,. aw- ..' '
ABANDONED.
A roand ib tiuus rank eJi are thick!)
Tail auuflower fill the Held,
Yet od tLj -aiiu jruuiig hv. once hopes
Were aoait.f
For all tli year might i i d -
A ni) in utrrtiif band, tha aturdy hoof,
pursuit, K,
A plow irtiare turned the sod
The toiler brava drank deep tha freah
air's brewing
And sang content to God.
A moiuatj fair and ift baa ainiliuj
ttriv-D
Thrcuh long aud loneaome hour.
A bl ie .-j1 bat a bit of earthly
I ear en -LautfbnJ
at the auo and flowera.
A bow of promise made tha prairie aplen
did
Thia home their pride.
Bnt wtmt l-gan so well a!a, aoon
ended.
The promise dW-d.
Own in the aprini when rlrh her gift
lievton ing
An hundred fold,
But when hot inda are Vrnaa the parched
earth blowing,
Young hearts turn u and old.
Their plana and dreama their cheerful
labor Bted
In dry and iiiiteiit yeara.
The apring wa aweet the auinnier bit
ter taeted.
The autumn aalt with tear.
Now weeda and aunflowera bide their
aomctime yearning
'Twaa theirs, 'tin putt
Ood'a hti are (range-we take ao loDg
in learning
To fall at lat.
Oklahoma Magazine.
t'MV CAT BY EMIL ZOLA
AN sunt of mine loft me an An
gora cat. the most stupid animal
I ever knew. Listen to a tnla lie
told me one winter eve before the glow
ing embers:
"I was at the time 2 years old and I
a the fattest and most Ignorant cat
Imaginable. At thia tender age I tlll
showed all the presumption of tlic crea
ture w ho disdain the lux uric of u
home and hearth, notwithstanding the
gratitude I owed kind Providence- for
placing me with your aunt, for the
Uxk1 woman adored me. 1 had In a
cloaet corner ft veritable hed-chamUer,
a down ctiahlon with aoft quilted cov
ering. The. fool wa as fine a the
ab-cplng; no bread; no aoup; nothing
but meat - lovely rare meat.
"Well: A mid aJl thewe comfort I
had but one desire, one dream, and that
wa to allp from the half opened w in
dow and eacnpe over the roof. Cttrcnh
e were male to me; the aoftne of my
Iwd uauHeatlng; and I wa ho fat a
to turn my ow n stomach. I sighed for
freedom the day long.
"I must tell you that once In looking
out I had een on an opposite roof four
cat fighting with ruffled fur and brist
ling tails. They rolled on the blue late
In the warm sun, screaming with Joy.
I HAD KEKV FOI H CAT FIOHTINO.
Never had I contemplated o extraor
dinary a spectacle. From that time my
bidlefa were fixed. True happiness
was on that roof, on the other side of
that window they eloped ho carefully.
As proof of this I remembered how
they also dosed the door of the closet
where the meat was hidden.
"1 conceived tbe project of escape.
There must ha more In life than raw
meat It was the unknown, the Ideal.
One day they forgot to close the kitchen
window and I Jumped from It to a little
roof beneath.
"How beautiful the roof were! Large
gutter bordered them, exhaling deli
cious odor. I followed these gutters,
my paws aliitlng In a soft pine mud
which wa Infinitely warm and agree
able. It seemed n though 1 were walk
ing on velvet. Anil the un' heat wa
o good; a heat that melted my fatness.
I will not conceal from you that I
trembled In every limb; there was fear
In my Joy. I especially remember n
terrible emotion that nearly caused un
to spring over on to the pavement.
"Three cat who hud been rolling on
a house top came rushing towards me
mlnowllng frightfully, and aw I stood
:ulU1uk' 'licy guyed me and said It was
all for fun, so I Joined them and nila
owled too. These Jolly fellow were
not clumsily fat like me, and they
chaffed rue when I rolled like a ball
over some piece of line which had
grown hot In the sunshine.
"One old tom-cat of the band wa
parllfulnrly friendly. He offered to un
dertake my education and I accepted
eagerly.
"Ah! how far away did the luxury of
your aunt seem!
"I drank from the gutter and never
wis sweetened milk so sweet. Kvory
thing wa good and plcuuut. A cat
I
I in. a ratlkhlug cat; he filled
me with 0 l'.?-t. :iily in ui tceaj- ,
bud I so far m-u (bene eigulalte rra- '
turea ao adorably aupple of spin. tt !
dashed forward to meet the newcomer, .
my three coiuradea and I. I distanced j
ihem and was about to compliment the I
lovely charmer when I w a moat cruel
ly biltetj ill the Heck by oue of thclll.
" "Bab!" suid the old toui-at draw lug
me away; "there are other.'
"After an bour'i promenade I felt a
ferocious apictlte. 'Wlmt do you tat
on the roofs?' I Bked my friend.
"'Whatever you rind,' he replied
shortly.
"This embarrassed m, for I had been
looking ami had found nothing. At
length 1 perceived In an attic window a
young woman preparing her breakfaaL
u a table under the window was laid
a beautiful chop, appetlzlngly red.
" 'There Is my affair!' I thought In
nocently, and Jumping to the table I
adzed It, but the young wotnau had
seen me and I got a terrible whack on
my back from her broom. I dropped
the meat and fled, awearhig my worst.
"'Are you Jut from the country?'
said the tom-cat. 'Meat which Is on
tables Is only to be desired. You must
hunt In tlie gutter.'
"Never could I comprehend that meat
In kitchen doc not belong to cuts. The
torn cat helped b) dishearten me by
saying that we must wait till nightfall;
then we could descend to the street and
rummage In the garbage. 'Walt for
night!' He said It tranquilly, like a
hardened i?liili)sopher. A for me, I
felt my self weakening at the thought
nf this prolonged fnsL
"Night ciime slowly, a night of fog
which froze me. ltaln fell, line and
penetrating, whipped by sharp gusts
of wind. W descended by a sheltered
Stair. How Ugly the street seenieii:
No longer the weli-ome bent, the great
sun, nnd the airy roof where one
might stretch so dellcously.
"We were hardly In the street when
my friend began to tremble. He miide
himself Ninall, unall, ami crept slyly
along the houses, telling me to follow
swiftly. He took refuge In the tlrst
doorway and heaved a purr of satisfac
tion and relief.
"I questioned him almut our flight.
" 'Hid you sec that man with the club
and the great baket on hi back? he
asked.
" 'Yes.'
" 'Well, If be had een u he would
have Htunned un, and we would buve
been eaten In brochettes.'
" 'Katen in brochettes!' I cried. 'Let
u leave the street We do not eat
but are eaten here.'
"Meanwhile garbnge heap had been
emptied In front of the house. 1
searched them despairingly. I found
two or three lean liones covered with
ashe. Then I realized how succulent
fresh meat I. My friend, the tom-cat
scratched the rubblah pile like a pro
fessional. He kept me running till
morning, visiting each side nf the way
and not hurrying at all. For nearly
ten hour I shivered In the rain awful
street! Awful rain!
"At daybreak the tom-cat, seeing that
I staggered, askiil me, with a strango
air: 'Have you had enough?'
" '( 111, yes,' said I.
" 'Do you wish to return home?'
" 'Certainly; but how find the house?'
" 'Come. This morning, on seeing you
start out I realized that a cat us fat as
you was not made for freedom's rough
Joys. I know your house, and I will
drop you at the door.' He said this
simply, the worthy fellow! and when
we nrrlved, without the slightest emo
tion, he said ildleu!
" 'No,' I cried, 'we will not part thus.
Yon must come with me. We will
share the same bed and the same
meat. My mistress Is n kind woman
"'Re still,' he said brusquely; 'you
are a fool. I should die of your silly
high living. Your life Is all right for
such as yon, but a free cat would never
buy your down cushion at the price (if
a prison. Adieu!'
"He climbed to the roof, and I saw
hi great gaunt silhouette quiver grate
fully under the caress of the rising sun.
"When I entered your aunt took a
switch and administered a correction,
which was received by me with deep
Joy. for the feeling of being warm was
pleasant While she was beating me I
thought with delight of the meat I
would have afterward.
"You see," concluded my cat, stretch
ing out before the embers, "ime hap
piness, true paradise, my dear master,
Is to be shut up and beaten In a place
where there Is meat"
I am speaking for cat. Translated
by Lucy Martin.
A Ounce Alphabet.
A dance alphabet, has recently been
Invented by a Itusslan professor, who
has' devoted M years of his life to
teaching dancing In the Russian Im,
perlal College. Hi Invention consist
If minute figure which represent
every conceivable position the human
leg can assume.
Thia Year' Havagca of I In iocs.
Klre losses In this country and Can
ada o far thl ye-tr are fiW.'JTL'Kio.
May'a record wa small, the losses be
ing only $7,7tl,3!0, some .f :t.isMSK be
low the record of lat year; but the ag
gregate no far In lMii.1 exceed 1S(i4,
aame time, by about 4,ihki,'SKi,
I OUT A TKKKlbl.K WHICH.
TIIKCOI'TKVSIIOI'K.
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES GUARD
THE NATION'S LIFE.
Tha Hummer Hcboul aa a Factor in
America's hduntional fymtctn hta
tiatica of New York Citr rtbool
Lihibit at Atlanta -Note.
It te w on i'utriotiam aud Kducatiou.
"Patriotism and Lducatlou" was the
text of CliauiM-r' M. Llepew iuitiriK't
ive addrt js at tbe Yauderbill L uivcinl
ty couiineui eineut lust week. 1 he cen
tral thought of the address nun that
our bools aud college were the
Wrongest hope of the country as it bad
been of all nation in modern history.
"In the darkest hour of (jeruian his
tory," said Mr. Iiepcw, "Stein, the In
comparable .siatesnian, appealed for
advhe. He could not ask lor help, be
cause the resource of his country were
exhausted and the rest of Lurope was
either allied to or under the heel of
Bonaparte. The answer came, not
froiji camps or cabinets, but from the
lecture room of the most remarkable
educator of his time, Prof. Kichle. 'Ld
ucate the (Senium,' was his cry.
"Teach them not only the glorious tra
ditions of their race, but give to them
the trained Intellect and the disci
plined mind which will unite the Ger
man peoples into a resistless power and
make them the leader of Lumpe.' Yon
Humlxildt seconded lichte, Stein saw
the opportunity, and upon the smoking
ruins of the Napoleonic conquest they
buihled the I Diversity of P.erlin. lu
eighty years, with their incomparable
gymnasia and their magnlliceiit seats
of learning, the German people became
the best educated In the old world.
Their leaders in camp. In cabinets and
in Parliament were the graduate of
their universities and the best fruit
of their liberal education. The crow n
ingof William Kmperorof Germany at
Mnill It lie tbe New
-New York Herald.
V ersailles, the triumph of lilsmarck In
the unity of the Teutonic peoples Into
one great nation was the fulfillment
of I'lchte's and Yon Humboldt's proph
ecy that lu education lay the salvation
of Germany nnd the future of her
progress and power.
"American Independence aud the
founding of our nation upon constitu
tional lines, which embodied the ex
perience and the lessons of the ages,
wa the work of the graduates of the
colonial colleges. Harvard and Yale
and Princeton, Columbia and William
and Mary were the architects of the
Decaratlon of Independence, of the
Constitution of the United States, and
of the Incomparable system of execu
tive, legislalive and Judicial Indepen
dence and Interdependence which have
survived so successfully a century of
extraordinary trial and unprecedented
development. Samuel Adams, In hi
commencement thesis at Harvard,
struck the keynote of colonial resist
ance. John Motin Scott brought from
Vale to New York the lessons which
prepared that rich and prosperous col
ony for the sacriliccs of the rebellion.
Alexander Hamilton, a student of Co
lumbia, although only 17 years of at,'e,
lu fiery pamphlets which were ascribed
!o the ablest and oldest patriots, edu
cated the popular mind to the necessily
of the struggle, while the pen of Jef
ferson, of William and Mary, wrote
that Immortal document which lives
and will live forever as the most com
plete charier of liberty.
"The return I thought of Washington,
the main spring of every utteiance and
action of his life, was the Inseparable
conned lou between Ihe union of the
Stales and American liberty. He fore
saw tlie storm which was Impending,
and like the great (Senium, whose meth
od has rcsulied in such a phenomenal
triumph lu our time, he believed that
civil war and domestic strife could be
averted by eilucuilon; nol by proviu
tinl. or Slate, or sectional, or Isolated
teaching, but by a university at a com
mon center ami under the guidance of
a broad, heallhy, pn Miotic and national
spirit."
The ISvliools o. York City,
lly the lignics of the recent school
census as slibinllleil to tin Hoard of
lMue.iLlon, says the New York Sun,
the number of male children In New
York City of school iiv h :is lCVilm on
May 1, and Ihe tiuiubei' of female chil
dren of school age 171, "IKI. Of the
former ll'.i.Hl.'i, and of tlie latter iis:il
were, at the time of the census, lu at
tendance at the public schools main
tained by the oily.
lly tin.' Ilgure of the school census
of Ihe parochial schools of New York
receiilly prepared by lit. Itev. John M.
Farley, vicar goners! mid chairman of
the Catholic school board, the number
of children lu at leiuhiuce al Ihe 1(K
parochial sclim i wa ."io.iio.S. The
number of children unending private
schools, academies, college, trade
I 7.
lit v y-sM,, JM3
Seiio.il.,. no other 1 11 1 i t IJ Uolis of lu-
sanction ;o.is' 'J Le imiiiiImt of
truants 1 ."iO.HHO These are the IV
tiles in det.iil:
li.ua of i.. iol ive in New York
City ll.t
In public h,., is if.tXii't
In puroehiii! !e.,,l l-i.-L-M
lu prhaie or trade school 1 l.N'.W
At nork l.'i.NVS
Truants SS.tflM
Giris of , !:,, I at'e ill New York
City 171,ati
In public s, -See. Is VS.KU
lu parochial school 17.rX
In private s, n.,ls 1L&7S
At work H.JKH
Truaui 2S.i:il
Included In the number of children
In atieinldiK-e at private schools, bo
calle.l. are ".timi at charitable institu
tion under commitment. 1 or these the
city pays an average of $2 a week
each, rudimenfal Instruction being In
cluded. Tbe designation, truants. Is
not a correct one technically, for many
of the children so described are de
prived of the benefits of public instruc
tion by reason of the insufficient accom
modations provided. It I computed by
officials of the Hoard of Kducation that
$.1,iNi,ti will be requisite for new
schools in New York before the evil of
truancy cau lie disposed of, or greatly
mitlgatdd. The city Is now expending
JIS.ihni for the salaries of truancy
agents, but so long a the overcrowded
condition of the schools in some popu
lous districts continue, the Bervice of
the truancy agents are of compara
tively little value.
The city of New York Is expending
for Its pub! c schools this year $5.1(10,
H). The ! ioehial, private and State
aid school .-ive instruction to over iV),
iioii chihh . and at the same ratio of
cost the so.. i disbursed for the purpose
of edmaiion In New York In a year i
probably not less, with the expendi
tures o. colleges added, than JH.tXMl,
(too. An additional expenditure of $.",
(ski, Mm, to be obtained from the issue
of bonds, would do away with the prcs-
or th (ltd Kplicrc?
ent evil of truancy to a considerable
extent The present value of school
site In New York U about $7,fXK),000,
and the value of the buildings for
school purposes Upon these sites Is $10,
OiH),XH more. Twenty additional
schools at $2.-,),00() each for land and
buildings would represent an Invest
ment of S.'.im iq.oi Kt, the immediate bene
fits of which would be shown In in
creased facilities for Instruction, while
one ulterior advantage to the city
would come from the enhanced value
of the laud secured.
Fine Kducational Exhibit.
The prt puratlon of the exhibit of the
bureau of education at the Atlanta ex.
position Is being actively pushed. The
exhibit will be more complete than that
made In any former exposition and will
form a general display of educational
methods In the country. It will show
the ulms and plans of the bureau, the
means of gathering statistics, and the
latost educational figures will apjiear
on charts. An elaborate exhibition of
the furnishings of schoolrooms, as well
as of the actual work accomplished by
pupils, will be made. It Is also planned
by the exposition management to have
separate educational exhibits by the
States or counties and correspondence
looking toward the Inauguration of this
movement has been carried on between
the government and ex-Governor N'or
then and the management.
(Srnd nation Gifts.
It Is becoming more nnd more a ens.
toni to give graduation presents. He
sides her diploma the newly fledged
graduate carries off on commencement
day an avalanche of gifts, tributes from
parents and admiring friends. The
avalanche Includes money, clothes, pic
tures, pianos, bicycles nnd household
articles. Hooks are a popular and ap
propriate offering. The la I -st Indul
gence In this direction Is the "gradua
tion ring." This is of gold of various
shades and cuamellngs, and appears
In four designs, In all of which the
laurel wreath, ipilll, scroll ami tlie ves
sel containing the midnight oil pliv
leading parts. Very often a special
and original design Is used for (he
"graduation ring."
In HC a prize of . I .iuki.ihk) win ,
given to Ihe writer whom the Russian
National Academy shall adjudge to
have written the best biography of
Alexander I The prize Is tlie outgrowth
of n fund of r,o,om rubles given by a
favorite Minister of Alexander I. In
S'2?, and left to accumulate at com
pound Interest for a century.
The studenls of the l'nh'".'"slty of
North Carolina, nf Uahigli, have 'innlly
agreed among Hit msclve to discontinue
hazing, and have given the faculty a
pledge to that cinl.
Plan your rending, nnd read accord
lug to your plan. Do not make n scrap
book of your m'ud.
AMERICAN ftATIGNALIT Y.
Before the devolution the Tine Hen
timeot Uu l.ilt r known.
Prior to the war of the il--volu:!on.
the sentiment of A merit, au nationality
can scarcely be aaid to have existed.
The history of the colonic down lo the
time of the resistance to imperial taxa
tion tihowg hardly a trace of such a
sentiment Pennsylvaniar.s were con
tent to be Pennsylvania!!; New-York-erg
to be New-Yorkers; Virginians to
be Virginians, Carolinian to be Caroli
nians. Even without any real and
strong drawing toward a common form
of government we mist' iirly have
looked in the history of UU time for at
least some prophecy of Americanism.
It mil "t have been the dream of poets,
tbe theme of orator, or at least the
toast of student, like German unity
from ls-is to ISiKi. But we do not tid
so much as this. Neither for practical
nor for sentimental reasons did the
union of the American colonies appear
a thing practically to be desired.
It i not necessary to take time to
refer to the differences of history and
political organization, the difference
of race, of speech, and of religious be
lief, the difference of social ideas and
customs and mode of living which
tended to keep tlie colonies apart. The
Imminence of hostilities with the
mother country sufficed to draw tlie
colonies together for the purposes of a
common resistance, and acts were done
and decrees and declaration were
made and pledges and promises were
given in 1774 and 1775, which looked
toward a permanent union of the In
surgent colonies, and which doubtless
had a certain effect In Impressing the
public mind favorably to that result
The momentous Declaration of Inde
pendence, in the mid-year of 1778, must
have had a still greater influence In
convincing the public mind that in
the words of Henjamln Franklin, "All
must hang together, or they would hang
separately;" nnd the fortunes of war,
sometimes Joyful, but more commonly
painful, during the five following
years, undoubtedly produced not a
little of true American sentiment.
Common experience of that sort,
whether of victory or defeat, must, It
would seem, have a great fiower to
generate Instincts and feelings of com
mon interests and a common destiny.
Indeed, had there been no interme
diate stage before the formation of the
constitution, during which the feeble
ness of the ties formed In war for the
purposes of common resistance to the
mother country were painfully demon
straled, we should naturally have as
sumed that the sense of American na
tionality was developed during the
Revolution to some very high point.
Francis A. Walker, In The Forum.
The Disposing of W edding Preaent.
A regular trade now exists in the pur
chase of duplicate wedding presents.
"A gentleman, temporarily pecuniarily
embarrassed, is forced to offer his mag
nificent cabinet of table cutlery for
sale. Full particulars given on appli
cation." So ran the advertisement, the
chance perusal of which brought the
writer Into communication with the
person who had Inserted It In the
paper, and led to a visit being paid to
his house, which was discovered to be
more liberally stocked with plated and
silver articles of all sorts than I mauy
a shop. "You are quite right," con
fessed the "gentleman temporarily pe
cuniarily embarrassed," after a short
chat had established a feeling of confi
dence, "the advertisement Is only a
dodge to get rid of the goods, every
article of which, I assure you upon my
honor, Is very well worth the figure
asked. Wedding presents form my en
tire, stock, but presents that, being
made In duplicate, the possessors are
delighted to exchange for cash. In one
way or another I manage to keep my
self well posted In the latest new con
cerning fashionable weddings. Some
times my advances are Indignantly re
pelled by people to whom presents,
whether in duplicate or not, are looked
upon as sacred things never to be part
ed with, but more often my enterprise
Is rewarded, and, even If unsuccessful
at the first application usually made
a month or so after the end of the hon
pymoon I have had cases without num
oer where my services have been sough
luter on, when the need of money push
es sentiment to the wall."
Losses from Lightning.
The Government Weather Hureau Is
to be commended on Its investigations
Into the extent of damage from light
ning strokes and the means of protec
tion of life and property from this de
structive agency. A report Just Issued
by the bureau brings the statistics of
the question up to the end of 1S!4. In
that year S.'IO persons were killed by
lightning In the Cnlted States and 351
severely Injured. In the few years cov
ered by the bureau's reorts the fatal
iiles have been Increasing. , In 1,S!I,', the
number of dealhs from lightning was
n.i; in is:i", 251; In ISiil. 2m; nnd
about 12(1 In IsiKi. In 1S!M, 2(iS barns,
."." churches nnd lifil dwellings and a
number of oil tanks, elevators, etc.,
were struck by lightning and damaged
or desli'oyed. It appear that the risk
Is about live times greater In the coun
try than In the city. Ordinary dwell
ing houses In the elly need little protcc
1oii, but the bureau's experts are of the
opinion that all bariisaml exposed build
ings should have lightning rods. Sheets
of Iron are as good or better for this
purpose than rods of iron or copper. It
appears that the Sou'lieii'iern or South
ern States are the most frequently vis
ited by thunder storms, the area of
maximum frequency being about Iuils
latia; while the nrea of least frequency
Is on the New Kngland coast. The
most dangerous places for persons dur
ing a storm are staled by the reports to
bo under trees, In the doorway of
barns, close to cattle nnd horses, nnd
by chimneys and fireplaces. Any one
vbo ko'ia note of people killed by
lightning wl'l have obaerved that Um
piac.-s n;::ie,J above are the moat da,
g. rous h:i1 will embrace probabb
three fou; "bs of the fatalltle. A U
a .-eiicy ,., destruction the statistic
j biiow that lightning Is not so seriously
to be considered a it Is: but the dreal
of it is nevertheless so general and
acute among mankind a to make &
study of the ways to avoid danger bf
electricity of some importance. Bo
ton Post
Not Hurprtstng to Her.
Charity is one of the noblest virtue
but none 1 so liable to abuse.
A Philadelphia lady, whose warm,
news of heart is never chilled by thecohj
logic of facts, had among the pension
ers on her bounty a seedy but affabl
elderly man, who called once a month
with the regularity of a rent collector,
aud always introduced himself by say
ing: "You remember me, don't you, lady?
I'm the reformed man."
This slightly obscure reference tft
his past was always accepted as a guar
antee of his present merit with the re
sult that a dime was handed out a aa
Incentive to reeniiln reformed.
One morning Je called as usual, and
made his ust'al speech.
"I am so sorry," said the good lady,
"but I don't think I can give you any
thing to-day. I have nothing but a $20
bill."
The reformed man's countenance,
w hich had fallen noticeably at the first
half of this speech, brightened up visi
bly at its close.
"Oh, I can change the bill!" he saM,
cheerfully.
"Can you?" said the lady, Just aa
cheerfully. "Then I'll get it"
She brought the bill, and the reform
ed man counted out the change from a
pocketful of notes and silver, and then
went on his way, after a fervent
"Thank you!"
When evening came and the lady'i
husband returned home, the Incident
was related at the tea table, and tha
husband, after an amazed stare, lay
back in his chair, and laughed till tha
tears stood in his eyes."
"What is the matter?" asked his wife,
in wonder. "I don't see anything to
laugh at."
And she does not yet perceive any
thing out of the way in a beggar chang
ing a $20 bill.
The Great Air Whale.
The natives Inhabitants of the FIJI
Islands believe thunder to be the bel
lowing of the great air whale, a myth
ical creature which, according to their
folklore stories, Inhabits the opposite
side of all thunder clouds. If the regu
lation thunder cloud appears unaccom
panied by the ominous rumblings pecu
liar to such phenomena they take It aa
a token that the great spirit Is pleased
with their past doing. If, however, on
the other hand, the detonations be fre
quent and violent they are sure that tha
god of the elements is displeased and
Immediately engage themselves in all
sorts of ludicrous Incanrations for tha
purpose of righting matters. Lightning
is to them the result of the air whale
gnashing his teeth together and thua
striking Are. Another peculiarity of
this primitive people lies In the fact
that they will not partake of food whlla
the thunder cloud Is In sight, fearing
that the air whale will pounce upon
and devour them for such Irreverence.
sensible Woman Sensible Girl.
A young girl came to New York last
winter to study art She was alone,
almost penniless and well-nigh friend
less. The one person that she knew In
the big, strange city was, however, a
woman of means and influence. 8ha
was also a woman of souse, nnd so, In
stead of simply providing the (Mrl with
the wherewithal to study, she ave her
advice. "Ea-n the money yourself,"
she said, "and your success will be all
the sweeter for having done to." Sha
further recommended domestic service
as the safest and easiest means of pro
curing the desired capital. The girl ac
cepted the advice and obtained a place
as housemaid with a suburban family.
Her wnges were good, she had a com
fortable home, her wants were few, and
before long she wa saving money.
Next winter she will enter the art
school. But bow many young women
would have been willing to do tha
same thing? w York Evening Sun.
A Bride's Cook Book.
A recent bride has among her many
presents one which will serve the double
purpose of reminding her of the home
she has left, and also will be of great
practical use of her. One of her friends
armed herself with a blank book and
went about in town where they both
lived to all their mutual acquaintances,
asking for cooking receipts. These she
copied Into the book, appending In each
case the name of the giver, and classi
fying them carefully for future refer
ence. One could scarcely Imagine a
more thoughtful gift.
Where Women Bicyclers May Knd.
Just, how far this end of-th'-cpntury
fashion will be carried out li is difficult
to tell, but there are some who afllrni
that before the present yvni' Is over
New York will see wonu n In pink
tights walking and bicycling through
the open streets. New York !-uti.
Great Itntlis at NapP ,
Naples Is to build penicnent sea
baths to accommodate 'l.'l.ixio persona
anil to enable them to have hot and cold
balhs nt all seasons of the year. Three
points on the shore have been selected
for the sites.
Iron has for ages been a favorite
medicine. Nearly a hundred different
prepimiiloiia of Iron are now known to
the medical chemists.
Talk nbotit agonizing spectacles! Did
you ever see a 10-year-old girl when a
rain falls on the ('ay of Ywr picnic)