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DESTINY AND VICTUALS.
Fair woman, could four soul bat view,
The intimate relation
Twin food and fata, there 'd be a new
Aud higher dispessation;
Cuuld yoo but see, for "destiny,"
A 17000701 io "dinners," "
Aad what the kitchen's alchemy ' ,
Could make of mortal sinnerm,
Yes'd leave odd fade aad learn to bake
A loaf aad cook a "tater."
To roaat a Joint or broil a teak.
Than which no art ia greater.
What deeds of fame are left undone.
What thooghtt are left unspoken,
What waiting laurel ne'er are won.
What grand resolves are broken.
Because of soggy bread and pies
And viand spoiled in broiling.
Of sickly tarta and greasy fries,
Aad coffee left a-boiling.
For, though with fortitude he bra Tea
The terror's dread of battle.
While, proud, aloft his standard waves
And round him ballets rattle.
If an often fails of noblest aims.
Unconscious of his power.
When pills and potions press their claims
In some dyspeptic hour.
Mayhap 'tis said "He lacks the 'grit'
Or genius essential"
By critics, blind, with all their wit,
To causes inferential.
Bot "grit" and genius are naught
When nature's distillations
la ignorant alembic wrought s
Into abomination
Are aK before him day by day, . "
More fitting a collation " w
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Mere brutish (Tarings to allay
Than for man's delectation.
"Man cannot lire by bread alone,"
'Tia well and wisely spoken.
Bat make that bad, hell die unknown
Aad give the world bo token
)f high ambition's potencies
alus slumb ring fires ,
aim throofh galaxies .
soon.
v4 dec y
MUsi Bagge pot her band to bar
brown thin neck and gave a cough of
half apology
"If I star longer I shall bar ts) ru
up to town oue day to a awsna
plug"
Thar was a pause. The rlnga ef
moke from 8 te mart's cigar at the
other end of the boat loatvd dews by
them. The boy below broke a few
plate and danced a few eteps of a
breakdown to cover the aoiae.
"Dear Henry! How the scent of hb)
cigar does remind me of old times! I
remember so well that night at Mar
"Miss Bagge, will 70a go and play
something 7'
Miss Bagge went obediently aad
strummed her banjo aad mentioned
ooce more that sbe waa a little Alabama
coon, and young Mrs. Stewart ran hur
riedly to her husband.
"I'm going to quarrel with her,'
said, breathlessly.
"That's right," aald Henry, calmly;
"anything to stop that row.
. "I'm going to ask her to go back to
town to-night, Henry,"
"But, my dear, isn't that rather
rode?"
"Of course It la. That's why I am
doing It You'll have to see bar to the
station."
The private row waa quickly and
quietly over. When the last word had
been spoken the self Invited guest
begged ten minute to write a letter,
and then she pronounced herself, ready
for Stewart's escort, U the station.
"Sorry you are obliged to go, Mlaa Bag
ge," aald Stewart politely.
"If a an Important engagement" said
Mlaa Bagge, trembling, "or I should
bar stayed. Good by, dear Mrs. Stew
art ,1 dare say we shall meet again
odd thing happened.
tnded bla charge Into tha
fell from her pocket so
the Gadfly. Mrs. Stewart,
I good temper, now that her
old admirer, was depart! ag.
raa soua aa aba noticed
""lss Ba nald no at.
mod . that she
whn Mrs
aw i waa
.Esq., and
she
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women are I Shouldn't mind it la
the least But my talsd la quits made
y He was sot listening, bot her head
WSa sswrtad and aha vest ob :
1 have left tha keys la the bed-roam,
aa) sty account book Is (stalled op to
Ases, with the eacvpttoa of the bill that
ease la to-day. There la no ressos
why we should have any high word.
"I seat rear pardon, dear. I barest
heard a word yoo were saying-"
Be had found the news pace la the
paper and was reading with
a dlvertlag breach
sly saytsg" sbe raised ber
a piteh of distinctness
here's an Idiotic letter
the (M wrttea to the fellow."
"1 seat wsat to bear It, thank yen.
Tee yes as; listen, this la bow It
awes: 'Jsst as the wind sighs for the
as as I mgh for yon.' Why,
seesst sigh foe the assahore.
does nr
Oo on, plesse," the aald, quietly;
"read the rest of the letter, la It really
la the paper, Henry V
"Look for yourself, desr. It's too fun
ny for words. 'Bo do I sigh for you.
Can you Imagine what you are and
ever have been to me? Ton are Indeed
my king and yes know that 1 am your
willing sieve.' "
"Why," cried Mr. Stewart, "tbefi
word for word the same."
"Aa wnatr
"It doesn't matter, desr."
Sbe took from her blouse the letter
that the disappointed Mlaa Bagge. with
deplorable hick of originality, had cop
led from the evening paper.
Don't people do same silly things.
Winifred, desr, when they are Is lover
She took a marguerite from the bowl
00 the table and stock It In her hair.
Then she tors op the letter aad gave
the pieces a little puff to seed them out
on the stream.
"I b'Ueve you." aald Mrs. Stewart
"Shall yos wast to be rows acre
for that last trine, merer" demanded
the boy, putting his head out of a win
dow, "or Is the guv'nor going to do It T
"The last train," echoed Mrs. Stew
art "why, of course not James, Go to
bedstones." .
"That boy'i quite mad," ssld Stew
art, turning over s page of the paper to
find the cricket; "we must get rid of
htm." St Jamas' Budget
Bis Criticism.
'rational art critics are by no
the only people whose opinions
urea are worth hearing, aa many
t has found out Michael Her-
his little shop Insured In a
company, and the agent p re
sit a highly colored Utho-
reeentlng the burning of a
buildings.
surveyed the picture for
enta, mattering to himself
last he turned a dtasat-
n the agent
purty," he ssld, "twit
call it corapiata, sorr.
at "What la
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V folre In-
horses,
Ybere'e
IN MANX LAND.
Aarisat Casts s. OetsrssMst as
Tailless Cats mt Thai OM Cwastrv.
The Isle of Maa la only thirty-three
miles long and twelve wide, so that It
Is not great labor to get over It; and, as
two railroads run oa north to south
and the other east to west yoo can see
how con Ten lent it is to the visitor.
Douglas. Port Erin, Peel, and Ramsey
are the. chief towns.
Tha Isle of Mas, while belonging to
the British crows. Is neither English.
Scotch, Irish, nor Welsh, but Is s sep
arate country, with a hoses rale gov
ernment and s languags of Its own,
says the Phtladelpbla Press, but yet
with great loyalty to the Imperial gov
srament snd devotion to queen Vic
tors, for everywhere you go you see
pictures of the royal family. The gov
ersmsst Is knows as tne "bouse or
keys" snd consists of twenty-four
members, elected every seven years.
bat no person baa a vote unless be
attai as real estate to the value of
0, or occupation of the valoe of MO
per year, snd women era also entitled
to rots, The court of Tyuwsld, pre
sided over by the lieutenant governor.
Is composed sf the council, which em
brace the bishop, attorney general,
two radges, the clerk of the rolls, wa
ter bailiff, and the Vicar general This
council snd ths sou as sf keys are the
active government of the Isle of Man.
There la ose fas tare of special ls-
terest Is reference to ths laws, snd that
la that an laws passu! by the bouse of
keys are sent for ths royal ease-tit and
when that has been secured then the
law must he formally read In the En
glish sad Manx Issgusge on Tyuwald
hill Is the opes air, where the council
and the keys united form s Tynwsld
court, before they become laws This
form of reading the law at Tyuwald
la the oldest style on record; wsa old
la 1417, sad has been continued ever
slscs. The 6th day of July to each year
Is the day of public prorlsmstion of
ths laws passed by the boose of keys
The cost of anas of this isle la three
legs of a tuan In a circle. The mot
to, translated, reads: "Whithersoever
thrown, I shall stand." The Manxmen
apparently rather enjoy the three-legged
crest for everywhere you turn
your face, whether at s steamboat, a
railroad, a coach, s flag, or on the win
dows of the stores, there you see the
three legs.
I had read of the Mans rata without
talla, and thought It a joke; but sure
enough, the cats here are without tall.
and I saw several without that grace
ful member. Some Isdle of our party
who had not seen the Manx rat were
rather doubtful of the truth of onr re
port and we bad to accompany them
to the bouse where the cat lived, snd
after a dose examination came away
believers In the tailless cat I don't
think pussy Is Improved by the ab
sence of the tall. Some people any this
strange set of nature extends to the
dogs also.
The Manx language, like the ancient
language of Ireland. Is fast passing
away, and In a generation It will be
one of the dead languages, enjoyed
only by scholars.
Beggary sad SaperatlMoo.
Begging la a regular trade In many
parts of the world. Some who practice
U may almost be ssld to make It an
art, or a profession. A good mendicant
like s good salesman, studies his cos-
era. discovers their weak points. If
n, snd trsdea upon them. A
writer, who has given much (-
the subject, describes st some
skillful methods by which
who get their living by
11-. yiiaj uM bu jwt -
lr victims
mm on notion that giving
d fortune.
nne," says onr trench
the days of examination
lot's degree. See the col-
with his dictionary under
bla way to make the farn
erston, on the eocreaa of
future depends A cloud
ties down upon tl.ew.
r, a morsel of
nf you happiness."
hurries on.
MackbsMed, monsieur, '
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predletJoo si ways takes
flan patw out hla parse.
raa away cbulla
ta sssa at ths HotaV
viamlnatia Hat
n sad
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I
ha
seen nnttlsg their strength to
hate taws down, while other was? msV
titaeee were euipssysd withta ss apply
ing ths gluten that wss to prevent tavm
retsrataa; back. Ths tsearrtra, as sat
isfy themselves that the folisg was la
deaa tncuTraied aad held la this fens
by the efforts of the aata, distarbed the
builders at rbelr work, aad aa aooa as
they were drives away the las ess
sprang aa, with s fores soars greater
thsa It would hsve been aesaned possi
ble for such laborers to evsreosae by
say com ulna Hon sf strsagta. The
more compact sad elegant dwelling of
eopbylls vtrssreas la made sf leaves,
cut snd masticated until they secoms s
coarse pulp. Its diameter la a heat six
Inches. It la suspended among thicket
foliage and sustained not only by the
branches on which It hangs, but by ths
leaves which srs worked Into ths com
position, snd la many parts project
from Its outer wall
EEL THAT UKEO MILK.
He Was Slippery, hat Drr Aaass M
nallr Caasht Hiss.
Abner Ilammell la a famous fisher
man of Irviagton. N. J, whose fish aad
snake stories occasionally get Into the
local pa pert to the amusement of the
reader. The last story Abner telle I
the most remarkable. Condensed from
the lengthy narrative as It originally
appeared the story la aa follows la the
old man's own language:
"Dad Applegate got a fine cow last
spring one of the best eowt I ever see.
rur s time the gave forty quarts of
milk a day snd kept fst 'Lodg early
In the eu mater she kinder fell off on the
morning milkln', snd kept gettls' worn
snd wuss ss the summer ran slong
She seemed to be all right durln' the
day, but didn't produce In the night
Iad kep' her In the little bam dews by
tha crick sd fur a while be had so Idea
thst somebody waa mflkln' her durlo'
ths night I don't know but be 'spk-
loned ms, for he pot a lock oa the barn
door and then come over the neit
mom In' sad asked me to lend him my
bunch of keys, aayln' he'd lost or mis
laid bla. Foley, wam't he? Too see
he found the cow hadn't done 00 better
In the night and be wanted to Hod nut
whether I had a key to fit the lock.
Things west 00 in the same way for a
month of two, and one day I suggested
to him thst It might be that hla cow
was gittln' milked regular every nlghl
by a milk snake, and (hat he orter
watrh her. I 'greed to help him, but
he said he'd, do It alone, and be wtut
dos d that night and set for four hour
on a half bushel measure watching the
cow. Then he got tired and went In the
hotixe and turned In. Nex" morula' the
cow didn't let down mor'n two quart
of rnt'k. Dad's got patience, and he
watehed the better part of the Dei'
night aud he one follerin', and then he
saw a sight that a' prised him, though it
warn't so t'prlsln' to me after 1 wan
told about It
"He thought the cow wsa actln' kin
der queer, and, pulling the lantern up
out of the nail keg he hid It In, be f.aa
ed the light on her and saw what b
thought waa a big hlacksuake stauiltu'
on Its tall an' mtlklq' the cow. The
light scan It an' It drops off snd altp
sway In the dark corner. He looked
high and low for It hut had to go to ln-l
without getun' another night of it '
night be got s shot at It with s rifle, but
missed it an' It got away. He dhlu (
And out what It wat till the folhrln"
night and then he bit It fair with a
Flobert bullet, and the ball glanced oft
the slippery eel. If It had been a snake
H would have killed It hut It only dated
the eel long enough fer dad to see what
It was
The eel looked to weigh about thr
an a half pounds, an' at dad wat shoot
to pick It up snd ihlokln' wbst a food
breakfast It would make, itgavea twist
and slid through s hole la ths side of
the ham and drop't Into the brook.
Imcl went fUhtn' far that eel sex' day,
and set up all nlgtt nearly watch's'
fir It with an at spear, but ths set was
toa cunning fer aim. aad sax' moraln'
the cow gave fifteen quarts of milk,
sbowto' what the eel bad been 0 the
habit of taktn'. It wsat on that way
far weeks If ha wanted any milk In
tha mornhV he'd ber to set up all night
with the cow, an' If be didn't set up the
eel would come every time, Hs stop't
op all the holes, an' the eel made new
ones. He tried plxened milk, an' the eel
wouldn't touch It Then he knuckled
under an' came to me fer advice. I Jest
told him to put some dry aabes uaV"
the osw aa' he'd get the eel He dJsH
aa' the next day be found the eel laf
Stiff In the barn. It bed got the act
nixed up with the slime f
't crswL He cut the eel'a (Bt 1
Inned It an' I oever aa w a perC,
almost purs white, war
a meat I gloerslly Mas, as
the best tasting sel hs of
nsw'd 'bout eels aa' aa
a boy. There'i f
out onto pastors 1
eta at night aa' at
how to catch 'aoW
make a wide atrip of .
pasture and ths at
It"
tsat Caass.
from Boston hsd f
.rvw ud win ibs ra
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SASH WCIOKTS.
Taw sf These.
There are few articla of man
mom as than tasto weights, says
New Tsrk Sub. A wom
still sssse to be held op with
jsst as there are ettll key
watches: bat Itks ws'
be fct pswBswttoaataty as
ha, acsxesfy BWSSCtsbsS I
.r. mads ef Ire and lea. The
.ses asw eotsmnaly made sf
so. Lesat bseag ths heavier
m seed ts Pisces wbsrs the
fe at ensamaad Is sot aaSlLliat
Irea ceostiibssBSies sf ths rsqs
wwlgnt - .
Baah WShrhtB BfS BSSOe la
slats isngtsg from two poasds to t
ty oesnda, and anawr two
over thirty they sr ssaae at or
Iraoaash wetghta ef ths fsaalar st
m si wees mads rosnaU la StBSt SsW
sr sr laager they are east somsrt. LeJ
weighs are mads beth rosnd d
square ts all stses. I
Sash wslghtt sf ISS B SOO potrt
srs sot eemmon, bat tfeay weald I
be esoeldsred resjrkahs Wads'
are eootethnse msda SOS assnsas ad
m rounds. Thus thsv assxht be
a single aasb window asarty .hslf
ton at watshts aad OB a tWSSSSh w
dow mors tfcas thias-asiaasssa of a
So perfectly bslsossd sr wslghtt
windows that they osa b raJasd
lowersd easily. Haarr wetghai
never out In by goess, aar aiw
arv to adlnst them afavf
place. Ths aaah U wstgbad before
conotsrtialantet sre
weights are made ef
right propoetloB.
The nroductloa of aaa
needs upon the deal Be of
bnlldins. The total annual
tion in this country la paobaStr
lM.(KMtoes, Weights are sent w
eaahea exported ts South A stories'
wherever they may ga, . , .. I
The atarecata weight of ths coos'
balances used la maay of ths Is
modern buildings may bs eoaosM
tons. Thus In each a hmUdlng as
rroduce Exchange there are probi
from tUty to eighty tone of 1
weights: In the Hotel Majestic 0
tbsn forty tons.
Dsly
At Fort Monroe some dsns
where one of the v esse Is of the 14
was temoorarilv awaiting orders
delegation of army officers stationed
tbo fort came aboard. There la a
naval regulation that Botblng can
so on board ship until ths com mam
offlcer orders It While the army pel
were looking over ths Ship. tw4
o'clock arrived. A Junior
prosched the captain aad aald. wltl
salute: "It la twelve s'clock,. l
Make It so." responded ths capt
and eight bet It were struck. The art
officers suspected that ths navy nj
wanted thsm to ask some Questions
get sold, or that this was a bit of td
ery got up to Joke the land wsrrlJ
Some time after, a party of the erf
officers Invited the saVsers of the wj
ship to dine with them. The dini
wsa progressisg when a lieutenant
tnred and, saluting the senior oflU
present aald, gravely: "CotoasL
Major's blind horse la dead." "Mi
It so," responded the Colon et with
grett.nt gravity., and the dinner of
tfUd. Nothing was said at the Ui
but the navy officers tell tha story.
Weight of V ariose Metels.
Cast Iron weighs 444 pounds ts
cubic foot and a one-Inch square a
will snsuin a weight of 1A.500 pour,
bronxe, weight 925 pounds, Isaac
rw.Oiu: wrought Iron, weight s. u
city 50,000; hard "struck" stsst, srsid
4I0, tenacity TH.ono; aluminum, wslf
KM, tenacity 20,000. Wf are aeH
touied to think of tnetala as bet
. . , .. . .it . j
suvur lubu www. nuq so usry s;
generally atiesklug. If only places
the same six be tested. Whan sqd
nB m iutw two inatanaai
compared It Is then found that sere!
varieties of wood are attoagsf than
dtnary steel. A bar sf ate fast
besvy aa a bar of at eel aa teen
will hold up 13ELO0O pesrods, tha
aab 170,(1X1 poAda, and seme
lodt wojem pownda , Wood la
It occupies tes sr torsive
epacs of steel. The boat castings
tor the United SUtss nary bare a
sdty of 63,000 to nfiOO pounda to
aqogre Inch. By aothllfylng such
r-gth of csOsV 1
he oMaJagX JZZ
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