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MOTHER'S 11 mother tuud are euft alid wldte. uer Bugar lung To s-e, AM oh, he doe ao much with fhem, for ail the boose aod : At moraing. mother's fingers bxce my hoea and comb my hair. And feel my aproa over well, to find a tiny tear. They bring my bowl of mush and milk, they hvld my two cheeks to, ijuite cool and soft and loving-wise, when out to play I go. Then alt day Ions they sweep aui Just, smi aud uj By. My fingers da not kittw tin; way, no matter bow they try. Aud when tbe day i over quite. they h-Jp iue into bed. Aud smooch Uit sli-t-u aud pillow diwn, and s'roke my sleepy head. Farm and Humf. CONCERNING THE OPPOSITION sp ToIM tbe girl: Where on j incut. When I s;eak loud you do it, Us eann did she ever gt such id-a.- too.. '1 here. tli.it' h-r door. now. Hive a cigar. Ted' I She's coming." Then, with a sudden TLeodor Ijord lighted the proffered change of tone: "No, sir, I most a-aiet-d and smoktsi thoughtfully for sev- sutvdly do not pro;)? lo liand my era; mini.le. daughter to you. It is the height of "Ion haw me there. Judge," be .iiJ j presumpl ion to Mjpo-e that I would al length. "Toasibly from some of ibis J be willing to do any am h thing. Nev la'ter day liutatme. It seems to uie ' er.'" The Judge's vuii-e quite shook as if I bad read something similar." "Very possibly," said Judge Martin, frowning. "Vou Kay she thinks the af fair lo out and dried?" Ix'rd smiled. he doen't express herself in just ti.ose terms. .be say everything 1 too obvious," said be. .'udge Martin snorted in d:gust. "Too obvious! Too obvious! What in the world does she expect or want? I iOii't rare if she is my daughter, Ted. I do think women folk nowadays get the wildest notlouti in their beads." "Mie Bays." I.ord continued, "it baa been too glaringly apparent bow ev erything would turn out, -the can't rc Ciemlier the day, she claim, wbeu it wasn't obvious that she would some day marry the nice little boy who lived across the street. She presumes, too, that it was just as obvious to the nice little boy that he would some day marry Judge Martin's daughter. Now, THKRE, TOU ABE MISTAKES. the says, it Is obvious to everybody (bat we were made for each other. In fact, things have been so terribly ob vious from the very bogiuuing that she fears we don't know our own minds, and perhaps later we may find have made a great mistake." Judge Martin ran his fingers ner vously through his bushy white balr. "I always thought she wag the most sensible girl In the world," said be. "She is," said Lord quickly. "There i).;:y be reason In what she says." "I know she thinks the world of oii, no matter what she says," said tla; Judge stoutly. I've had the temerity to think that myself." said Lord, "and I've tried to Hank this slate of mind is merely tem porary with her." He blew smoke rings thoughtfully. "Perhaps 1( I went away this win ter," he continued, "it might help mat ters. There's the trip to California, "Nonsense!" the Judge exploded. "Tou can't leave your practice here. And you can't afford It, either. You'll m-ed all your money for your house. The trouble is, Ted, this affair of yours fc.'is been altogether too smooth. 'It seeds oppofdtion to stir It Into healthy life. I believe a little touch of ro mantic opposition would work won ders with Eliiabeth." .. . . , "I'm inclined to think you're right," Hid Lord slowly. The Judge brought bis fist down on Hie library table with a bang. "Confound It!" be said, his eyes twinkling. "I don't want you for a son-in-law. I've never thought of such a thing. Marry my daughter Elisa beth? Never, my presumptuous young friend. See the point. Tedr Lord sprang to his feet "Judge," be said, "you're a thor oughbred." The Judge was evidently well pleased with himself. "Somewhat better than California, I fancy," he drawled. "Infinitely," the young man said with enthusiasm. "Come arotiud to-morrow at 8," paid the Judge. "Elizabeth will be here then. Ob. I'll sit you beautifully, 1'nUc a uot her cigar with you." "fa-morrow at 3, then," said Lord, ' picking up bis overcoat The Judge nodded and dropped oat eyelid deliberately.. The following afternoon at S o'clock "Theodore Lord and the1: Judge wart u to in' seated In the library. Thar looked nervously at each other, as eon- jKji.rator have looked at each other for i.li.Utus.' Tbajr even grinned at each Oher Wt sheepishly. - "Ksfi7' enM the Judge. wCI I s tming daws tha stain to a bm HANDS. with fury. "1 scareely eiie')ed you to fly Into a rage, sir, merely because 1 eouie to you aud ask for your daughter's hand In honorable marriage." "Vou didn't, e'u?" The spasmodic anger of the Judge's voice was beau tifully done. "I confess I expected quite a differ ent reception," said lArd. "May I ask,"' said the Jud;;e, holly, "on what such expectation was based r "I thought you knew, sir," Iird said calmly, "of my honest affection for Elizabeth. I thought thai would be very appareut, even to you. Indeed, your aetiotn have led me to believe your couscut would be freely given." "Young man," sneered the Judge, "I like your nerve! l'our supposition that I would give niy consent for Elizabeth to marry a penniless young saw-bones Is quite ou a par with your other men tal processes." "I'll admit my practice and income are neither very amazing." said Lord with some beat, "but I think you'll find them sufficient to warrant the re quest I have made; besides which, I have health and ambition and no In tention to stagnate." "Your practice aud your income, in deed! I like that I've taken the trouble to find out a little about your practice and your income, which you're so free in alluding to, and all I have to say Is that If you had as much of either of them as you have of amazing nerve you'd be the richest doctor in the country. Kut I prefer something a little better f r my daugh ter than slow starvation. The upshot of the whole matter would be tliat you'd be coming Lome . me and I'd have to keep you both." "What you say Is insulting In the extreme," Baid lArd. "Hut I must re member that you are an old man and you are Elizabeth's father. Therefore I will pass your insults by. What I want to know Is, do you flatly refuse your consent?" "How many times mus I tell you so?" the Judge bowled. "Then it Is only fair to you to say I shall try to win her nffectlous with out that consent" said Lord angrily. "Do so, by all means," roared the Judge. '1 can tell you now she doesn't care a snap of her fingers about you." The portieres were flung violently apart and riizabetb, white but with proudly lifted hi;ad and flashing eyes, stood before them. "There you are mistaken," she said in a shaken voice, looking unflinching ly at her father. For a moment there was silence; then the Judge turned to Lord. "Father!" said Elizabeth. "Leave the bouse before I throw you out," said the Judge. Elizabeth walked over to Lord and put her band in his. "You may throw me out, too," she said quietly. - - The Judge turned away, ostensibly to control bis wrath. 'Keep the young idiot if you want him," be said; 'Tin going to the "Jub." ' Late that evening Lord found the Judge in bis favorite corner at the club. The Judge grinned as be came up. . " "How about the opposition, eh? Have a cigar, Teddy." Pittsburg Oa- xette. Moderation in Exercise.' The Japanese use practically no gymnasium apparatus, yet they show greater excellence of strength and en durance than do any other people in the world. While some of their exer cises may seem violent, they tike them with great moderation. At the out set of a coarse in jlujitsu the student is rarely upon the floor more than half an hour, and three quarters of this time is devoted to walking and breathing between exercises. As the student becomes more proficient, he aoenda three Quarters of an hour oa the Sour, and then an hour, and so on, by degrees, until he la able to gtr two hours a day to the work. Yot three quarters of his time, or near tf that amount, la spent in walking back and forth and in breathing. t. Nicholas. AM ardoat lorer la pleaaanter la a thaa la rial Ufa. la real Ufa, If. ooaa't lore alai hard 'J ho la UaMo to tboot her, DOMESTIC STRATEGY. re, Alkea Km Mr Maabaed Ha at tod Her Lctwrs. Ura. Aikea'a husband was oce of the tea or lfteea million men who forget to aoalf letters, concerning wUoui the aauaJs of humor contain thousands of jek.ee. He was uot a bad case, for be did not alwa's forget, and when he did, he retaemberdd again within two days. lira. Aiken was not a bad case, either, for did avt -!d hr hue bud. When aiie had an especially import ant letter to mall, she either went out to the coruor herself and slipped It Into the box. or lay in wait for the postman ou bis early morning round. One day she as not feeling well, and several Invitations to dinner for th fallowing week Here due to be mailed at once So she entrusted them to Mr. Aiken, who made the usual promises. She followed him to the dining room door, saying impressively. "Ietters: 1-etters! Now don't forget! Letters! I.M.L me In iUe rja a;.d m it after me." "If you hypnotize tlie I shall foiget everything. All right. Inters! let ters! L e t t-c-r s!" He- kissed her, shoved the handful of envelopes Into his pocket and went out. lie did keep the letters ou bis mind all the way down town iti the car. Al though two men slopped him before he got to hi i desk, yet be kept bis baud on the bu'ging pocket lie unlocked his desk with the other hand, and be fore he allowed himself to look at hit morning's mall he put his wife's letters into the mall basket and called the oliice boy. "There," he said to himself, "tbow w III go to the post an hour before tht otbVe mail. I guess I can remember a few things once In a w hile." H!s sense of 'virtue alsle with him all the morning and all the afternoon. On his way home at night he thought of a few facetious remarks to make to a woman who had so little confidence in her hualttnd's memory that she must go through a burlesque dramutlc per forma nee after breakfast to Impress a small matter ou his mind. As be opened the front door he saw br coming down the Htalrs. "Well, my d-ar, I suppose, you are going to ask me whether I mailed your letters T "OU, do. dear. I know you mailed them." "Now, there is confidence!" said Mr. Aiken, wl'h genial Irony. "Not confidence at all, darling, bul Knowledge. If you bad looked yot would have seen that among the let ters was a po.-ital card addressed to myself. It came on the last delivery this afternoon." TRY TO SUPPRESS MALARIA, Austrian Government la Endeavor lug to Stamp Out the Disorder. As Is well known, the greatest scourge of Austria bt malarial fevers. They carry otT thousands of human beings annually and thus far no effec tive preventives have been discovered. United States Consul - Hossfeld, at Trieste, has made a report to the State department in regard to the steps be ing taken In that country for the sup pression of the malady. According to his report, a Vienna manufacturer, Leoiold Kuielw!eser, prompted by the result of I'rofessor Koch's Investiga tions relating to intermittent fever, lias placed at I)r. Koch's disposal the Island of Brloul (situated west of the peninsula of Istrlu and about sixty miles south of Trieste) to enable him to continue there his Investigations. The experiments which Dr. Koch had made in Africa convinced him that malaria could be stamped out In many placeg where It now prevails, and that where it was KxsJble to isolate such a place the task would be comparatively easy. It is now well known that the microbe of malaria Is conveyed from one per son to another by the sting of a species of mosquito. As these insects cannot fly very far, an accession of Infected mosquitoes from tlie mainland seemed to be out of Lue (jtit?ni.iuti, khu it Wtt 1 j 0 i d liia t by curing the sick during the cold season and then waging energetic warfare against the conveyer of the microbe the disease could be permanently ban bthed from the island. Ijr. Koch there fore accepted the .offer made to him by Mr. . Kupel wiener, and Intrusted Professor Froscb and Dr. Bluudau, of Berlin, with this mission. Their re markable success led the Austrian gov ernment to make an attempt to exter minate malaria on the coast of Istrla by Professor Koch's method. It caus ed three malaria stations to be estab lished and detailed physicians, furnish ed with the finest microscopical Instru ments, to these stations. The physi cians examine the blood of all persona suffering from tnulnria and subject all suspicious cases to a systematic course of treatment. Quinine In bib lets or capsules Is furnished to patients free of cost at public expense. If tlie work of these stations should be at tended with success It Is also proposed to establish similar stations In all those districts of Istrla and Daluoatia In fested with malaria, for th purpose of removing this great evil. Beet Way to Hhoot 'Gatora. One of the best ways to shoot ali gn tori is to row in a small bout up one of the streams which they are known to frequent, and then to drop down quietly with tlie current, making no noise with the oars or anything else. In this way you come upon them at tliey lie on the bank, without disturb ing them, and you can pick out Just the kindu of allgator yon want 8t yichola. A groat many people apeak Of "wanting to do what's right" aa If they have a awaopsly of the xfegifvention The migration of bird is being studied in a new tuanuer by German ornithologists. Hundreds or thousand of crows are bfing captured at Itosfit ten, in East Prussia, and, after lK-iug tagged with a uuiuImT aud dale, are again liberated. It Is rcuented that when one of thee birds is killed, the tag and date aud place of killing shall be forwarded for record. Some mysterious deaths of taltle 111 Ald-rney have leeii traced to a curl on. source. Mercury wa" found lu the dead animal, and al-,i in many mead ows aiiil garden, aud the presence of the ii-mju ii attributed to a recent ex p!os:u of a factory fr fulminate of mercury. Tlie fumes from tin- exjdo iiu:: TitTc carried t" it i!Wsw by a rnig gale. A a result of the Iii'tiiry, the manufacture of fXplo-dre iu the island ha U-'U prohibited. A Mi!l Itt.t-xplallicd effect of the elec tric light somewhat resemble milit siii.liuin and siiitstroLe. The beat of tie eleelrie an' employed in the re ducing furnace is bo concent ruled that It Melts steel like tallow, but the liier Momeier a doen yard awiy is scarce ly affected. Even at this distance from the beat, however, persons experience a binning of the face and other ex posed skin much like that produced by Intensely hot sunshine. The skin be comes deeply bruized, and there is t-mporary blindness lit natural light. With pH la In the eyes, followed by headache and insomnia. There U now Iu operation, on a com mercial wale, at Port Chester, X. Y., hu artificial camphor factory, the prod mi of which Is Intended to compete In the market with the natural substance. It is maintained that It does not differ, except In the manner of lis origin, from that extracted from the camphor tret of Formosa. Artificial camphor Is made from essentia! oils derived from turpentine. Chemically the oniy difference between turpentine aud camphor U the possession by each molecule of the latter of one atom of oxygen which Is lacking lu the former. I'.y a chemical procem the needed oxy gen Is supplied. Three fourths of the whole supply of campltor Is used In the i ts, and one fourth In medicine. The people called the Todas, living lu the Nilgirl Hills, India, have a curi ous religious ritual evolved out of the ordinary operations of the dairy. The priest, says Ir. W. H. Itlvers, is the flalryuiun, and the temple Is the dulry. Only the mlU of the sacred buffalo Is tliurncd In the 1alry temple. The milk of buffaloes that are not "sacred" la churned in the front part of the huts lu which the people live. The dairy temples are of different degrees of tinctity corresponding to the differ nt degrees of sanctity of the buffaloes tended In each. Even the vessels used In a dairy tem ple vary In sanctity, those that con tain the milk being more sacred than Uiose that only receive the products of the churning. Tlie X-rays of It. Hlondlet should in terest us esiieclally because they are lo common about us. Ihey were dis covered while the light from a Wels bach burner was being concentrated tiy a quartz lens oa a sulphide of cal cium screen, the lens causing the lu minosity of the screen to persist after the light was removed. .They are now known to exist not only in the Ineaa lescent gas, but also In the ordinary ras Hume burning without a chimney, Ind lu the radiation from a red but "date of silver or talc, and they excite fadio-actlvlty In various substances, luch as a plate of lead. The Invisible ays can be detected by the slight In crease of luminosity of a phospbores ;ent screen or of a very small gas lame. These rays seem to be given off by the human body, and ' I'Aronval has shown tliat a screen of platlno eyanlde of barium, made slightly lu minous by radium, lights up ou ap proach lo a muscle, and is so sensitive that it can show the course of a nerve Under the skin. ANIMAL INSTINCT. i'rasidcnt'a Opinion on the Uuaatloa of tka Day Anions Naturatlata, 1 am convinced there is nothing iu me notion that animals couclously teach their young. Is It probable that I mere animal reflects upon the fu ture any more than It does upon the ,ast? Is It solicitous about the future well-being of Its off -spring any more than it is curious about its ancestry? Persona who think they see the lower Inimals training their young supply tomethlng to their observations con sciously or unconsciously; they read their own thoughts or preconceptions Into what they see. Yet so trained a naturalist and experienced a hunter as President Roosevelt differs with me In tills matter. In a letter which I am permitted to quote he says: "I have not the slightest doubt that there Is a large amount of unconscious teaching by wood-folk of their off iprlng. In unfrequented places I have bad the deer watch ine with almost is much indifference as tbey do now In the Yellowstone Pnrk. ' In fre quented placet, where they are hunt ed, young deer and young mountain sheep, on the other band, and of course young wolves, bobcats, and the like, are exceedingly wary and thy when the eight or smell of man la con cerned. Undoubtedly this la due to the fact that from their earliest moments of going about they learn to Imitate the tm nagging watchfulness of their parents, and by the eterclae of tome laaodattTO or Imitative quality they grow to Imitate and then tn share tb alarm displayed by the t-ldrr one ai the smell or presence of man. A youui deer that has never eeu a maa feeli no instinctive alarm at bis presen.-s from merely ae-ompanying its mother, if the latter feel su.-li alarm. 1 fboii.u uot regard this as n-booling by parent any more than I sbotnd o re gard the instant flight of twenty auw lope who had uot seen a hunter. cause the tweuty-fl'M ha" " tlUu has jnstantiy run. Somc'linc 3 or an antelope will dciit-crately gi an alarm-cry at sight of Mituethiug stranj-'e. This ry at once put ever? deer or antelo(C on the alert; but tbey will lie just as much on the a'ert it they witness nothing but an -iuil'iti"i of fright aid flight u the part of the firt d.-er or ant-lope.- witicut th-r l-ing any !u effort on its par to express sl.iriii Moreover. I am inclined to think that on certain occasions, r.ire though tin y may Ik-, there is a conscious effort at teaching. I have myself known ot (lMe seller d"g wbien wouid liim-ii puppy wiiindiy if the latter cart!e!j or stupidly Bushed a bird Something similar may otviir in the i:.l M.it aiming such lute!) gent l a:s as wilvl and foxes Indeed. 1 hnv" ,u1, reason to believe that Uh both "! tiii-se animals it does occur - that I, that there is conscious a well a un conscious teaching of the utig i such mutter as traps." Probably the President and I ditlci more lu the meaning we attach to tin same words than anything else. In a subscquenut letter he says: "I thinK the chief difference between yon atel me In the matter is one of terminology. When I speak of unconscious teaching I really meau simply acting In a man ner which arouses luiitntlou.'' Imitation is no doubt the key to lb whole mntter. The animals uncon sciously teach their young by their en ample, and In no other way. From Jobu Burroughs' "Current Misconcep tions lu Natural History" In tbr Century. A SAFE DIET RULE. Kat tbe Smallest Amonnt of Food that Will Preserve Uo i Ilea Hit How shall one determine bow much food to eat? Too much mystery hat been thrown upon this subject Let your sensations decide. It must bj kept iu mind that the entire function of digestion and assimilation Is car ried on without conscious supervision or concurrence. It fhould be entirely uufclt and unknown, excepting by Lb feeling of liienctie which aecompun les and follows us normal accomplish ment Satiety is bad. It Implies sensation of fullness iu tbe region of the stomach, and that means that too much food has been taken. The exact corrcKiwudence, in a healthy animal, between the appetite and the amount of food required Is extraordinary. A a rule, the meal, unless eaten very slowly, should cease before the appe tite Is entirely satisfied, because a lit tle time Is required for the outlying organs aud tissues to feel the cflecU of tbe food that has been Ingested If too little has been taken, 11 it easy enough to make It up nt the next meal, and the appetite will be otilj the lM-tter and the food more grate fill. No one was ever sorry for havlnn voluntarily eaten too little. wbil millions every day repent having eaten too much. It has been said that tlie great lesson homeopathy taught !b world was this: That whereas physi clans had been lu the habit of giving the patient tbe largest dose he could stand, they have been led lo see "that their purpos was better subserved by giving him the smallest dose that would produce the desired effect. And so It Is with food. Instead of eating as most people unfortunately do. ai much a they can, they should eat tbt smallest amount that will keep them If good health. Century. CViiveyel a Warning. Tbe Kcv. In: Snow, finding himsell down-town at the noon hour, dropjJ Into a restaurant for luncheon. II huug hi overcoat against the w-all sut down and ordered his meal, wblct he ate leisurely. When he had finished and turned to look for his overcoat, il was gone. He reported his loss to the cashier who was sorry, but could do nothing as the restaurant was "not re)onsi ble for hats, overcoats or umbrellas.'' "Ob, 1 am not holding you re pom I ble," said tbe doctor, as he paid hli bill. "I shall get the coat agala" "What makes you think so?'' askej the cashier. "In one of tbe pockets," be replied "was a letter with my name and ad dress on the envelope, aud In anothet pocket was a printed sermon ou 'Fu ture Punishment.' Good day:" Ills confidence was not misplaced The overcoat was brought to his houst the next day by a messenger hoy, wh said a stranger had sent it and thai there was no message. An Accommodating Cook. Mrs. A (ut the phone) Walt a mln ute till I ask Bridget If she bus nt objections I'll be delighted to luncl with you tomorrow. (A moment later) Oh, hellol Mrs. II., yes, I can. Bridget says I con. Isn't it lovely? Thanks ever so much. Good-by. i Mrs. B. (soliloquizing enviously What wouldn't I give for a cook llkf that 5 Detroit Free Press. fttatae for the First Volunteer. A statue of Colonel Joslat It. Kim) of 8t Paul, said to be the flrst volun teer In tlie civil war, will surmount the monument to be erected In Hunt mlt park, St. Paul. People who are trying to succoet are to mach mora agreeable than thee Who bito euceeeded. 44 HIHMrH aursotNr m wajmiux. During the Fpauisb Aioertcan wai die signal corps which wae in ttamag tf all telegraph service at the front had oiiie amusing eipenem-e with) the iiewspajt-r iuu, among them were .,!.. of tbe cleverest. mot wide awake wen in American Journal". ihe n-is.rter tried all possible uteaae ,f getting forbidden Informauee through the telegraph vdh e. Yet (Jen. t W Gree V. bo wriU-s uf the sig nal corps lu the I Viitury Magasii ;ijs Uial the newspaper men were l ,iuly men of ability aud discretion, ut lso tui'ii of scrupulous honor and coa- slderahle deiM,rt u.eiit. 'I he storie 1m tel at their expense are humorou mid show that tbey plajel tbe gauit with gissi nature on Isjth sides. They tried many Lines to send s crel information to their newspaper! .y means d a privately concerted ode. so Jn-orporited ill the text of t message that ine r-ai i "- - .onoaied. i'ra.tce with words liq miide them ma-ier of the art of say in,; thing that looked lini"eiit on th surface, but which contained import aiit news. There were many pa-s:ig--s at ariai between correspondent and the ieur ,t Kcv West, Among the kinds ot i;if..rtiiiilnii prohib.tcd a that relat ing to the initial stages of naval H in Hilary operations. l eu Sainpsuii'l Heel left Key W-t very effort wal mad.- to k-s-p the fact bidden. Ths newspaper men presented to the oper ator uianv ui--.-iges intended to con vey to their Journals this important information, but the os'rtors simply put the de-patibes In the waste basket. It was the rule that rejected message fhoiitd not be returned at the seiider. and that the wilder hhoula not be informed of their failure to he delivered. This led to one amusing incident. A mi-ssage was received which read, "NewspsiR-r fleet has sailed to the eaet ward." Several hours later the sender fid another despatch saying, "Hrise out first word In my last message." This trick was too tnu'-h for Ui censor, Col. James Allen, who, con trary to rule, handed back the messag! and said to the reporter, "The first one did not go." When the correspondent asked why Colonel Allen replied. "Ib-cause al fleets look alike to me." Another correspondent tried to to his editor the news that Sampson'! fleet hud shelled San Juan, lie wrap, ped It up lu a rumbling cable message, addressed to a woman. It recited u4 length that "Sam" was at work U the Windward Island, and tliat nil "son" had gone Into the shell tuislnc-r at San Junn. THE SPIDER'S TRAP. Bird l'.mplorel to Kid Museum o4 Nnxioti Insect Is Knunnreil. Iuring the past season the Field Museum in Chicago liecatne infested with a large number of obuoxloui spiders. Tbey festooned the ceillul aud great columns of the buUdiu Willi yards of their shtltllework. Kcrub women and Janitors tried lu vain U tid the building of the pests and tb work. Finally u small bird kuown m the brown creeper discovered the stall of things, aud decided to take up Ui abode Inside aud assist the atithorttie In ridding the building of the pest The Chicago News describes the blrd'i experiment. For several days he Hilled abvai very much as he pleased, wagging U aud down column after column su probing hi bill into every c rev We With his vigilance he actually carried ou a very effective work, and the at Uiorltles and the public eyed htm wiU gratified Interest. One morning, however, a a curalwi of one of the department was pu lug, a guard remarked, "There's a hlri for your collection. 1-ook as if l were done for." The bird lny nnmlng on tl Ub al the bottom of one of the columns. "Bring a fly," said the scientist, ej he took the little creeper lu Ids ha into The guard held a buzzing fly on tb, point of a long pin to the bird's heath, and to his surprise the creeper bM at the insect voraciously. "Doesn't look at If be were goliqr at die," said the scientist "I woods what's the matter with him, ana way?" Turning the bird over lu hit hand he found it bad been entrapped la i Urge spider's web, which had bo asm) the wing and tall together In euch i manner at to preclude flying. It look ed as if tome wise old spider had re ttented the bird's work of extermtna tion, and bad purposely ensnared hla In a trap. The queer bandage was removed and tbe bird darted out over the iroi grating and shot out of sight arrow the lagoon. . . . Kiplalned at Iaat. "I should like to know," remarket (he landlady as die rended tlie chick en limb from limb, "what the meanliii is of that foolish remark, "The lilghe the fewer.' "You wouldn't call It foolish "' r. piled the wise guy, using both band on bis fork to cut his pic crust, "If yoi were getting bald on the very top o your bead." Cincinnati Times Mtur. Idttle to Prey Upon. Cholly Cawn't Imagine what's lie mattati with Gusale. There seciu b be something preying on lilt mind. . Mitt Hbarpe b, whatever it bt, le It alone. It will probably die of star ration. Philadelphia Ledger. A ntta teldoai forgets a favor t f
