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THE RIGHT OF WAY C.-J if K praudt of tlx- Great South Westers Bail way Coups ny tapped lUJpS.UeUtiy OO the uUc "he Ahrr aiecubers of tb bo rd kept onut rallied silence, snd the kih4 1ce-ttf:deot, fa charge of nlmtSi. tased kagty out of the window. It u at blm tbe president was d.rect lg hi r?o-arke -It Is ridiculous," he said, "that we tbould b blocked by the otwtiiiacy of one man la oor endeavor to build this braacb Hue A casual observer won '! rertainiy suppose that the executive epartujer.t of the company had sufiV rient brain to overcome such sit' ob stacle this. Tb s'tuatioa i :in enough. Here Iji our road ami here ire lh mountains la which new trike La re beeu made. To develop them, machinery nrat be hauled la and ore ha 'iled out. That mean a UiBt b line. One tuab ou a!i the laud lucsa and foot-bi!! between the railroad and the ruitip. We r;i':t rruss bl ranch, but be declines to sell a right of way. He la a pioneer and la bull headed. Ha says tbe country was getting along without railroad when he rami; there, and that it can ft along without them atill. We must Ivereome bia objections but bow? We effer to pay Uim well for all damage eone, and be replies by suggesting tbat our grading outfit bring along one f.at ear of coffin. He la certainly a con trary individual. Have 1 stated the case correct ry ? "YoU have," id tlie Second Vice. prealdejt, removing bia gate from the sign below to lb; map on the i.ble, ''with one exception. Colonel Suort 11 la oot au Individual; be Ss a com wun"T, pivri1; V" t r' r;.f;rr because be owna fort thousand acres of land; be fa a political party, liwausw he employ more cow-punchers thin you ran ordinarily get together at a country di ;; be ia a law-giver, be canse of bia wealth and the taxes be pays; be ia a taw -en forcer no far as he sees fit, because be can about straight and baa men with him who can do likewise; he la society, because bia fbitiKhter, whom I have bad tbe pleasure of rawtlus, la the wrmt b'aB Uful youn lady in the Territory. Wbut pan a joor, ordinary railroad company do Bcaiimt utieh a combina tion? We cannot condemn until we can (?et a rlbt of way from the Ixrard of mipervl)ri, and be la the county government." Tbe pield''Ut mopped bia brow. Ilia gaze wandered acroaa the atreet and down wveu Ktorlca. He arooe and picked up bin a!!k hat. "All right." be wild. "We unmt get mm tliMt ranch roihm way." A cloud of duxt waa coming down he roiid. Tbeophllun Hmltli carefully watched It for a moment, and then turned r.ucyrtm among tbe bowlders by the roadside. I'.ucyrua was bia mule. JumI 11 lieu d of the dust-cloud appeared a frantic borne, tearing wild ly (!o -(t the road toward bin). Now and then be could catch glimpse of! a waylng buekboard and a young lady i-liiigiug to the wnt. Theophllua, who waa a -areful jniing man, put bia firiwwuod pipe in the In Ride pocket of hltt jitcket, drew Ida Mombrero down tightly upon bia head, and then dia luterctiieilly watched the approaching! (Uliij w;iy. A the dUt-c!oud and ita contemn punned, Iiuirua wheeled, and they, too, went flying down the roiid. Tbroiiub wind and over bowlders they Yi nt. borae, ttm-khoard, mule and dunt "Kxcumc me, mlaa?" aald Tbeophilua, tin he came alongalde and reached for II, e bit of the running home; "pleaa m.t !ay, l It not?" lie nflill-,'l !-" bridle bnrd, pulled hiilewihe und backward, and Mucyrua cheei fully aat down to the occasion nnd flld. There was more duat, and 1h"ti they stopped. Theopbllux rublx'd some of the dirt from iiia ryea and ralaed his som brero to the girl In the buckboard. Klii looked at blm with wide-open Hue eyes. "I ft tit very sorry," he said, politely, "to atop you so rudely merely to auk 5iii a (ueHtlon; hut will you kindly litmlim me nnd lufoiaie me where Col enri Huoit.-Uly lives?" Tl'.e young lady' lips quivered, and. ii:,itf.Ml ft replying, she burst Into f-.iru. Tlieu, recovering from her cm l...niiKiiMM,t nnd fright, she drew a iieci breulh and smiled faintly, and, us rlie color came back to her cheeks, she. answered: mn the colonel's daughter, and I will gliidly show you the way home." Theophilus spoke a few words to I be Mill restless horse, banded tbe reins up to the young lady, and led . kncynis to tbe renr of the buckboard, t i wlili h he tied lilm I supposo," w id th colonel'! dangh t r. ns they started tip the road, "that 1 should thank you for saving mf Ufa ni.l! :r.y fat'icr's bet buckboard. Beal ly, I tliiink you very much. If you M'llt stop at the house for dinner, I will try nnd show my gratitude with Kim" ton I : lii and frljoles of my own cooking." Tlie debt of gratitude la on my aide, ii i d cot yours," Teopbllu answered. "I nin In search of work as a cow Uy. and I cnunot hut hope tbat yoor i e jiiN.iitai" Is au suaplcloua omei , ('vv,i;f'.rs ilont's talk like that," ebe '". . (, lin e suarp:y, eynjt n.-n aaw irt .. Yon re i;it Q Jed for a ramie i i i fl,;'w;ii'. Cattlewrn doii't rMe tm-jn. rt snys there la eeJy ee auioial Utore ridi Qku. ktupd, taJ kli- - otM: tbao a man-, seel that : t maa atw rtde mn-." Hot your father d'i't koow Kucy rua " "Nor li .wner," ! rejoined, laagh- itig. 'Vh-j Mopped Uj frotl of a bjcg. kitr, adobe, rareb-boe, with deef-a-t win dow and d'or. Ivy circled the win dow! and i lliiiLnl to t!i- eaven. A few tit tren. lull blue fc-ju.. and a tlirzeu iau, t'ol in tbe front yard The ti'HJt -t far len t, and t!ie verawla tbat surrouiei-d it was baif bUideii in xttf green ,f oraDj;"-ti'ee- A ktreaw from the mountains ran through tbe on hard ia tbe rear, its i-ourw narked by a line of cotton jO! and willow, tliat broke tbe ttoijoioiiy of tl;e otherwise tr-eiei! niewj. On the other !de of tbe Teek, and at some distance from tbe house, were tbe wrniin and stabl-s of the ranch. The young lady stepped ligbtiy to the ground. " I will call papa," he said. A few minutes Utter a tall man. heavy ft. with a fa-e like a fool luoon In harvest time, bis scanty locks S'jtne wbat griizled with the first snowfall of the winter of life, came swinging down the walk with great strides. "How air ye!" be shouted before rea hlng tbe gate. "Glory tells me ye ketched that son of Satan thar Jest In time. I'm glad to meet ye." He !e-d Theophllua' band and Theophi lus tried to look pleased "JackT shouted Colonel Kuortaliy. A dusty owloy with a sombrero on the bar-k of bis bead sauntered around tl:e comer of the hc;;e Tske that hos out teyoud thar V shoot him. Come In Mister er " "Smith." "Iiuner'll be ready by'u by. Whar'd that beast come from?" be added, pointing at Bucyrus. "He's my mule," answered Theophi lus. "You don't say so! S'posed you know'd l.etter'n that Mules hain't no place on tbla ranch. Can't you find a greaser to give blm to?" "Uiicyrus Is no common mule," said his owner, calmly; "lie knows more than any horse you ever saw. And be can run. too." This last remark amused the colonel so mightily tbat he sat down on the porch and laughed heartily. A mule that could run! "I never yet clapped eyes on a mule that could ketch a yearlln' calf In a fair race. Must be a slow kentry you grow'd up In, young man." Tbe colonel wiped bis eyea and chuckled, "Well, If I stay," said the defender of mules, determinedly, "11! show you one mule that can run." "Htay! Of course ye'll stay If ye wanter." said Colonel Hnortally, cor dially. "Ye kin hev your pick of Jobs, an' ef you must make a holy show of that mule, we'll pervide the necessary accessories. Theophilus stayed. He was bandy with the lariat, rode a horse like a native and a mule a great deal bet ter. He evidently understood all tbe marks and deeps of the bovine charac ter, and very sho.Hy won that for him self which lie ci, u Id not for bis mule the colonel's resiect. When Hucy rus would bead off a skillful tun peder. Colonel Hiortally would grum ble something about "fools rush in' In." and when he would dodge a belligerent steer he would growl something about a "fool for luck." On the subject of mules tbe colonel and Theophllua con tinued to disagree. They argued the question morning, noon and night Tbe colonel pointed out the bad qualities of the mule; Theophllua grew eloquent over the animal's virtues. Glory smil ed, but took no part In the discussion which resulted In the famous race at Crag's Ccrner a race that Is still m m orjble throughout all of the Tonclm Itasin country. The colonel brought out a long legged nmsinng that be had purchased across the border the year before. This mustang was a sad deceiver, and had lightened the pocket of many a cow lioy who bud backed a home animal against the lmorted stock. A light weight Mexican rode him. A Tew minutes Inter liucyrus ambled forth, wearing Unit surprised look of n mule when be is but half awakened from a sweet dream of peace with plenty of barley hay In It Judge Arkansaw West oitieluted as starter and Judge. All the Inhabitants of the Basin were on band to see the race, and even old man Johnson stopped his sheep-shear-Ing and came from over the range with all hands to enjoy the holiday. At the start the mustang ran away from Bucyrus, and at the quarter there was room enough for a threshing ma chine between them. Tbe crowd laughed and cheered. For some reason (ilory did not smile. Hut when the animals reached the half, there was a change. Bucyrus seemed to remember tbat be waa neither asleep nor work ing for the government. lie bigan to run. At the last quarter there was alienee, for the crowd wsa holding Its breath. While the mustang and Bucy rus were coming down the home stretch the colonel's countenance waa Interesting, and when Bucyrus passed under tbe wire something more than n oar ahead, tbe colonel collapsed ut terly. TTiat algbt Theopbilna showed a woefsl Hck of toed taste. Ho tausy tnitiel lb lurrtts ef tbe Uiuie family, sod Borrros la parOc uiar. Tbe reiottei sat In Aery Hieaee Sbd chewed bis cud of bitter reflectJoo. but finally, when TheopLUtts wooed ap by declaring that Boryras coaid out run tbe Oveiaad Limited frota Crag's Comer to tbe mountain road crossing, a ditiic of a llrtJe ortr s mile, Coi otaet KDorul'y arose In bis wrath and swore. "I'll bet ye anything ye want tiat ytr wail-ejed apology fer a bona can't do aiirthiiig of tbe kind," be said. "Will you bet ity pick of any hun dred unimproved acres on yoor ranct against Bocyrns that be can't?" quiet ly aoked Theopbilu. "Sartinly," said the -oloiel, who, tW-p down in bis heart, bad a liking for Bucyrus "All right," aaid TiiMjphiius; "if you say so. we will settle It tomorrow Koine w et ." The -oione mi id so, and went to bed By the !lj;Lt of the stars tiiat night a man rode harrfe-d'y down to Crag's Corner, the nearest railroad station, and before iLtwn rode ss hurriedly ack to the ranch a?a!n. The neit day was another day of excitement in the Bavin. The rumor of the novel ra'-e spread swift!y. Tbat is why Ike Williams heanl. way up in Boky Gulch, that Colonel Hnortally bad bet his forly-thousaiid acre ran b against a herd of raues that a certain swift animal of tbat kind could not beat tbe Overland Limited in a teu mile race. Tbe wagon road ran for miles along tbe railroad track, so Bucyrus was not handicapped. The ra'-e was an even one up to tlie last fifty yards, when Bucyrus. by a tremendous spurt, shot ahead and passed tbe crossing with twenty feet of daylight letwecu blin self and the engine. But there are wiseacres In the Basin who shake their heads when telling of that wonderful race, ami hint that tbe engineer w-as half a sleep. Colonel Knortally was a good !oer, and be cheerfully invited Theophilus out the next day to choose bis hun dred acres. He was not the less cheer ful because Theophilus the night be fore had made Mm a present of Bucy rus. Theophilus proved an a ma .leg chooser. He took a narrow strip of land running from the corner tip to Warder's Canon, at the foot of the mountains. To the colonel's Jesting about bis choice, be said something about it making a good race track. About a week later Theophilus was enjoying one evening a quiet after din ner smoke on the veranda. He was at peace with the world, when Colonel Snortally came up the walk. The col onel's face was like tlie sun shining red through a thunder cloud. He was loo much agitated to speak for a min ute, but when be did begin to talk his words were to the point. From his expressions one might gather tbat be was perturbed by the fact that Theo philus had sold a certain hundred acres of land as a right of way to the Great South-Western Hallway Company. Col onel Snortally finished by di-claring bis intention of removing from the scene a stranger who bad taken him In, and therewith drew bis revolver. There was a rustle of a dress, a low cry, and Glory was sobbing, with her face on Theophilus' shoulder. "liou't do It, co'.oncl, unless you feel compelled to," said Theophilus, rising with one arm about Glory, "and unless you want to make Glory a widow. We were married two days ago." Colonel Knortaliy's face grew white and tbe revolver slipped from his grasp. Glory was tbe dearest of all to him. The president of tbe Great .South western Hallway Company looked across the street and down seven sto ries. Then he arose and picked up bis cane and silk bat. "Well," he said, "we won after all. Tliat was cleverly done cleverly done." "Yes," said tbe second vice-president; "but the attacking force lost heavily. For the young man from my office who engineered the deal has married the colonel's daughter, made peace with the colonel, mid at the last rep irt was laying out a town at the tern-tnus of our projected branch, and selling corner lots." -Argonaut Census work In Kurope. To the American observer of Euro pean census methods, one of the most striking characteristics Is the decen tralization of census work. In the fulled Htates the census Is completely centralized; every person engaged in the work acts as an oflleer or employe of the federal government, and all ex penditures for census pin poses are made from the fnlted States treasury. In most countries of continental Eu rope, on the contrary, both tbe labor and the expense of collecting tbe orig inal census data devolve upon tbe mu nicipalities, townships or communes. Century. Eyesight of Fishes. In the water ashes see only at very close range about half their own length. This will seem perhaps unlike ly to anglers, although some of them can rite Instances showing tbat Ash cannot see fsr. Hnakes seem tn have a very medl.xre sense of sight Tbe boa, for example, does not see at more than a quarter or a third of its own length; different species are limited to one-fifth or one-eighth of their length. Frogs sre better off, they see at it teen to twenty times their length. Fishers or Newroawdlaad. More than one-fourtb of tbe Inhabit ants of Newfoundland are encaged In catching and curing flab for a liveli hood. . According to yow ootJoa, wbot pro portioa of tk oMpta art "fear. sjr la tbe eieetnc fcna-e f H. Gwd- Laajdt, a to of Reel 1 mad trvm the ore by 4 ' lr pw-r hours of efjergy. and from Tap iron by 1a brjjwer hour. Anaemic pTou ad coa :- -etjts Srt-king i.treujT!b SSd great ttw-nt La the grai- it:. wb: h is sn autumn at tnutu at W Th eff U are explained by the ur, which friu S, to : pr cent of the grje- Tbe hot ptin' that .thjUi'j S:ii. bsxieria ure iuu b ! boii.ng ("iilit in teii.-jie; jtulf, bijt J. Alaui. f lib iin. n-porli l.aiiig jlere.l r of a eert.iii! mite iTyrog'yphu bit.toiiiai that .;rmcd S!mg f-jr tv u;icuu-. Trie -t ion l.t ',-h electric auioiuo lt' hi Iilel-Mi base howu a ur-pri-iui iii'-n-.i-ie of the starting u:i i ii o.; -d m-:n iit A puil of thirty-tt:!- iusi j-r ton i ncUd to tiitt on dry a-i-hj't. forty -nine and a !ij-lf poind on w..xl pavement and In Mjtii:d on dry macadam. On irreaj..- asphalt a pu'.l of nearly sev enty nine p.illi'l-t per toll was nev ary. The wiriess system of teirgrsphy bu t-e-u toted u-efui!y Id the Cjust Surtey. Last summer, a au experiment, one of th surveying ves wls. u.iiu' short -distam-e apparatus, tramuiittrd the balf-se.-oud beats of 1U chrouometer to a shore station more than sixty miles away, where tbey were automatically recorded on a mov ing tape. It Is anticipated tbat for the determination of longitude the wlreic system will eventually take the place of cable and telegraph lines. Human life Is possible under varied conditions, and, if a recent report Is correct. British New Guinea has a trlle whose environment has made them incapable of walking. These people live In a swampy region, and, as walking and canoeing are alike im practicable, tbey remain constantly in their dwellings, which are built in the trees Just above tbe marshes. Disuse has caused their limbs to shrink, while their trunks have become bloated, giv ing them an ape-like appearance and gait. German experts say Uat w,l which has been floated in rafts, or otherwise, gives a more trustworthy material for Joinery and building purjKises than does tbat which has leen carted, or otherwise carried dry, to the sawmill and workshop. The reason U that while tbe wood is lying in the water its sap and albuminous and salty ma terials are dissolved out If these sub stances remain in the wood they read ily absorb moisture from the atmos phere, sfter coming out of the drying rooms, and the wood swells. Artifi cial processes of washing out the hy groscopic substances from wood which has not been floated are practiced In Germany. In describing experiments made for the Department of Agriculture on the effects of lime and magnesia upou ani mal production, I. W. May of the Kentucky Experiment Station remarks that It Is a well known fact tbat the greatest development in live stock has been attained in limestone regions. He adds tbat in the blue-grass region of Kentucky, long noted for tbe beauty and quality of its live slock, and espe cially of its thoroughbred horses, the soli has liecn formed largely by the disintegration of a limestone very rich In phosphates. But even In that fa vored region experiments are under way to determine whether tbe quality of tbe animals may not be improved by tbe addition of certain mineral ele ments to the food. INCIDENTAL EDUCATION. Acquirements That Contributed To' ward access of Louis Agassis. It does not appear that Boula Agas sis, tbe great naturalist had as a child any precocious predilection for study, hut his love of natural history showed itself almost from infancy. In "Lite and Correspondence of Agasslz," by Elizabeth Cary Agasslz, bis childish amusements are described. When a very little fellow he had, besides bis collection of fishes, all sorts of pets: birds, field mice, hares, rabbits and guinea pigs, whose families he reared with the greatest care. Guided by his knowledge of the haunts and habits of fishes, be and his brother Auguste be came the most adroit of young fisher men, using processes all their own, and quite Independent of hook, line or net Their hunting grounds were the holes and crevlses beneath tbe stones or in the water-washed walls of the lake shore. No such shelter was safe from their curious Angers, and they ac quired such dexterity that wbeu bath ing they could seise tbe fish even In the open wster, attracting them by lit tle arts to wblcb the fish submitted as to a kind of fascination. Xuch smusemeuts are no doubt tbe delight of many a lad who lives in tbe country, but tbey illustrate tbe unity of Agassis' Intellectual development from beginning to end. Ills pet ani mals suggested questions, to answer which wss the task of bis life; and bis Intimate atudyof tbe fresh water fishes of Europe, later tbe subject of one of hla Important worka, began with his first collection from tbe Lake of Mo rat A a boy bo amused himself also wltb all kinds of handicrafts on a small seals. Tbe carpenter, the cob bler, the tailor were then as much de veloped la aim as the natural 1st. Ia vbw village- It was tb habit la tbose 4ay for tae trsdr-Hw-op1 t frwm! boose te aae ia Useir d-ffrreat voca tSociS. Tbe abaemaker came two of Urn Car a year with all his mate rials, aiMl Ble abues for the whole fsmily by the day; the ulior came to t tttsi fsr gar?ests wbScb be insde la tbe bue; the cooper arrived before the vintage to repair oid barrels and ttobeads or to make new one. anJ to rep 'ace worn out hoops; In short, tl fit up the cellar for tbe coming sea WO. .itiBi scgus to have proSted by tbte k-su&8 as tuiM-b as by those b learned from bis father; and when a !:'te f iiow be could cut and put to gather a well-fitting pair of shoes foi his .'en" was no bad tailor, and cou.d make a immature barrel tbat ma j-rf-tiy water-tight. He remembered theme trivial fais at a valoa! le part if Ls incidental edu cation He said he owed iuui h of hli dexterity ia BiSuipuiation to tbe train iiig of eye and bsad gained in thes ca!iJ.li play- INCONSIDERATE FRIENDS. Ther Did Not I'o Thisc Kiactlj t. Suit the Borrower. Ebeu Uswi'-s was tbe town borrower Tbe iioiittou would seetn to most .t son to be one which would deprlvi the Incumbent of the right to fiis! fault, but then took s different view of it "It I -eat all ho long It takes somi folks to read the newpupT." he a d discontentedly one day to su Idle list ei.er. "Now there are the John Bol ters; a well -meaning family as ever lived, but they're downright thought let. Why, again and again when I step in for tbelr paper first thing Id the morning, they -won't know where It is- Oftentimes I've waited as tuucli as half an hour while tb -y huntid up that paper, and then very HkHy there'd be one page missing, and nobody'd know Juxt where It was. "They havn't Z't any system, that'i the trouble wltb 'em. It's a large fam ily of d:ffiTerit sges, Rnd I sup ct tbj portion off the paper la tbe evening "stead of keeping it all together and reading It one at a time. "I can uian.ige belter with theli weeklies, for I told Mis' Botter I'd go right over Friday un ruiugs Mon as It came, and read it ont on the porch Then they could do what they were a mind w ith It afterward. "But I exper!3n-e my greatest trou ble with the magazines." said Mr, Itawlex, sadly. "I pbslge you my word It's been ten (luy af:r a tnngaziu was out. time and again, before I've g-it a sight at It. They keep It lo read aloud, the women folks do. It's a dreadful wa-teful habit, but I ean'l make any itnpreeslon on "em. And when I get II," and Mr. RawUs a siimed a sIitii expression. "It's ten tc one if that youngest child ha-n't beet! allowed to cut a picture out of it thai just spoils some advertising artlc b. "To persons situated as I am al printed muter )s valuable, and I hat to see such tampering wllh It; but wi all have our trials, ami I suppose die clpline Is what we need." EUROPE'S HIGHEST RAILWAY. Roadbed and Track a Fantastic Plat of Turns and Loops. The Albula-Engadine line, opened for truffle recently In Switzerland, is do Kcrihcd by Emll Uueker, In I'nge'8 magazine, as the highest In Europe. Tbe line traverses scenery of great beauty. By turns and loops and by the steepest gradient the track leads now above and below the highway, through the Bergunstein, famous for its gullies and rocks, to Berguii, 4,500 feet Abruptly emerging from rocky de files, the train pusses Bergun, sur-roundi-d by tbe giant Albula Dolo mites, I'lz Bugnux, I'lz d'Aela and the Albulaborn. During the lust part oi" tbe pan ram a the railway follows th slopes of Ihe mountains. Between Muot and N'az parts of the railway may be seen above, below and on each side, with its chain of viaducts, gal leries and bridges. lfi almost Impossible to follow the convolutions of Ihe line as by three fold turns and ioops it passes through tunnels suggestive of the St. Gothard and tbe Brenner Hallways. After as cending more than UU feet ihe line reaches tlie entrance to the main tun nel at Breda. The track is in its last part a fantastic play of turns and loops, from which, by an easy ascent one reaches .Ihe pass of the Welssen berg and the Devil's valley, where the steep basin of rocks is crowned by tbe twin giants (I'lz Glurnells). Here the Albula chain Is pierced by a tunnel more tluin three miles long, 6,175 feet atiove the sea and 3,riO0 feet under the Pis Glnmeils, passing tho dividing rid go lie t ween the waters of tbe Rhine and the Danulie the high est standard rallwty track In Europe, Moved by Inspiration. President Uemsen, of John Hopkiiu University, who Is one of the City Col lege alumni, tells this story of himself snd of James Codwin, who was for many years a tutor at his Alma Mater. Mr. Godwin asked young Kcmscu at recitation a question In mathematics which the latter waa unable for the moment to snswer. "Next," said the tutor, turning to the student who was to follow. Just then, however, the answer came to Hemseu, who began to give it "You must be beside yourself," gen ially remarked Mr. Godwin. We would auggeat to the men that when tbey get real mad. tbey lake It out la shaking ruga Instead of slam ming doors. Large shoes look all right U taa art kept potiaboi. I0MM Ml an vn was col i niHiiiiimi "Not long ago I bad aa aid gaU ma frees a rural vliiaae to tlatt aa." said tho suburbanite, "and be found New Tort dull. I never realised be fore how doll our place 0014 be." Tbe New Tork Times explains wby the geeUeaoaa from the country found tbe dry lees lively tban tbe life to which be bad been accustomed. To most persons, particularly to dry real dents, tbe old man's point of view will be a new one. "When at home tbe old gen tic ma a was accustomed to go after bis mail." naid tbe city man; "so sfter break fast one morning he said he would Just step round to tbe postotfiee snd ask for the mall. We bad to eiplain tbat there was no postortV-e within two miles of uk. and that we never visited the orfii-e; we Just waited until tbe pottuau came round. "When the old gentleman was balk ed of going lo tlie jioKtorlice. he said that be really mut get shaved. Would we illrw-t him to a barber shop? Then I bud to tell blm 1li.it I didn't know of a barlx'r shop within a mile of the bouse. I shaved mywlf, and when I needed the services of s barber I found one downtown. "That greatly aurpriited him, for al home bis visits to the barler, a cheer ful, neighborly, talkative fellow, are among the pleasantc-i Incidents of tbe week. It also set him thinking, and we bad to confess under cross-examination that we hardly bought so much as a paper of pins in our part of the city. We did not patronize tho little shops of the region. Everything ws ni-eded we bought in great shops ten miles away. We had to wait for most things twelve or even twenty-four hours, and If an article was urgently needed, we bad to make a Journey of something like twenty miles to get It "TliHt seemed to the old gentleman an excellent Joke on city life. II Ii own village Is about as far from the only near-by city of any size, as our bouse Is from the heart of New YorftV It was plain euoimh that he thought we bad returned to something like ths conditions of the frontier. "He was evidently comparing the In conveniences of our situation with ths condition of bis fanner friends a few miles from bis village. He had al ways been sorry for them; be was Just as sorry for us, Iyookltig round uiM!i the dense shrubbery near ths bouse and the wall of woodland only a few yards awny, be said, with a kind of shiver, 'No doubt this Is a lovely place In midsummer, but It must be cold here in winter.' " GROUSE IS A CLEVER BIRO. It Evades ths tinnier br Tricks tbat HUplajr lis Inielliience. It has US) tricks of defense. It will sometimes lie stiu until the hunter Is within a yard of It. then soar straight j upward In his front, towering like t woodcock; again, it will rise forty yards away, and the sound of its wingt is bis only notice of lt presence. It will cower upon a branch under widely he pusses, and bis cup will not be mors than a foot IjcIow It as he gois, and though It has seen him approaching, II will remain quiescent In frightful feat until bis back Is turned. It will flint) then, and when lie has slewed hlmscll hurriedly around lie will catch only a glimpse of a brown, broad wing fai awny. Wounded and falling in the open, II will be found If it Is found at all with the telltale speckles of Its breasl against the trunk of some brown tri-s Hg:iint which its feathers ar India tiugulsliiilile, aud the black run about the neck of the male will be laid against the darkest sisit of the bark. Often it will double like a fox; often, as man draws near, it wilt spring noise lessly into some spruce aud hide until he pusses, dropping then to the ground and continuing Its feeding; often, too, it will decline to take wing, though unhurt, and will run fast for a ball mile so fast that the most expert woodsman will be unable to keep pace with it This it will do only on leafy ground aud never when snow would betray its tracks. Outing. Mark Twain anil a Poet. A new story Is going the round about Mark Twalu and a young poet "How long does It take to get fam from a poem IT asked tbe poet Tbe sage thought and tn a few mlu utes said: "Well. It takes about four hours ts write one and nineteen years elevel months thirty days twenty-four bourt ind fifty live minutes to get it pub lished! Then Il's a toss-up whetbei It's famous or Infamous. " New York Times. I.Ike ihe Huhject. "D'Auber is home from his trip to tbe Itocky Mountains, lin't be? What sort of a time did he have?" "Ob, he spent most of bis time mak ing sketches of the mountains. He showed me a lot of them." "How are they? Natural 7" "Wellr they're certainly rocky." -Philadelphia Press. Very Carious. "The.e's a curious thing about an umbrella I bought the other day. "Yes, Indeed, that. Is a curious thing." "What do you know about ItT" 'Didn't you Just say you bought Itr -Phihidclphla Press. One secret has been kept for many centuries; and that Is too torrlbls worihlessness ef tbe people collective ly. No matter bow groat a phUoaopaat f a man uisj no, mm CM BWTOV BfWJW own low a ttofat a tail