r as last
w aa Is awful bad for btisinesa, I w ent into
Inters aa a laiy lamt years old. I 'm live
and thirty now, and I make a tidy ltvin
out o' it. The trade waa just a start lu as
a rcg'htr calling when I I -i;ii n , an yon ace
It ain't, inoni'n an year old -Hint Is, dune
aa it now ia. The female eirt n'tnkin up
the line 'aa 'urt lis wonderful,"
Hern be sadly shook bis brad, and I felt
my face flushing up in shame for my sex,
who are crowding the men out of life's
race in occupations of all ilcsrripl ions.
"Hut," lie continued, Ills optimism
coming to the rescue, "you got to lake Hie
sweet long o' the bitter, whether it, be feel
ill's or Is-er. A man has 'its a Jolly 'eart
and gives bout a cheerful call needn't
starve at anything bo turns hissclftodo
foralivin. I used to carry a bigger can,
fitted w ith n charcoal stove, ami did my
own linking, as n ninny docs now. Hut
this 'ere invention is better. You gets
your spuds baked at t he bakers' shop for
iiincpctiru the iintlred weight, Then you
pops what you wants Inlo your pot, which
hangs over your lire, close toabilerfor
your 'ot water. The steam is wot keeps
your Inters Si. Then at one end you car
ies your butter iiikI salt, at t other end
your extra coals, and there you are "as
might aa tome.
The words I have spelled as pronounced
by my Informant. Translated into gootl
English, it Ih a favorite saying of humble
Londoners end rcittla simply "as t ight as
rain."
I learned I lint customers are. of nil class
es. Often the potatoes are iurchased late
at night by a gootl sort of bohemlnns for
a quiet midnight supper. Hut the. major
ity of customers urn of the working peo
ple. The little red hot bed of charcoal seen
t hrough tho holm in the (Ire tin was a rud
dy gleam "to illustrate" the iilmoNphcilc
dullness. On my asking how many men
and women, nil fold, sell baked potatoes
In the London streets, tho answer came.
"Well, there s about four 'uiiderd of ua
all told."lloKtou Herald.
sluicing Halt.
The aclevln, ft little 0 Inch chub variety
of the lagoons of Italy, slicks Its head
above the water and slugs u ihilnty song
equal to that of some species of wnrbling
birds. Jrlgln blruudo (the sea swallow) Is
known to every llshermau of (he Hanube
und the Hblue by the peculiar grunt ing
noise It makes. Irlgln uolilana makes n
whining noise like a puppy, while the scl
cvla gather In bands to bold regular con
certs, which no doubt originated the fa
ble of the sirens. Some naturalists have
likened the note of the gurnard to that of
the cuckoo. There are uiaiiy different
kinds of lls.li which give utterance to more
or less musical notes. The malgre, a large
scallsh, when swimming In shoabi, utters
n purring noise that may be heard from
a depth of fathoms. Lieutenant White,
in Ills" VoyngototheChlmi Seas," relates
that Ida crew and himself were extremely
astonished by hearing certain musical
notes from beneath aiidnrounil the vessel.
They were various, like Hie bass notes of
nil organ, the sound of bi lls, the croaking
of frogs and a pervading twang which Hie
imagination might have attributed to the
vibrat ions of some enormous harp. For a
time the mysterious music swelled upon
them ami dually formed a universal clio
ruaall rotiud, but as the vessel ascended
the river the sounds diminished In strength
and soon ceased. --Home Mngi.lne.
Molly I'lti lier'a (irave.
On a little knoll about two tulles south
of West Point and hardly fit) yards from
the Hudson river are 110 unmarked griiV'-i,
In the center of the lift Ii grave on t he west
side a tree, much larger than any of lis
neighbors, towers aloft and forma a moil
iimcnt over the ashes of Molly Pitcher,
Tho Swim and Deiinlson fnmlllca, who-c
dcscciiibiiits live near West Point, cured
for Molly during the bitter part of her
life, but her ashes lie lu the poller's Held.
Molly Pitcher, the heroine of many bat
tles, who took from her husband's dying
grasp the ramrod which drove home
charges to shatter her adopted country's
chains, lies alone and forgotten on the
hanks of the Hudson, without a stone to
mark her grave. Tim place has passed Into
the hands of J. Picrpnnt Morgan, whose
beautiful summer residence is In the Im
mediate neighborhood. It Is said Hint
Mr. Morgan will, In the near future, erect
a fitting monument to the memory of
brave Molly Pitcher. New York I'ress.
A I'ri'iii li Duel.
If the French are prone to challenge
each other to light duels on the smallest
provocation, they are also prone to bring
them to an end with very Utile fighting.
It Is credibly related Hint, on the occa
sion of a duel between two members of
the chamber of deput lea, one of the com
batanta waa taken with a lit of bleeding
nt the nose Just as they came upon the
Held.
"Illood!" exclaimed one of the second
of the other man, "IIIimhI has been shed,
The honor of my principal has been satis
fled."
And the parties and thelrsceonds there
upon gruvely b ftthe Held. Youth's Com
panion. (luiiil Hull' In Moat lliiuili a.
A traveler in California finds that the
climate will not be beneliclal to one who
seeks It for health and then shuts himself
up in a room of bis hotel. He must seek
the air. If n little more of this theory
were practiced in New England, it might
save some car fare and perhaps funeral
expenses. lioktoti Journal.
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lit.a i f lb niiti ti !!a 4 b l i n, ,. Aht -i
shiiii'-n and iiairml In M. i-.i aiel
iVuHal An-iH-a In ih n.r i-niittii
tin y siw tiiti id .lMiiili, , ri n ,t.ti. y
I'H lai.' IPia-s. and llutr iti -,lal..l
hni. In I v Bincili-i aL!alli. 1 y ti t . . f
W.adi-n lilb la Wi.iiikI Ihi l, Kin, ka id
111 tve M il l ,.it,,!,, Wti 11 ll!,,iu
f.iiludaMKll. a . I t ! nit-, rl i. net M I'.u
li,-af IMity.i lillle .-.la Tb f lintli I
of i'-ral ion, o ,r sal bni r i t.( ri i d In
I'nH. Hind iiiiiiity, ta In atrip ,,,,)y the
aiuallrr Irii-a mi l sIhiiIhi, ' ,e b nn-a nh'
not cut Into illi-k bapi- pinia, aa rum
nmiilv tipn.i-,, I, ul in any b tin llmt
suits the aniatii fam y i f the at. To f i
rllltntn pcogn a to and ft-nui llnb-af t ut
ling (.MUtula and tn t, Ihe aula nuiMnu t
or cb-nr broad, amisMh ronda, nfleti ni
nnuliaa '.'OH Jnrda in length and li-.nu n
IdH Inebi-a brt ml. Thcaii fond t!l ipl,i
considerable cniilnm rtng skill, ab itiieiing
in curves, grndes and even tutun la. 'I ;e
leaf cutters aeein to lie Ihe most Ind'lsii i
mis of all the nut family, big, little, ni.)
or young siiinlng In be animated with
an almost Inannv desire In do Ida share of
thewoik. Nothing rould n mom emus
lug than to seen little fellow, not more'
than the fourth of an inch long, hurrying
madly along with a huge leaf dexterously
held in bis iiuiiidlblcs. The nest, of I he
umbrella ant Is a very poor affair, and
Is'ars about the same relation to the neat
tunnels of the farmer nut that the hovel
of the sqiialli-r does to the substantial
homo of the prospermia farmer. Any rnile
hole or hollow log serves the Hif gatherer
as a storeroom, where ho puis iiway his
hot licit to hatch out the eggs deposited by
the female. The leaf cutter Is thus Hie
original Inventor of tho Incubator, al
though his rights have never been recog
lii.ed liy letters patent.
In New Mexico and northern Mexico is
to ho found the honey ant sold iih confec
tions by the Mexicans, which aru eaten
something like grapes. Unlike the bee,
the nut is unable to secrete wax or ot her-
wise make a suitable receptacle for his
gal hercd honey, but in the face of then.'
dllliculties be has solved the problem com
pletely, Certain members, very patriotic
ones doubtless, are selected, who act, as
honey Jars for the workers. These mar
tyrs stay at home and bravely swallow
thugathered hi y until their gradually
distending abdomens w ill hold no more,
and mm they hang suspended like so many
golden drops from tint shies of t he I nunc I
they have the appearance though not. t lie
sentiments of bloated capitalist'!, profil
ing In idleness by tha labors of their fel
low beings. The life of tint honey keeper
Isiio sinecure. His duties nro arduous
and require tho greatest care. When the
honey season is over, he it Is who feeds
the idle hands, regurgitating n drop of
honey whenever n check on tho birder Is
presented, the latter consist lug of certain
well defined strokes on the head and body
by the hungry nut. Some malignant In'
Vcstlgators, whose whole desire seems to
be to fasten on these exemplary little mil
mala the vices of men, claim that there is
to be found a parasltlu bug In the ncsls of
the honey ant, which, nt the solicitation
of thirsty members, yields an alcoholic
liquor something similar to beer. The
methods of tho formlo topers lire said to
bo similar to those of the en lightened Can
cnslan, consisting in certain winks and
expressive crooklngs of ihe elbows. Gal
veston News,
How to Win Literary Fame.
Literary fustian is the order of the iky,
Tlmo was that when the brains were nut
the man would die, but now it seems it ta
only when the Intellect Is gone that a
writer begins to make money, Jfc (abet
ter, of course, never to have had liny
brains, ao that the accumulative procima
may begin right iiway from tho first rend
er period, Here art) aome of the Important
questions which successful writers are
now turning Into "copy" and ducats:
What frame of mind were you In when
you conceived your slory of "The Ocnlle
rnan and t he lint I1" Were you smoking a
cigarette or n clay pipe when tlm Inspira
tion camel1 Was ll, liefore or lifter your
attack of the measlcwf Did you use antilT
at the time, and, If so, what snuff? Hid
you find it a great strain on your moral
nature to live up to your favorite brand?
The aafu road to literary fame Is to have
a capacity for asking or answering such
questions. The scheme la epoch making
as well ns money making. It la like char
ity or the gentle rain from heaven It la
twice blessed, H blesset h him I hat puts
the query and him fourfold who replies,
Donahue's Magazine,
A I'l l Tarantula.
The tnrniituln has never been generally
utilized as n household pet. In fact, I
know of only one Instance of the kind, A
surgeon at one of the frontier posts caught
a large tarantula, and having chloroform
ed the dangerous spider carefully ampu
tated his fangs, On regaining conscious
ness the Insect was still surly and morose,
but waa ns harmless aa ft policeman with
a pull, The surgeon's little boy played
with the ugly Insect, which was given the
freedom of the quarters. Oim day the
surgeon on entering the room saw a sight
that made the hair of his bead stand on
end nnd froy.ii the blood in his veins, lu
the room with the child were two tnrnti
tiilna. Another tarantula had Strolled in
from the outside. There waa no time to
discriminate, and both spiders were dis
patched without any Investigation,
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Mnnaliiiia and Mnha.
Our wealthy New Yorkers are build
ing mansions that arena strong as forts.
They are as well guarded by bolts and
bars aa any fortress of the days of old, lu
case of a social revolution and an attack
by n mob on Kilt h avenue mansions many
of them would be found almost Impregna
ble. Steel shutters that slide out of sight
lire now coming In vogue to protect the
windows of mansions along Hie fashlona
hie thoroughfares, mid the thick oaken
doors would withstand a great deal of but
tering before they would yield. New York
World.
(inly On Way.
"Porter I" aald th'j man who finds fault,
"there's a draft lu my section of this
sleeping car." "Well, sir," was there
ply, HLcompiiiiicd by nn outstretched hand,
"dnr al n ' hut one way to git rid ob a
draft." "Whnt's thatf" "Cash It."
Washington Star.
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H. I l.a-i- In M.lim -i ll.'Mi k Iff.
Hank Niimfarlalm-as
Cbattauis'iia baa a Si aboard lnk, ftl
Iboiiuh amiie biinilHila of inlb-a from lha
wntt-r. Pilbapa lha ham ia Imtrownl
friiiu a like ltiti!utlo in New Yolk, In
Sabmi, Miia., an Aslatln Nntloiml bank
ns-alla Ihe day w hen every lentil man you
lin t Ihrre wna nn Fust Indian navigator.
The- Tombsimi, Waycroaa, Trharhnpl ami
Had Axit banks nee curiously iiatmal by
necessity of their ba'nlloli.
The Hong Kuiigniid Shnngbnt Hanking
eorporntton and the Yokudiamn Sissdn
bank are not In Asia, but iti Snii I'm aris
en. The Itutchera and Drovers' National
bunk, like the Hide and Iirnthrr, makes a
lild for the patronage of Hslal iinlustrlea,
the Hlvrrsliln, Fifth Avenue, etc., for that
of local (ties.
The most formal ami ntirimt sounding
title is Hint of the Institution For the Sav
ings of Merchants' Clerks. Tim Himetai
llo ami Smeller are, of course, Colorado
banks. The Irish-Amcricnti Savings bank
ta an Atlanta Institution. The Hank of
(bind Hope has n cheering sound these hard
times, (iood Hope is In Illinois.
The Chickasaw and other mil lounl banks
in the Indian Territory aru managed by
and for the Indiana. Philadelphia Press.
Ingenious M eli;lilii(j Apparatus.
A simple and ingenious apparatus has
been contrived for the weighing of tin at
smelt lug works, n device designed upon
the lever and beam principle, and capa
ble, of course, under modification, of a
variety of appl lent Ions. The scales, which
nro suspended from tho beam by a center
bar, ure constructed of large, square plates,
upon which tho metal or weights can bo
placed with n facility, itlsnsserted, which -the
comer chains generally used do not
nfford. A block Is also placed under each
plate for the convenience of those han
dling the heavy nmlerliil in ortler to obvi
ate unnecessary stopping. The scales are
hung on sled bearings, with box ami
swivel ends, and lire, moreover, so nicely
polsetl t hat, all hough they could if re
quired bear a strain of five tons, n few
Olilico Weights will depress cither side,
The scales are raised from the blocks by
means of hauling tackle, w hich moves tho
lever with tho greatest ease. New York
Sun.
Hnvrr lliirna,
The first thing to do when one's cloth
ing catches fire Is to smother t he flames
with a blanket, a coat or anything made
of wool, if a prison Is severely burned,
the clothing should be removed by cut
ting, great care being used not to tear off i
the skin, Dress the burns Immediately
with either Carroti oil, vaseline or olive '
oil mixed with white of an egg. Old linen
cloths saturated with any ouo of t he above
remedies must bo applied directly to tha
burned surface, Next to tho linen lty on
smoothly sheet wadding or cotton batting,
nnd bandage to keep the dressings In place.
If the burns are extensive, It ia Important
to keep the patient warm and give stimu
lants freely, New York World.
A Itel labia flceliM.
The follow! ngdrlfta over from England.
It will ho appreciated by every housekeep
er who has ever encountered one of the
"according: to Judgment" cooking aul hor
Ities! A woman visiting In Ireland was
delighted with a certain hot cake served
nt breakfast, From the unlive cook of
her hostess she duly got the rcclpet "You
must take morn thnu you'd think of flour,
ma'nm, Just what you'd know of butter,
tha slightest taste li life of baking pow
der nnd tha fill of the small Jug of milk,"
New York Times.
(,'ltlllft HoillA to fllioat.
A student wdio secretly dropped a plecfl
of paper, on which the word "Monkey"
wna written in large letters, tu the cup of
a professor against whom bn bad a spite,
told the jokntonll his classmates, The
next day the professor said to thn class,
In bland and polite tones, "Oetifleuien, I
have to thank one of your number for tlm
courtesy of dropping his curd In my cap
yesterday." That student was called Mon
key ever after, New York Ledger,
A Thief's HoKiia Huhy,
A shoplifter, recently convicted, carried
bogus baby with her during her preda
tory excursions. Tint infant had a wax
face and n hollow leather body. It was
tha thief's custom to dexterously transfer
purloined articles, such ns gloves, laces,
eto,,tothn spacious baby, which usually
gained much lu weight during these little
excuraloiis. l,oiidon Tit-Hits.
Nesaioililils Crop,
Hunger-How did your crops turnout
Inst year?
(Jranger-Poorly, Wa bad nearly two
months of cont Iniious ruin, What do you
suppose we would he likely to raise under
such conditions?
Hanger- I'nibrellas. Yonkcrs Gazette.
The following doubtful compliment la
ft fragment from a love letteri "How I
wish, my darling Adelaide, my engage
ments would permit ma to leave towu nnd
come nnd sen you I It would bn like vis
iting some old ruin, hallowed bytlmflnnd
fraught with n thousand recollections."
Tho monument to the memory of King
Henry I of England ought to hen yard
stick. His arm was Just DO Inches long,
nnd that is where tho English nnd Amer
ican ynrd got its standard of length,
A few of the figures of animals that nro
sold for lawn ornaments are made of
iron, but they are usually made of enst
y.lne, with a bron.c paint finish.
Plant n crop of good books In yournome
as regularly aa you do seed in your soil,
and when you get old you will not regret
it. Farm, Field ami Fireside.
A fat man ordered two seats In a coaet
for himself. The ch rk booked blm on.
eat outside and tha other Insblu.