1
ALL BYES ON BABY,
4 Wm Caniaa; UbiU Daatfi Wa
T7 Ce.
For oevl ten minute yesterday
afternoon, says the. Chicago Xews
Becord, a wee bit of a child arm-led
' tralBc on Clark street and blanched
many a face horror. A crowd
ounberinf tbcoaiul appeared to be
paralyzed for the moment.
High above their heads, oa a nar
row cornice that runs around the
fourth floor of the County building,
stood a 3-vear-old boy. The breeze
that came up from the lake tossed
his yellow curls about his laughing
face as he playfully swung his arms
about and looked at the ever-increasing
mass of people that watched him
from be'.ow. His little dress was
wafted about by the wind, while the
spectators expected every minute to
see the daring explorer pitch bead
long from the dizzy perch. No one
dared to cry out, for fear of frighten
ing the child, who calmly looked
about, up and down the street, leaned
over to get a better view of the side
walk, ana gazed at the towering Ash
land block on the opposite corner.
Below was a scene of intense ex
citement A hack man rushed to his
hack and snatched a heavy blanket
from the seat. Several men grasped
the edges and stoed close up to the
building, directly below where the
child was standing. Officer Frank
G Snyder, of the Central Station,
stood on the corner in front of the
Sherman House. A small bov ran
up tnd called his attention to the
child, and he made "51 wild rush for
the elevator of the county building.
Officer Tlmmens also witnessed the
scene at the same time. About a
score of men had now recovered
their senses, and through every en
trance of the building they raced for
the elevators. Officer Tiuiruons made
a mistake, and was carried up to the
top floor. Officer Snyder, however,
made a better calculation. Itunuing
down the hall and into Judge Adams'
eoqA-roora, he saw the innocent
cause of all the commotion out on
theledge in front of the open win
dow. The court-room was deserted,
and the child was alone.
"Da. da, da," be was saying softly
to himself, utterly oblivious of the
presence of the officer. Cold drops of
perspiration stood on the officer's
forehead as he softly tiptoed toward
tfhe child, for he realized that his sud
den appearance before the startled
child meant instant death, Still the
child prattled away, giving itself up
to the enjoyment of the ncvel posi
tion. The officer reached out to grasp its
dress, when a wild, hysterical shriek
came from the ball behind him. The
child turned and began to totter, and
a horrified cry arose from the street.
Officer Snyder's hand shot out and he
held the boy in his arms.
Only for a moment, however, for a
women in whose face there was not
a bit of oolorlmrftched the child from
the officer's arms, and then dropped
limp and fainting, to the floor. The
big-eyed boy looked about him curi
ously, while the room began to fill up
with people, The mother of the
child, for so she proved, clung tena
ciously tp him. When she became
calmer she said she toad been in the
Probate Court-room, and her boy was
playing and romping in the hall. She
had not been aware that he was else
where until she heard the people
rushing down the ball
He had pushed open the door of t he
vacant room and climbed up on a
chair to the open window. The offi
cer cbtded the woman 'tor her careless
ness, but the was so happy at the es
cape of her boy that she paid little
attention to his words, but showered
passionate kisses on the child's face.
She was a comely-looking and youth
ful German, and poke, English with
difficulty. She would not give her
name, And left, clasping the child to
her breast.
A sigh of relief went, up from the
crowd, which had Hocked the side
walks and extended across the street,
when the child was taken inside. It
necessitated the stoppage of vehicles
and streetcars, for in the suspense of
the awful sight not a spectator
moved, while a wondrous silence
was caused by the unwonted specta
cle. The passengers on the cable
trains craned (heir necks out of the
cars to get a sight of the child, and
many women turned away with
frightened faces, as if to avoid wit
nessing the anticipated full.
Tea, Knpeelall)' Green.
Tea is a plant that grows in China,
Japan, and other par of the world.
There are two varieties, thea nigra
and thea viridis black and green
tea. The same plant produces both
kinds. Green tea is made by one
kind of treatment black tea by another.-
The shrub is raised from seed
tike hazel nuts, planted in nurseries;
it is set out when about a foot high:
lives for fifteen or twenty years and
grows sometimes as tall as six feet
It to picked four times a year. The
first picking is the best when the
leaves are covered wil a whitish
down. This is in April, the next In
May, the next in July, the last in
August. One Chinaman can pick
about thirteen pounds of leaves per
day, for which he receive sixty cash
c six cents. The green leaves are
spread out on bamboo frames to dry
a little, the yellow and old defective
leaves are picked out, then they lake
up a handful of leaves, cast them In
a heated pan, get them warmed up
sod nueete out the superfluous Juice:
tnlf'JwM contains an acid oil, so acid
m to irritate the hands of the work
Mfl. Then ther dry them slightly
la the ran; then every separate leaf
to ratted up into a little ball like shot;
then taer throw these green tea shot
fata a pu slightly heated, stirring
tftan rV to at to nam every part
llriX3 eool the tea, and the
shot are picked out one by one, the
best for the first or finest coop. Then
it is packed.
The "Cas-BMi af Aiiaau.
Tbee are several of these canons of
the "Cliff-builders" near the town 67
Flagstaff, Arizona gigantic gashes in
the level upland, to whose vfery brisk
one comes without the remotest
suspicion that such an abyss is in
front One of these canons la over
twenty miles long, and six hundred
feet deep in places. It contains the
ruins of about a thousand of these re
markable cliff-houses, some of which
are very well preserved. The canon
de Tsayee, with its mummies, was
another abode of the "Cliff-builders";
and there are many more scattered
over parts of Arizona, New Mexico,
and Colorado. In most of these
houses there is little left Furniture
they never had, and most of the im
plements have been carried away by
the departing inhabitants or by othei
Indians. The floors are one and two
feet deep with the dust of ages,
mingled with thorns and nutshells
brought in by the chipmunks which
are now their only tenants. By dig
ging to the bedrock floor I have found
fine stone axes, beautiful arrow-heads,
the puzzling quoit-like stones, and
even baskets of yucca-fiber exactly
like the strange ''plaques" made in
Moqui to-dav but these crumbled to
dust soon after they were exposed to
the air. St Nicholas.
GOOD PARROT STORIES.
A raaa CoUactiaa. af aarami Caacera-
V Intuit
How It Worked.
A well-known borrower, whose
credit had daily grown nearer the
ground and worn out in forty places,
met an acquaintance the other day.
'I say, Tom," he said, "lend me
$) for a minute or two. I'll give it
right back to you."
After some hesitation the. money
was . handed over and handed back
promptly. Then the same perform
ance was gone through with on one
dollar, two, ten and twenty.
"That's all, thank you," said the
borrower, starting off.
"Hold on!" exclaimed the lender;
"tell me what you mean by that mon
key business."
"Oh, nothing much, " was the re
ply, "only it's been so long since I
have been able to borrow anything
under any circumstances that I was
afraid I had lost my grip entirely.
Thank Heaven I have some little
credit left Will you lend mc a quar
ter until to-morrow?"
His scheme was a success.
Convenient Root.
A visitor to Brazil records a fact
which seems to show that in South
America, as elsewhere, one use of the
law is to increase the sum of human
ingenuity.
The climate is very wet, and . a
sloping tile roof is in universal use.
It is easily put on, easily repaired,
affords excellent shelter from the
tropical rains, and what is deemed a
capital advantage, it is readily taken
off. ..
A law of the- country forbids the
eviction of tenants for the non-payment
of rent When a landlord's
patience is exhausted, therefore, in
stead of warning the delinquent out
of the house, he takes off the roof for
repairs, aid the first heavy shower
does the rest
Oil liatliM for the Baby.
"It is well known that the skin is
a great absorbent, and nutrition even
can be conveyed through its agency,"
says a trained nurse. "A physician
once ordered a beef tea bath for a
baby that I was nursing, who was
apparently dying of some exhausting
bowel trouble, and with admirable
effect And I myself have found that
rubbing delicate persons with warm
olive oil is an excellent tonic. If i
had the charge of a pun v, sickly baby,
1 should feel inclined to give it oil
baths instead of water baths, and try
the effect The oil is quite as cleans
ing, and it stands to reason that such
tiny beings, particularly if thev are
badly nourished, should not have the
natural oil or the body continually
washed away."
A I'omlble meaning- In DUgnlae.
The average Londoner is fairly
case-hardened in the matter of fogs
and accepts them as a matter of
course. They are, in fact, regarded
as a necessary evil. It is now as
serted, however, and by no less an
authority than the President of the
Institute of Civil Engineers, that fog
is the chief cause of the low death
rate in London. He says that the
fog is caused by sulphur emanating, j parrot that WiR 8aid
muui tuiuijustivii ui suit uuai, tuah IIM
London about 350 tons are thrown
Into the air on one winter's day, and
that it is this large quantity of sul
phur which counteracts the effects of
the deadly germs discharged from re
fuse heapsand sewers, by its deodoriz
ing and antiseptic properties.. .
He Had Wauled ft..
Tommlc's mother had left; him to
eajertain Johnnie, hjs younger
brother, while she went out to do an
hour's shopping. Whcnshc returned
Thomas was On hand, with an Im
portant question.
"Does little boys about Johnnie's
size, mamma, have hnir on the inshje
nf than.9"
"Of course thev don't." she ex- M"
claimed. "Why do you ask that?."
'Oh, nothln'," he said, "starting
off, "only I guess I've wasted a bot
tle of hair oil In Johnnie.
Of all the member of the feathered
tribes there are none which have been
greater favorites, and have been re
garded with a greater degree of gen
uine attachments than parrots. The
beauty of their plumage, with its
wealth and variety of gorgeous colors,
their symmetry of form and their
gracefulness of manner would alone
have been sufficient to have given
them this popularity. But the closest
link they have established with our
affections is, of course, found in their
wonderful faculty for the repetition
of spoken words and various familiar
sounds, together with their possession
in many instances, of a reasonable
power which -suggests that they are .
not always mere imitators, but really i
understand tha peneral sensp nf wlitif. i We
they say.
Combined with this power of speech
the fond attachment which they are. j a
capable of showing toward those who
ieea or are oinerwise Kina 10 mem.
leads to their being among the must
favored1, as they seemed to be among
the best fitted companions of human
beings. This place of honor in tle
animal world they have held for very
many centuries. There was. indeed,
a time when they were regarded io
India and elsewhere as sacred, ami
anybody who dared to injure one of
them was regarded as guilty of a
dreadful crime.
It W true that since then have fal
len somewhat from their high
and that in this more degenerate age
the common Amazon parrot has been
shot in great numbers in the Eastern
part of lircizil for the prosaic purpose
of making a particular kind of soup
to which the natives, are partial:
while the naturalist Gould waxes
quite eloquent when he sounds the
praises of parakeet pie. Hut our own
country, though we do not go either
to the one extreme of holding them
sacred or to the other extreme of put
tint: them into pies, parrots still oc
cupy a place of honor in our house
holds, and a well-behaved "Pretty
Poll" who has been duly instructed in
the accomplishments of her kind is
still the source of as great a degree of
pleasure as ever.
In their native condition, however,
the parrots are found in vast assem
blies, which are often a thousand or
more in number, and often seen clus
tered together and talking in loud
and excited tones on the trees of some
dark forest or sequestered swamp, or
taking long, though low, flights
through the air to their favorite wa
tering places.
The most talented of the many
varieties is the gray parrot, which is
a native of West Africa, and which,
when taken young and well trained,
displays some really wonderful gifts.
One of these parrots, owned in En
gland, lived to a remarkable age. It
had a good memory.and easily learned
sentences in Dutch, hut at sixty this
faculty began to fail, at sixty-five t he
moulting was irregular, and at ninety4
the bird was decrepit, blind, and
voiceless, gradually sinking Into a
kind of lethargy, in'which condition
it finally died.
The tone of his singing was very
odd- It sounded like an automaton)
imitating the human voice. The?
maid prompted him to sing "God
Save the Queen." He sang all the
verses of it but now and then wan
dered into the "Banks of the Dee,"
which seemed his favorite, and one,
or two Scotch songs, the name of
which I forgot Col. O'Kelly told us
that his power of catching sounds was'
quite astonishing; that on one occas-'
ion when a newspaper had been read
aloud in his presence, the Colonel, on
coming into the room half an hour
later, had, as he opened the door,
been convinced by the souna that the
same person was still reading aloud,
and was scarcely able to believe that
it was the parrot, repeating to him
self inarticulate sounds precisely irt
the tone and manner of the reader.
Airumg other peculiarities of the
same bird may be mentioned its
session of an accurate car for music.
so that it would beat time when it
whistled, and if it mistook a note it
i would revert to the bar where the
mistake occurred and finish the tune
quite correctly. It could, too, not
only answer questions, butgiveorders
and express Its wants in a manner
strongly suggestive of "a rationaf
being.
When Prince Maurice was Governor;
of Brazil he head of the remarkable
conversational powers of a certain old
to be able to
answer questions just lUe a reasoning
creature. He accordingly sent for
the bird, which was brought into a
;room where the Prince was with a
(number of other persons.
A few minutes afterward the bird
!alled out, "What company of white
(men arc here?" Asked "who be
thought that man was," the Prince
being minted to. heanswered, "Some
General or other!" The Prince then,
asked: "Whcreido you come from?"'
l.-'rrom Marinnan," answered the
(bird. "To whom do you belong?'"
j! "To a Portuguese." "What do you,
l -do there?" "Watch the chickens .'
Within little more than 3OT Tea
two Freacb ruler- have perched ty
SLinilon-Hennr HI. how
murdered1 by Jauue Oiw nt In
u ur.,1 Hpurv IV.. 'HlMUIJ iu
CRA1NS
AND INCHES.
ISStf, and Jlenry n., ; -
mst popular monarch tit t ver bore
swv in Krauee, who wa .a'tl W
:ie that
of the
, V., a-
K.lcdil 111.
To..,iM i(- Mai' H. itii'J-
time unafa-Wul atfmpti i.avcbreu
made on the lives .f wie
rulers of irxi-f i-'-ni- -
.V,,ti. Lou's Hiilippe.
were the olyds t,( : .isinaUyu
plots, fomeoi uhU U "tar
sucived-ng. In !ch.V :du- ipt
on the 1'fe ' - ui.-i J'iiiiipl"' upwards
of fortr perrom si'swit'dor injured,
ami l";iih:.t A.nkr. who Iw sur
vived the c.i'iK.fci of Napoleon,
was s-tiek :-al ly u Im.L t from the
iiifiTM.u machine, -."hi ; was i,n July
J83"i. Severa' oilier an iiiyi
remade V kill tla King. In all.
seven :is.-.a0ns :i , li Jen-iit times
sought "i ii- l;v ll.c ej.pift.ion of
boitA with wliicn i In' ursHii t cm-
trM l,lll III. Id sl:lV -MlUMi-im
1 1 r w.pr:ii iciscitw wete kilifd or
injured, r'or this attempt OrsitM
and Here perched on Um- sr;.(TolJ. A
crazy man a year or '. ao lin-d'a
shot at President (.'a 'not.
French rulers haw not had :ui ex
ceptional exiJcriciK in this respect.
Within a century two Czars of Kuv
sia, a Kin:; of Sweden. ;i (;ianci Duke
of Parma, arid a lTlnce of Servia
have teeu assassin;, Uxl l.wo at
leiiiptson the life of tlio Rite Em
peror WillUun are known, and in one
estate f)f t lipse lie wa. severely yhiuiiul-u.
W ithin ninety ea. s a prime minister
has been :is.sasnanel in lire lobby of
t.Iie House of Onun oris, and at least
twu assassination plots iavel.eeii de
tected. One of these, tlrt' Oto street
conspiracy, co.itt3iipiat"( the slaugh
ter of the entire cabinet at one fell
swoop. For this conspiracy, some
times called the Thistlewood plot,
Thistlewood and four of liis accom
plices suffered de:ilh May l"-0.
neen Victoria lias h;ul several nar
rnw escajies, having Ven the twget
at close range of several inurdeious
cranks. Poston 'Pi adscript.
It Wah a .irlM' MimklllK ConlfHt.
The wild recklessness and extrava
gance of (ieorge IX. have become
proverbial in hisfjory. During one of
his carouses shnrJtly after his corona
tion lie, in a Kcnii-ii.toxfc.aicd Mate,
((iiuiinuided that six of the palace
etiamlcrniaWs 1 Uroin'ht before him.
The order wis obeyed. whcreujKm the
King, turning to his nm-oeiaies. asked
them, to nialke wagers upon ihcJadie
as to which one. wouM smoke the
most cigars in haJf an hour.
Upon hearing what was expected
of Oiem two or three of the maids cn
deavored to beat a haiy retreat from
the loya? presence, but were prevents
from doing by the attendants. A
Ikix of mlii cigars wa produced and
each .iLttiraaaid Jidden to fight
and KiDukf oiit..
Tie ludiCTuus laatscer in whiclj
most of libera attempted to light the
weeds caused the most iKiisterous
merriment among the coujtiers, in
which the monarch heartily joined.
With the exception of one maid the
rest tried to light tl.cir cigars without
first cutting off the end.
Only one succeeded in struggling
through a whole cigar, hut she had te
be removed in a fainting state. The
others refused to smoke more than
half of theirs, to the great annoyance
of the King and his courtiers. Pear
son's Weekly.
What May Jle Uonn With a Cent.
Miss A. 3. Anderson, matron ol
the Door of Hope, a charitable in
stitution for girls, found a cent in the
street. At that time the Door
of Hope was contemplating buy
ing a cemetery lot in whidi to
bury the girls who died while in itu
care, and Miss Anderson decliuei
i that she would consecrate the cent, to
this cause. She bought and egg and
sold the chicken that was hatched
from it for a dollar. The dolkir was
invested in silk, ribbons, cardboard
pos-i and fancy articles Out of the card.
board were cut scripture teats, and
the silk was crocheted into littlo
rings, which, with strips of satin
sash ribbon, made good photograph
holders. The fancy articles were sold
atgoodprullls. Now Miss Anderson
has nearly $12, and she hopes to have
at the expiration of the year enough
money w pay tor a centerpiece in the
cemetery lot, which has been pur-
cnaseu. iew l ork World.
The Prince laughed, and asked: "Yon
(watch the chickens? "Yes that'
Ujralara..
Oyster-spawn when thrown off by
the mother soon seek some clean
shell or gravel on which to fasten or
"set" This Is why new ground for
oysters needs to be covered with clean
shells or . atones. Oyster pawn
will not "set" on muddy, dirty
or f reasy matter, even if oa sbeJU.
Hence shells are much in demand for
preparing new ground.
fnmklna Privilege!.
j ' The strangest things were franked
ijlundcr Treasury warrants and sent by
fllMMt Until thl. oorlv m,t tu ... .
. ... wiuui UBCCJgni;-
,centh century. Mr. Scudamorc has
(extracted from the rscords, amongf he
"others, "Fifteen couple of houndsigo
,lng to the King of the tomans with
a free pass," "Two maldervan(s go
ing a Laundresses to my Lord Am
bassador Methucn," "M. Crlchton
(carrying with him a cow and divers
'other necessities."
the
leo
I Th hardest part of any distasteful
iduty It the thought of doing it! "
Who Oiuia th letter.
In the transmission of letters
State is simply the airent of fhn
pie, and until a letter h
destination, it is the writer's prop
erty, lie hasa right to reclaim and
regain possession of it, provided ,e
can prove to the satisfaction of the
postmaster at the office from wluich it
was sent, that lie was the writer of it
Even after the letter has arrived at
the office which is its dcStJnation,and
before it has been delivered to the
person to whom it is addressed, it
may 1 recalled by the writer by tele
graph through tht! mailing offlcr
I he regulations of the post-office de
partment of course require, that the
utmost care shall be taken by the
postmaster at the office of maillog to
asceru-tin that the person who desires
to withdraw the letter is really the
one who is entitled to do so, and the
master , responsible for his cr
ror if he delivers the letter t s,..
postor or an unauthorized person.
mi,
Klephant Leather.
.We arc now tanning elephant hides
Jy steeping them In a bath similar to
that used for cow hide, but extending
Che tlmo of exposure to six months
The leather is lj inch think, and is
made Into floor-mats, pocket-books,
satchels, card-cases, and so on; but it
i very expensive, a small case coattmr
from 120 to 1100.
riot of tue Tail
have ever
did
a
Compare
with Ila-
aud never.
ferur.t and inwr.
scd wept in va u .
" i'r ailar u
t.y to oar unseen i 1
a7 Short 1!B the KaS
Odw?
p..T.-.'oiinrt1 tall men
very empty heads" writes Kora iw
Hersavs more warily.
DOU- lui"'" , .,
Often the cockloft is empty in tho
whom nature liatn built many stones
high," metaphor seemingly ,
rowed from llacons --vaiure i
never nut her preeiou Jewels into
garret four st iie high."
Filer's molcrat ; "often-'
,..........!. i ewr'' :mi
ronssii"s - - - i
!.e tiiat the "wisest, ! was a ".-.'"guisi.ing rt
.-t of mankind" was
r:st at ElifcaU'th's
. Lord of Leicester?
which sure
ill will (. if
j brightest, i
lea line a
j Lall iai i
! Meanwl
tell us thai
were men
now Ilalzac st
bells j five u
Iloodi. battleflelds r.
oppression and fear i
a. .A lll. ,... . ' "''it
linn anil Ihn (l-.i .
mvgi.
cure for the ilk m
We know nothing;
miug, aiiu we uie. "
U'lckljr
III the old pioneer da
Mountain State the .
mony partook of the ,
life in Vermont at tu
live of the State tolls a
CiV llul'S. ulti.-l. l.
L'.vwu-i: : - ---.--
needs no ghost to lae (treat pk-aJ
l!,v,n anil l-lll nr
.a-.Sl;e height. Hut
ii furward in cap and
r.kier Krown.a tuiu-h u
onist minister, w.n
,-aiiie "old dog in ! 'rout doorvard.
...i- i..- ...n.. w in . iiii't i lie nm, .,...
nornmes out etc jtits" "vs he, and j was natura ly heating
we defy all inland to t ranslate that ! .Wcr llrowr. M :
nlirasi'-H bears too many meanings, j "'ecits, just like an; l:
It may m-an that the tallcH of the j tw-.i-sawjrer of bis
lall once wore long clothes; or that M rowitlj 'there u;Ui tl
?reate-t of great men was once small IJhe ro-d and upt,Jthe!
: ,. ,,!., i auk, ungainly country i.
f.tr !i rr:ii e.
""h" " " . ,
(H'.ntes was stumpy, also m. ram
AUiander the (ileal, great only
warrior. In stature, Imth he
n,,,i h'if:ir iniiie in tel led ual father.
Phillip of Macedon, scarce reached
middle height In this regard we
may rank them .villi the famous
Snartan general, Agesilaus, with At-
M'oiirge oi iioi. ' nroan-
thicksct. sinewy, short;
ind
as a
1(1 to a halt.!
be ren-fjJ
'''ly "n the J
tila, the
uliouliiereu. hikksci, sinewy, anon.
with Tlieodoric 11, king of the(;oths,
afwhoni Cavsiodorns writes l,Ho ! '
rather short than tall, wnnewhht j
stout, with shapely limt alike lithe
and strung."
Aetius, too, oriimandcr-iii-cluef or
the Koman trrKijs, and jirnp of the
tottering Komao hnipire fn the days'
of Yalcribinkin, wa-i a man of low
si:itiiiv! theieiii rcsemJiIinsz Timour i
the Tartar, s;!i-descrilcd a-, a 'puny,
lame, decrepit lill:c wi','in, inougn ,
Lord of Asia ami Terror of the,
Wnrlit " also tlie ireat (ii'ide. and his ,
pigmy contemporary Marshal Liixem- -U1' they
Ijourg, niikiiamed "the Lililc," by)l ceremony
tlio.se who admired him for making ; elaljorate, whi
v . ... .,. f I. ,,.!liij .,1.11 . at t-1
Louis the Fourteen tli Louis the
Ureal; who, bye the live, les his high
heeled shoes and towering wig, dwin
dles to about live feet six. tint even
ngainiv coum 1 1
1 I ... - ' "I
i noiseoacK, n un a fre,
' a iililicn Itehiud him
.... . , r .'
iias.-u ainniL ins Waist
1 As they came to all
advanced toll
' arms comfortal
j - jnu wain i mi mj
c iare.- ne said, adureu
i ing pair Impartially.
I "Va-as," they repliwi
"Well, then,-' ,,r
Iirovvn, "James, w til
woman for votir irv"
I "Ya-as," replied thf-:
groom
i "And you. Hettv
this man for your lm,!n'
! "Va-as," replied the W
miieriiig prouiplne-.
--in ngiii, men,-" resJ
minisicr, reacinn out hs
and bestowing a hearty U
each of the newly-married
can ride on.
And they rode on, a U
uiaj lieen
e t he e!d
lm woid -sawing.
Oil Mulrlm,,,,
Papa l!endigf)kee,up
I
thus pared down to the inches nature j p.ve on daughter. Mart
tave him he r.is a giant compared with ' a woiihl-lic lover Um lakes
Sir Francis Drake and with Admiral ;a f,'w niinutes' convcraii
Keppel "little Kepl" .11 svery j Imrd-licartcd parent
sailor fn the lleet, fond I v dutiheil him "You Reeui like a niw
a re
and perhaps you
Mary?"
"Yes, I aiu,'! was the b
"Haven't wild anvtliinsf
have you?"
Well, no; bat I th
liink
"Ixies, eh? Well, let
Her mother
from pure love and admiration.
Whereby a talc, if but to break the
jog-trot of thi-i catalogue. When,
than, Keppel a commodore nti
was sent to demand an apology from
the I lev of Algiers fur sin instill, in
the I.Fitish Man. he took so hiyli a ; catos my affertioli
tone that the lcy exclaimed against "Ies, c
the Insolence of the liritisli kim for . something
charging a "beardless boy with such ! t'(". :lnd there's no doubt
a message to him. Kenlied the ! ,ias Inherited her insaiiit
beardless toy, "Were my master wont j "I'UI willing to take tl
to take leni'lh of l.ennt 1nr n t rrf ret.llcd t.ho Invvr.
wisdom, he'd have sent vour devshini "Yes, but y-ju MarrA
a he-goat" i rible tcnificr. She has tv
Oliver Cromwell, Clavorhouse, and a knife on me with intent it
Mchcmet All nnist, lie content .t tiiVe i murder,"
it out In brains, for they all lacked "I'm used to that got ii
inches. Two or tin 1 like her," was the answ.T.
naturally suggest that of another "And yon should know tif
great soldier and usurper, Kapoleon ! sworn a solemn oath iKittoi
uuu,iiui iu. iu priiL corporal, as nis j " i ""r i my jjiuh-iij,
men lovingly called him. stood almnt. ; the father.
five feet (Frenctn fn bis siocklnps. I 'Well. I'd rather start
say five feet 1 English. In stature ; .'wild up. There's more r
the Iron Jmkc beat him bv about, siv ! ft. Mr. llendiifo." continud
Inches while the five feet four of ! "I've heard all this before,
Nelson place him midwav. or there, i that you were on trial forfi
alxmts, between the vietor and tli to run awav from Loudon!
victim of Waterloo. Sir Christoi.ber and served a year In wm
Wren rcscmblea tho smallest of . stealing. I'm go'n to isl
British birds not in name only. st-it-. I vour family to if he vuai
ing with Charles it. at that mon- I utation! There-no tbai
arch's XewmarWer, Imm I, !,.,i,,.. c-i-: l.-a
...... - ...... ,, K Ju ,- , . , . , ,
Christopher hoard him coaiplaiu that !
the rooms lacked licit? lit, "i-ir,i..., !
r - - i 1 1 1 j i I
me, sire," J.c broke in, "to me thi-v ,
seem uigr enoui? i. '
"Ay, and to me, loo, now," replied
the Merrv Monarch errniiii,,.. m li..
buttock's nearly touched the fioor
I-or this kimr, who "never said a fool.
ish thing and never did a wise one ''
would have made turn Sir ("Mi.i, ,
pher Wrens. uyron slood flve fMt
eight inches In his
eral allowance of inches for a poet
Put his friend Tom M.xire redresses
this disturbance of the average
Moore never reached five feet
:s verses, the first of which oyc the
he published under the pen
name, "Thomas I.ltfle" a,i..,i....
at length he doffed the mask, some
n.ijHuieiii, wag nanea the charge with
the undeniable assertion ni
Little, and little ia Moore."' Wnn..i
that Mr. Swinburne, tho ni..i.n i .
of our Hith century 'Singing birds "
will forgive us for branding hm ns
ftvery Inch a p'ict, even to the ,.'
new of his inches. fJenUcnian'a
nvlnr.
Mr. liendiL'o looked ;tlla
man with his mouth wH
when he could K).eak lie s
hvtMia has given me sJ
dodge!"
Ta ..(hi a l'sscin b; l'"H
I had an eKoerience w
The Gmla.
"It seems stranire in umm ,,i .
that the ancients should cry aloud to
Jlllilter in their I ir.lir r,f n 111 l.,.l.. , a
. ... ... uiin.iiun anil
praise and believe in a succor that
ever came. " writes Waller uiacV.
bum Ilarte in the New V.nanml
Magazine, "Put it was not very
strange, Kvcry dawn and every sun
Mt thrills one wlih awe; the dullest,
Coldest Clod feels Ibis
fire In the heavens is tho i...... ..
ctcruity; while for him there is no
to-morrow. The old world saw Its
kou ciiinii in the cast every day; his
'Kilt, warm, and kindly, bringing
hope and eheer, or adding to the Iron
of misery In tho hearts of those who
saw It, crept Into every house; it
glorified the towers and domes of the
city and added to tho horrors of the
liolofaustor battlefield. Tho Egyp.
tians, Babylonians. Greeks and l(o
man bad their gods above them, tho
nun by day, ie moon and stars by
night, for those with eyes to see; and
h worshlpersof these silent, Indlf.
cowbovs some vearsanotto'
enjoy even a little bit,"
M. Iiirke. "I had just Id
my health was bad, and I
to go out West and real
few months. I eriKass tej
a held of cattle from NnrM
Into Kansas, and made thf
take of supposing hat 1 M
loan in the naitv who kn
Kism from a persona! prd
I uiree successive evening
' colleie lr. i.rnlni while DlVO
"at In a circle around lPH
tough beef or smoked pi
Then they concluded that :
had utiniif. i.iiiiii i,f Ar-
I'ythagorus and the phil
peripatetics, and they p1
wind me up. The nextti
Imiss gave me my orders it j
cook asked nie In chA
whether I would take Vtfif1''
on my slapjacks, nnrifr.si 0
wan a big re vol v-- ln , v
i.... . .....win, i"' -
Biawrresf-rve my v
ln,- , l .... I. nl
mt n,r mo mm, ..
v in -1
. . . . .i.t me i
uooneitjjc--,.,ri!'j
nfCivii"-'
had licen n nrofessi
. . , Ilvr.nlUls
oiuers wcr -"i.---.
. i -.,..ni,ted to da."!
el,lM.n nf tllC frnIlU()
. , . l.,....ii!Mir.',-5
erat. -
Scranton, !
wheel, which weign ;
It 1 a wlicei, 0
, ... ran .
nver aim in mh;' ,,,,i
capnclty of thirty "'' 'UJ
water and two ttion
ir' twenty-four "0"' Mcl
vnlsnii., ,. ..,i feet f
mjvii UI ll-M ' ,,l I
Inner edge of the ,u;,lVt
. rT-.ie'
It Is a greet dea. -
out of the frying
Jump out of the tire.