FULL OF "EAUTY.
INn'l tba lu f of ti am dwt - atrtcLina;
ms bj4 r a -Ai4
l iiijkwig j tl dwdro;t OB tiltf d. Je
a.ary a. 1
abU iu aii it 4tw &4 br gbtar as it tr?aui
And tba bar ii e uwiug Ivblor, ton tba la
h. tUcr nlb;u of th mocking bird;
;br.
Tbv tii -ir u.iio tuuafe., and in to you
m aiiti !
A d the b-- maail gionoun, and ibefcilla
a ' uu I.fcut
1 l a' ia pimid air iha Jii Lg uf tb ma kiui
bud- t D;tu !
Ht ra tba era urn.- of t&e maple. ith tteir
iwiufci Dg u -kl nie i-av ,
AMd tb .n t im witb lb -1 i'jr aud ibe
oo --r b Uli'l
And e e vo r I d fedra?at!' slid .iir
WSJ . ll'-t IMlllL.
At.d tn -u b- wurid le in pjrpi-. and ni&r;t!.
au . n ill !
oi.tlwwu.ld ia growing brl,jh!r. n . u.arter
. i' it r li. :
ibtf Oil lilll-'o bliafililllltf wuilvr tb Oi-UJ a r.Li-
iou l. 1.1 oj mu 1
Aad rti - k uo bing lira Ibe j-rw eat, a- d
tinr nu.j,iig ilk ! ibe Lml.
il i ii i tl - uuij'.y Kaaiii turn we wlh
tba. 1 (e would ia.:
Atlanta coa lilu.lou.
m-j
HIS XAML AS Jll'D.
Fiddle s was e cited.
otthat there wa anvthins ex-
xriorduiarv .n that, for the Hat was
in a rwni.ai coud t on of exeiiew ot
over on ttm.u or another every hour
in the day and vented H in much
drinlcin,;, 1 d lalkioz and Ightinif
but ou lb. tart.cuiar.A-caioo the
ex ileiuent was of an unique order
that in its still ntensit. hiiied and
silenced tbe luobof niei, mat crowded
the door, o. ibe -iary-. " a-
loou and KatuoliuK bou e, the pro-
pneior of which, v elvet a k, was at
that iu ioe.it heinif tried for his lite
he ore tb,t most teinl.ie of earthly
c u U . ude n h
It was not the tjrt k llin at the
FUl 'i hi, Mioot.uii scraw was only
one jf the do, ns of o: hers duruikr
the five months or rlildier's ex st-
ence. but the victim was a pecu iar-
ly mo ens e creatu e know n as
'.lud" to the cimi
He had no oilier Dame that he
knew of, .td had earn d his sohri-!
quet bv bis uii a. Inn 111 lu k at the
iram nu tail m. and hi.emia U unfuii.
iiu reman, as he rose peuni ess from 1 Provl(le Iljr nie, an' I've teener
bis bout wnh the titei: -Wal. my i tDlnklD' "tr best way out o' th syer
uauie' mud a'in;" but on this panic- i binl"' 18 Ie ' Lhls I1,an WDat kiu ,uv
mar o lasion Mud's luck had run his ! nian ler K 1 me er ,jew one-'
way. and he had sat hour a ter hour ; tbe opP1 amid a death-like
at the little ohiooii faro t;ib!e since ' 8 leDCft ve.vel was the oni.' man
the nitfhi i-fore and won with un-1 that preserved h.s customary un
failin, rc'uiaiiiy through every deal. ! ru'ied wwre. Every other fate
Velvet, hi i, st ir had the shift, at. ' w,,re aQ expression of horrified as-
dral when Mud bad won the last
ounc intlu bankroll.' and. as the
lucky player rose from his e.it oppo
site biiu. the aaoibler b;id wuhout a
word shot hiui throuiih trie n.'ait
' The cold tl(iiidl-hiiesof tiieact was
too much foi the nerves of the Fid
dlers, and the camp ms; to a man
;in ' cried aloud lor vcimeance.
Thev were wu:tm now lor the sen
tence. Lon Smlih was the uclge . He
occupied a ciuir pi act d on a am table
atone end of tbe loni, low cabin, the
identical chair that Ve.vel sat ia
when be shot Mud-
Velvet sat 2. little to his lei t. a
guard at either side, on bUrighL, tbe ;
nastily cboseji rfury of twe.ve sat or
stood, and beyond a rope stretched
acioss the 'oom, was the silent, ex
pectant cniwl.
The evir....ce was a!! in. and Long
Smith wa-
' Ut.x hiii. -Ii down into
po t oi i-. iistn to
a comfortii
the c unse ur d- --n-e w.,;n elvet
suddenly i- lo 1... i. a . I said:
'vee her -. . oys. wi.aV be use of
i hk on !i shi. iiiuiil: business
any looirei? hut u i. . tid you've
'letermined i.it i mu.t h. vr. Can't
you drop ims n d t.ike a out an i
bang me a i -i ! e ( ,e win, t, instea I
of torturn 4 m with a - this nu
sense? Von kuo yi- ' e - a 1 y doinir
it to aniu-e ursc.ves '
The eye ! every iu..u in 'ne crowd
were fixed o. :he prison ni ir ngtbis
pee h and u.en turncu c pectantly
to tbe Judge.
'. riantr et tbe bar, yer bein' tried
fer murder by lhe onlv kin' o' erco't
this yer kentijr hez. Ef ther's eny
tbin' ye bev ter sav ve '11 b v er
chance to say it furder on."
There was a hum of app oval from
the audicoift, and lhe counsel for the
defense went on with his argument,
followed by the tounsel for tbe pros
ecution. Tbe courts aimed up and
charged the jury, which, without a
moment's hesitation, returned a ver
dict of gu Sty.
The .iUdsje aroe from his chair
a d said: " elvet, er gone In."
there was no further assumption of
Judicial (linnity: it d opped from him
as one drops a cloak Irom his shoul
ders, "ther hoys bev giv' jer a sij ar
deal which's luore'n ye give Mud, 'n
yer'Il bev ter go under. What bev
yer got ter s;iy a;?ntn it?" I
e vei smiled and shook bis head.
"You've got the drop on me. 1
reckon," he said, "and 1 .an t kh k "
Just at this moment there was a
struggle of some one trying to force
a entr.ince through the crowd at
tbe d.Ktr. and tbe shrill tones of a
woman's vol. e could l-e beard de
ruatidlcg ;;ccessto thecourt that was
tryl a the man thut h d killed hers.
' I'm Mud's wife " she insisted in
a brlli. shay voice.
Oh, 1 know what yer nicknamed
bini. His'n my name's DooIjs. n be .
were er go.1 nuff man mot ways
'o I want ter see the man what
killed him 'n lef me er lone widder
right in the rim er life."
Tbe relict of the late Mud was at tbe
bar or tbe court by tbia time. sre
w4 a tali, augular woman of 40 or
m. tfrawed to ratty black, with an
tamMM calico eaahoonet that pro
jtrsl ovt btr face like a ctkm of
lz??-? amd neetMlSy eoMaMi
Teun. ordered a ebalr for bar
tietst, aad wboa
aba had
t
-"3 trsstr rtwarkct to bar
Mn kuwejaf IS ad wwra
a
' CX Rra dwabsad, wWd
t : tzszl tti farya."
' It rc toc-j-rf ran
l 3 fjr UjCrJ
I n me m.t here ter' Yer a nice
KID u e .U'l;.'.:. 1 uiu av. Wal vet
Kn et uo ur irjrin' 'iu rite oir
again, now 1 jiu y-re, aim the
wij..w seulad . .Uji' jru.ll ba k ic
iier hair and to ii a Gip : snuff.
The court, counsel, jury, and spee-
: tators were nieited in a moment.
The. were M !ourians almost to a
u.au, and the nuc i u U o; nature"
thai snuff dip awoke in them . de
tii' Ui tDe IJj a a.aies lor tne luo
tiieut.
'i he court, counsel, and jury rnn
tvulied f' r a lew n niii- iiti. and th
,tudir iotuu.iied to l!ie widow that
th-y had o.nr.uded that her reque t
wjsa very naturai, add. uojt-r the
c!rcuiu-.unce. a very iro;t )' ';:
th.it wail Hie , r sjti-.r' .u-ti. the
wojiu comply v!ih it, hut a lie h.n
aiiva iv beea trii-d and loun I Kuiitj
ouee they thouiyht it hard.y fair f
h in to try b.uj amo without his
cousent
Velvet aroe, the eye of the throng
i urIQ ,liuj- ,,e w,s a talL jiiWIit,
! graceful fellow with nswawera.out
him th t laerjs.iblv attracted luen
H'"1 wo,lien alike- 8nd wllh SQJ"e
' "at howe i his white teib under hi
b,a,"k, "tache, reuiarke.1 that he
was alwitVsi "elilfhted to please a lady,
tut ,n1 un"er tbe ti-cuiijsUi.ce be
fould n,jl M anvihin to be gained
Ly,'t t , . ,
He tiad in fact, iJeaded gulliy In
the tlrt piace, and all thai remained
"T lhe 4 WjS 10 sentence
but as uaJ up"n trvina
b lu "nx to P1 thenielves, they
"1"'h d, well try him ajjain to please
lac'r'
fn,'re d a r"urU'er of approval at
thH 'e"Uuj - irJUi the audien e
which was stern'v checked by the
C0Uit- 'Ite widow bad lieen dlppinx-
-ouiT and eyin e. vet during bis
aDd the ourLs remarks and seemed
t" ve made up her mind to Mime-
l"ln st,e h-'a tj en conside. in, for
stle ,su(ieDlv closed her snu:T tox with
ia ciiclc r"s flJtn ber chair, and
' lurijin tfl the court sa,d: j
e"e- i me person wnat's t.in
nit h"rt ln tnls 'er ,,craP- l'm M
a lone woman wiid nary a man ter
ton.shment for a moment and then a
yell of delight went up sroiu the
l crowd.
j The cool effrontery of the woman
i had CdiiRht their senses of the fltne-s
of thiriKa. Here in a tountry where
awotuanmost needed a man's ) ro
te tion her man bad leen taken from
her. Wnat more just than that tbe
loan who had caused his taking oil
- should replace bim''' The racket sub
siding, the court gravely arose and
said:
' Prisner at the bar, yer taev bin
' tri d n loun' guilty of murder. Ilev
i ye: anythln' ter sav why ther sen-
! tence in thlsh yer co'te should not be
Pt pon yer?"
Velvet shook bis bead smilingly
and the court cont nued:
Ther S 'pten e in ther co'te is,
thet ier fball marry this yer woman
'n the co'te, e. a jestlce will fie
yer up right now."
At this there was a yell that fairly
shook tbe. roof, and tbe audience
rushed inside the bar to shake bands
with the prospective bride and room,
and offer congratulations; but the
bride bad something else to say Brut.
" edge." Fhe shrilled. 'Tve bin
tell'd thet Mud win'd a con ld'bie et
gam hi n' last night 'n I want ther
money."
'ibe coin ; nd dust bad - fen im
pounded by tbe court, and he e
iuctautly tur. ed It o er to tbe
widow.
After looking it over sbe stowed It
away in a voluminous pocket and an
nounced ner readiness for tbe cere
mony. The counsel for the p osecu
tion and defense acted as groomsmen
and the foremen of the jury gave
away tbe bride.
.Surely such another wedding was
never seen Tbe 1 est! vi ties lasted
until 1 Id tilers was cotnoletely ex
hausted: and when a coui le of days
. - . . . . . - i
later the Hat, recnverpfl from t.4
carouse. el vet and b s wife had dis-1
carouse, elvct and b s wife had dis
appeared.
t
A few days late a tall, swagger
ing, black niustached man, accom
panied by a woman dressed in rusty
black, with an immense sun bon net
covering ber head and face, stood on
the deck o a Panama steamer tuak
. lng its way down San Francisco l ay
towards tbe gate.
Thet' were at th rail, en ing at
the fast-receding city. Suddenly the
man snatched the sunhonnet from
the woman's bead and whirled It
overboard, and as It t oated astern,
said:
". ood-bye to the Widow Mud, and
now, old ulrl we can tie comfortab e
again. Tbe old Ixinnet. ser.ed its
turn, and it served It well, but I
can't look down two mi es of stove
pllieevry time I want to see your
pretty face " Calllornla Magazine.
' An Ore if on Girl's Feat.
A young woman of Oregon baa ac
complished what the most experi
enced fanciers have been unable to
do; that is, tbe domestic propagation
of the Denny pheasant rbe baa
tamed the wild young chicks so that
tbey are willing U reed among do
mestio fowl and do not try to escape
to tbe wood aad Held. She baa
four pbeaaaot bana In captiflty, and
puu their amra under a doaseatlc
fowL It ia the oplalon of aiperu
that tbe ebloka batcbad from eggs
laid ia ibe abaaaaafa aatlve neat ia
tba leida aad batcbad by adoaieetic
lewi wtu M?ar be tamed.
i Tn asaa taat aaderukat to ha a
law acts felaaelf to mom baU,,a
fSfatsJaCtt
LINES 0FT1IK FUil'KE.
SOMZ LiTGITlM 4TE DEVICES FOR
THEIR CORRECfiOM.
A Womaa Co lo Prutu Xgrk u th
with 11- hp - lret on ot
sk-trk 1 lotrtlna: iVtota ef tor.n
and AilurnateBt.
Sew York ormpondeae-.
f in oh can bo
dene f ran ml vt-
1 dip wnich
n o j i triHa
v-; v
nip t.vea .. hop
1 e i, a , d ic a
V il i thtf B. lire it
I ) di.Ttrcnt, and
'v, v ti e entirel,- legiti-
' n .t A... I ,. t..
it lorro - i n are
tuany. A woman
cnniiO ret i much
Hsi i) lea e ith
ner r. it; he c n
rn ke it narrow or
wide to suit her
own idea of beau
tv. Or she ran r n-
trol the curve of the hips and the Iuk-s
betw, en tu shoulders in sho t, the
ho i.elie&t fiat-chetitj woman t an
make yo i le'lev.; her charming when
she t j ns her baok o yod.
There are Hi-day two admUdble
styles of back: one! and the favorite,
rlrei with vase-'ike curve from asm ill
r i nd wai.t. The flrht and second pic
tures H uxtratfl thi tyie. The va -
curve is a long one ana i:n !er the armi '
the dne spread grace ull , In sugges
tion of the full bust line. Pe.weeu '
the h'lulder. boriz. .mally the i a- k K
absobit!y 1'a , neither rounding out .
n r ln the. Its l bowed In, as le-ults .
from throwing the Bhoukl..r .. '
back in the misiaken notion that tuus
the g re is improve I. his line
f.om ahould.-r to . bouldei- should bo
about as long as half av cund the
waist, a na-row ba-k Mr.g always
1 eaut fuL Tne line htarting fi-om the
h ri.onUl sho lder line and ending at
the wai it line should curve dimicrtlv
and g -ace'uHy, bending in as it ap-
pr acne trie wast line, and at the
wai-t beginning the outward curve.
w icn extends bel - and Is one of the
most important lines in a wo an' Az
ure. This back is wo. th Laving:, and
RLAt A. BI T ELABOHATK.
if you haven't it, it is worth coaxing or
even making entirely. For a tall
woman in; lined t lien lerness ab ml
the hips, it is the nly suitable back.
The second sort is much s'iortr
waisted, and while flat a rns- the
sh ulders as e ery good back ruu-t be,
it may round out a little bit in the
line from shoulder to nape of ne -k.
Its lines are shown in each o. the thisee
other pictures. From shoulder to
waist it i - much shorter than the ot' er
bick and dos not curve s i much. The
unde- i m 11 e does not curve, but
s aats utward to gi.e addel brea'th
under the arms. The whole back sug
gests the rather plump figure or on s
more n at.ire than the vase tyl, and
is e .sier to make r sugg.- t than is the
other. Kverythirig that teuds to
1 ugthen or narrow the back and give
it hp. lng at tbe blue i-u agents the first
aort: everything that tends to shorten.
widen an 1 make r una without bump
ing, of course, s ggest'the ther. Bo
take your choi e Intelllgen ly.
t f late the fa -b ion has tended to ex
t eme elaboration of the Uwlice. If
the ba'k is to he "made up." that is
the kind of a Uidice to wea-. What
ut v uut a wonjau uo wuen sne mav
, . ' .. . ,,, . . . J
nve roeei'B. irirs. tans sasnes, per-
n.ri ;.,.!... i, ,.t i i. '-a
pendicular or hnri.ontal inserth ns and
stri es checks, ov. r-draping and scarf
ing "on her UiJice and, V she likes, all
on b' r back? Iier task Is easy to thut
of lhe unfortunate of a few years ago,
who w s comieIled to get into a bed ce
of a'tnost tai or made teverity whether
he had any bai'k or not.
In the selection of ketches for these
Illustrations, thowc have boon ch(sen
a raiu. tmat sacaivaa
wblab lUuattmte points of form aad
adoramant la tba book of you, all five
bowing aaw aad stylish drasaaa. Tba
w arerla tbe first one baa tba ae
Ilka figure aad doea not aaad to etrlra
far dtaffaJaiay effeaU. Tba oaly bedica
trimminfr ahowlaa bablad la a noiat of
at a faawar?tafa,'Wbka oaitwnoafia
vt-a Ua caff triaMaia af tba iliavai.
I f
' I! 1
A ve i of the m mster'a'. ih-
ti f ffb 'c b it g .. , bl.ie
t-ivet o' th i-t . a!. alt lur.ii uoi
h tandfp' c l.tr an i -! .
An rnauien ai (win', of this Mil,
Vn I argue, wid ofU-n sorve to dipguir-e
t r m net t-h i Idtr blade., and
ttt ir p i e s i - sin uld avoid thr wing
I ack Iier ahoul !e Tn ,nm t on i
a ng lHiint.'J yoke in the I ack of the
Ur.li dist'uis.-s this fa .)t e -n b iVs-.
Let lb- UmI i-o fit cl fely and the yke
I e in Hear tie Ii- ha e curving over
t e ahn er and w ith Un g rv i it ach
'ng to the b It line. Th.sytketh ull
ix' of m i h chi'Ion (if ed i i.i k. ml
the p'intd ;art ahuuld bis drawn in
ticbt pb-att that Hie not hi ted intoihe
h how f th liack '! l.en th h dl w
b c nies tne iu te uppa ent on either
id-i and the ia e in bn'r"i Uiu
pr r; ect shoulders is M.IU-ihsi and
concfaled.
The ne t sketch diiilays a S -lire of
excellent out ines but. ne enh-le.ss
clothul in a U dicn or i!onside,-iib.e
elaU.ratlim. For it, Whc satin .s
covered with et and is a mo-t e 'thel.
hiJden, save for a l and in b ack, by a
full tichu of black tuilu edged with
black laoe, b cli rros -es over In frji:t
BtH. 'tis a riorKnt that's tbickt.
and t e. behi' d. A tulle ru hing fin
ishes t e neck, and the -leexes &r
capped by lace epan ette. Tne acci rn
pan.ving skirt is gored and borJeied
with a wide flounce o. hlicklaco. heal
ed by ntrrowbfuck vei et rlhUm and
tMtWa nl hia -l aaf in rlh rm nl (tlltnfAnl
size , with one .erv la gi bow held bv
ri bon st aps oi each shie. If col ,r is
oesned in a toilet after this mod.-l, a
very prett ' el ect can be obtai ed by
making the band of veivetatth.? top
the i ce rltunce an i the little tiows
of dit'erentc ,orel rib ons The w de
tibhon b iw i:t t i waist h Uid then
lie of a or et-ponding shado.
For lack of outward Ciirvu bjlow t ,e
waist the liltlo perk frill acro-s the
waist'lino at the ack Is inva'uable or
a crisp b w with w.-ll set- ut ends gi os
much the i-ami; rl :.;f to flatns. hero,
where it is lens . . a t -d. '. hese rills
ar entirol.' hdmis ibh; in current ash
ions, which a UfD have with them a
cane col aret o to match, ns in the
thl d dress h wn herewith. .This
gown is from a handwim gray n ve iy
suiting, and is ti imm-n ith p.-arl-gray
satin. The buck view gives as good an
idea f the whole as would a lo k at
the fr mt, for both are alike. Tt'e
skirt is lined w th thin s'lk through
out, and te ful.nes- is gatherel in the
back leaving the hi.ds aud fr nt plal l.
The boaice has no darts in front nor
seams U'h'nd, be:ng mad i of perh-c iy
fitted bias materia . i.athoicd in the
shoulder seam i re two wido piece f
traight trood. whioh cross over at the
bust an 1 end in the deep corcel-t,
hich consists of two ratio band 1, one
li:ht. the other dark gray. All plain
or mixed suitings are suitable fur this
CKriUAL KHOt-MJCB OAHMTt RK.
tolltjt, and lea'ho.'cai be substit it d
for the i-atin gai-niture.
Kor the second perraitiVjd ty e of
back-tbe short-waisted sort is the
next gown which the artist contrite
uUii. its material is stiip I wate ed
silk, whicli is now u.-d for the most
elegant costum s and for trimming
mere are ;el ana i.nami;ty laij flounc
ing. The skirt is lined with U!Te:a, ,
m' i ilAnurl ca j.titisl 41A fruit .-... I .
s: nlened a i.und the bott m and trim
med with two ha ds of I lack gallo m
and a lace flounce. The latter is pulon
plain and cut ir.t p lints at the t p,
who e it is tint he i with narrow et
1 a-sem-snu r e csides, jet ornam. nts
are pla t d U-tweeu the la'w. Tuis
garniture I mu h hig e.- in back than
In f r nL The b xlice is alike buck and
j front, and has its yoke also cut into
i taha.odge l with jet gallo in and doited
' witb large jet n tilhe-a Is. ii low this
the stuff is lai'l in pleats that faceea h
1 other, and a wider band ol the gallo n
', f rms the lielt. The hleoves have im
j menie puffs trirnm-d with jet frlned
j ana dettes, and oe p caffs are bir deJ
at tne wrists wi n ,et.
Entirely hidden Is tbe last pnir of
shoulders id lured, a d tbe method of
their c ncealment const lutes u novel
and dainty garniture. Itcn-isUof
two rosettes of cnrn lnwe'-blue satin
ribbon place l at the si o dders with tne
connecting straps ornamented in the
center with a paste buoklo. Two ong
enda of sah ribbon bang from the
rowetw-a. The drees rtuff is vellow
Cbinasllk, ita naJeraklrt la trimmed
with a wlda flounce nf erobroiderr-d
moa sellne, aad tba aanordioa-pleatod
ovamklrt I' pointed aad embroldt red
to match this flounce.
7irftmLp
Www
Hakomr are styled tba right honor
abU lord . aad addreaead at mj
lWwla
FINALLY LANCED THE EcL.
In Afro. Vmrt4-a'a U-prai straps
mi. a 1 in! T- ii m v At rr Ii u Ai. -rl.
Among the rowd of e t.itors
ffaUliiiitf a knot of . hermen un lit-j
'iroy inepKr tne titht-r iiioru i
s.ivs the New uik Lveuiiikf rtuml,
was an eidei ly Airo-Ameri an, wiip
wore an am iu,u.-(ed pi uii bit. a I ng
linen du-U-r ind a i iislte look, lie
w.i w. in hi for ibe i oat for llav r
straw, ami Irom his occasional com
ments on tne II. -Iuck of tne fisner
men it was evident that le knew a
tiling or two alxiut tiiiuMiiu the
tinny tri tie, ai.lituth it siio-e :uenc y
dvve'.oped that he wasn't an ant pi at
ui.h.ioaing bit catch. ot e in a
niiible had agitated the lines for ba.f
an hour, and the man and b.o her
occasionally vented his disapproval
of the pisciunial iiiocedures with a
. n ..u.ui.o. r maiiy one ui
lluiniih.
iu auKin, ...meiwi anusa .act,
llcrl i""- -""""er .cim
uar to acapacinus luven reiiriquisn-
ing his line lo Ine dgusied gentle
man of tolor lu-tanlly a smile
overspiiad b s feature-, lie uu.ikly
act down bis bag and umbrella,
pulled his plug hat over his ears and
slowly drew one of the lines out of
the water. Then he stripped tha
book, took a fre-.h worm iroiu the
bait can, si rped it tbie: limes lie
tween his hands, slip ed it on Hie
book, spat on it th ee tm.es and
tossed it overboard exclaiming three
times:
"Cudgy, cudgv, cudgy."
'What's th.i,?" asked a fat fisher
man s tliog near by.
"Thai's medicine." answered the
son oi Haiu, ad i ng contemptuously:
"You just wait"
The crowd waited expectantly.
The medicine was good, lor in ies
than live minutes the colored man
yanked a big blue eel to the surface
and flung hi in witb a flop on ibe
pier behind him.
"What did I tell you?" whooped
the black man excitedly. .Sei-ius to
me you people ilon't know uotblu'
'bout catchm' ells."
"You ain't got him yet. He'a
getting awav," elled the c owd.
The eel, which seemed ab muscle
and re-oluiion, w.is not accepting cap-
j ture Passively,
kd about hki
J le iwisied and wrig-
ke i snake, at'd was rap-
Idly Hearing the edge of tbe p er when
the da. kv jUiujied up and c:utchi
him. ltwusauood aileuij L as the
polo grounds cranks sa., tmt rc-ulted
in a clean muff and lhe t rowd
pr mptiv gave the plaer au errtir
while It applauded the eel lor a jos
sibie home r .n or a silde. Then the
Afio Aiue iCan buckled in lor an up
hl 1 game. VY ith a mighty bound be
leaped into lhe air and swooped down ;
upon the writhing form oi Mr. ,u
guilla Vi.liiarls with dcierminaiion
shooting from his eye and perspira
tion dripping from h 8 forehead. For
a luin.ite o iwo eel stock look a
tumble, but went up again, when
the vicinit., became filled with cel.
Alro-Amer can, Ush line, pole, plu,
hat, du-ter. and bait box in a hope
lessly - oniu-ed mass that resembled
nothing so mu h as au animated
Thompson sire t Laocoon for one.
The coiored mau's eyes bulged until
tbey seemed likely to fall out as he
saw tbe eel slowly but surely slipping
Irom his grasp. A dock man came, to
bis tescue aud cut o i the eel's bead
with a knife. This ended tbe strug
gle, and as .he colored man walked
over to his boat bis pensive look re
turned and he sagely remarked:
It's easy enough to catch eels,
but It takes more'n medicine to hang 1
on to 'em. "
MOTHER'S MILK.
Sol Alwajra the Bnl Dm for the Little
Onm.
It seems reasonable to assume, sayt
the Youth's Companion, that the
natural food which is offered to the
child iu tbe earl.er months of its In
fancy could haidly be improve I upon;
and, indeed, lhe milk of a beaJthy
mother is always held up as the
standard by which all artificial sub
stances arc to be Judged.
Xevertbele s, tbe conditions whl ti
enable the uiotner's mbk to meet the
requirements of a perfect f od are
not invariably present, and the sub
ject Is deserving of all te attention
which has of laie been given It
There are many disorders of In
fancy, ceriainlyof the digestive trac ,
which can be traced d rectly to a de
fect in tbe miik of the mother.
The most scr ons evil -is by no
means an insuiiicieucy in the nutri
tive pro; crt.es. Trouble in this di
rection is at once ap arcnt from the
general condition of lhe mother's
health. The child itself, while seem
ing to le possessed of healthy organs,
soon takes on the pinched and pallid
expression natural to slow slarvallon.
A proper and nutritious diet for tbe
. mother will soon obviate the dl i.
culty. aud tbe child will at once as
sume the appearance of health.
If the trouble Is of an opposite na
ture, If the milk la tooconcentrated,
the fa t is not so readily delected.
Tho milk Is known to be abundant In
(luautlty and r.ch iu duality, and
yet, sirangii to say, tbe infant does
not th.lve.
He has perhaps at first a slight di
arrhea, which becomes more trouble
some as It teenies more persistent,
and which speedily undermines bis
health. Nr can any medicine be
fouod that will rcsto e the bowels to
their nnru.il' condition. For tbe
fault Is entlraly In tbe quality and
quantity of tbe food. There la too
much lat In It It la loo rich.
i The digestive apparatus of an In
fant i aa incapable of being safely
overworked aa a.i adult's. The cjjlld
grows weaker and weaker, and finally
succumbs to tha ravages of the Id-
ceeaant dlarrb i a, and tbe cause nf
tba dlfii ultf ! seldom understood.
It to tare, If there are digestif, dis.
t'lrbanure present la Infancy, afUr
tha possibility of . tbe prssaaea-of ae
taai dtaaaes of tha orgaos baa baa
j. r,,r y f xr' tided, to t-nn-' 'r frr-t
the i II IC I ir u the Jniik the
lu .liei. di.d to set k eah medical ul-
Ice,
1, is tfi iicrally su1! lent in tnase
Cjh to regulate the time of h-ediiu;
but the m i! bcr -houl l nete-r hesnale
to give uu nuisina the child, if su h
a course is deemed wi-e by the phy.
HlliaU
( barging- a fuel tin.
(.en. Maurv sav- that when he wan
in 'J e a-, he heard a ureal ileal aimtit,
the llcrceiiess aud activity of lhe wi d
cattle, and determined to tlnd out
He truth of the reports So. one
i.. luiug at day break, he setlortb
w th -luan. the gu.de. and two other
men wiih pack mules to lir.ng in be
meat th y exjiected to kiil A(u-r
two hours' pnrsu t, he came In sUht
of a huge wtnte tiu l. which bioke
away from them at a rapia gait, al-
, tnuUL,h he was severely wounded.
-jne wr,tr ro itlrii en:
a, Again. aftr an hocrs
Again, artcr an nocrs pursuit, we
came up n our bull, and as before, I
: dismounted, and ran up to mane a
sure shot, and running closer to h m
, than before, delivered it. Old Juan
was too wi e lo dismount, though I
had not observed this.
) Asmyiitle cracked, I beard the
bu.hes rattling, and the uicn cried
out " ok out, Lieutenant! he Is
charging you!"
I wheeied. and ran for my hor-.e,
1 ut the bull was too close to ine lo
stop to mount, so as I heard nlm close
; at my hec s. 1 turned suddenly to
1 wan a huge cac-us I wia passing,
aud sprang into it, alruiing through
IU nd tumbling Cat u, on the
ground on tbe other side,
i In all my 1 fe, 1 had never been so
tcrritled, and I was so to 'men ted by
the tMcat cactus gpUes. whi h had
pieiced my body, that for an nsiant
1 wo dd hire welcomed the b II or
anything ehe that would have le
; lieved me of my misery.
' A Her some in ments, I ventured to
rise and look fo lhe au.uial au ac
tion whi h I immediately regretted;
for he instantly saw ti e an I made
i another i ash for n e. the men crying,
1 as he d d s "He's charging atru nl"
! 1 whirled through anoliier cactus,
the twin of the one 1 had just left,
and la ' as flat and still as a dea l
man. and 1 almost wished I w is
dead, for In my flight. I bad acciuird
a second supply of cactus spikes.
They are o: the si. eof a large da n
Ing needle, with barbed po nu. and
when one Is pulled out, it leaves the
barb in, io ...ark tbe place
Th'i hull was gone, but alas t he
cactus spikes remained. 1 ater In loo
day, we loid tieticr su ess w ih our
game, and went home drivitin the
mules packed with mcaU
I luerii Hrf h Joker.
( irero re kooed humor as a useful
ally indeed, lie coniesscd that the
sense ol huiu.ir was very powerful
w tb him -T am wonderfully taken
jwiiti annbii.g comic," he writes to
one of his friends
There is evidence that ho waa
much ghen t making ,okes. Evi
dently the i oman aud eute was n ,t
eiy critical oc this point, as f.'iceto's
jokes were f re ,uentlv i.othing more
than puna
. erhaps t ie most ntelllgible is his
retort to Hortenslus, during lhe trial
of V ertes. Verres was m d to have
feed his counsel out of bis Median
spoils. At all events there was a
figure of a sphinx, or some artistic
I value, which had fouud u way from
j the bouse of tbe ex-governor into
mat oi iiortcnstus.
Cicero was putting a witnea
through a cross-examination of which
his opponent could not see the bear
ing. "1 do not understand ail this." said
Ilorten-lus. "I am no band at so. v
Ing riddles "
That Is strange, too," relolned
Cicero "when you have a sphinx at
home"
He knew the secret of a successful
humorist In society, "that a jet
never has so good an effect as when
uttered witb a serious countenance.
Urumtiic.
ln the mathematics class ooe da ,
at Williams College, i mfessor f
who wa rarely made tbe subject of
college jests, was excessively annoyed
i y some man "squeaking" a small
rubier-bladder.
The noise seemed to come from
near a certain Jack Mollis, and, after
iuerylng each of bis neighbor, and
receiving a negative answer, Pio
lessor S Ba.d, sternly
'llolhs. do you know who Is mak
ing that unbearable noise?"
Ilollis, who bad 1een the guilty
party ull along, asiumed an air of
stoical bravery and s.ild, -calmly,
"1 know, sir; but I prefer not V)
tell "
Professor S 's angry face grew
calmer, and. with evident pleasure,
he replied,
"I respect your scruples Ilollis.
Thev do you credit and should shame
the guilty one."
Illir atne and Hmall.
The surgeon of Monewa'l Jt.cksoi's
br gade lells a story of Gen . irl
which be says may or may no' I
true, but at which he heard Jen.
Jackson laugh very heartily.
lieu. Early, who then had coS'nana
of the troops on the lower liapabao.
nock, had some guns on a Nh em
bank men t trained tosh all he
federal gun boats If theyshuld make
their ap-earaLce a mile o two down
the river Tbe mu.ier tbe guns
were lilted very high J order to
carry a ball so far.
One day while Early was inspect
ing lhe guns be foun soldier sight
ing one of them, wr?b pointed to
the lop of a tree in t neighborhood.
A long time be an H) ted, Tbsn be
turned to Gen Kar-
"I aay." said thtaler. l tbera
say squirrel up trA tree''"
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