li mm juuumi i-i jiiu. muu h
Tlltt ADVBRTLSER.
j, w. iwiiciiuoTiinic .v :o
w'iftr tml rrnprhttir
'J HE LOVE THAT LASTS.
" I liked n RlHirii-rldo, too, nw nalil,
Hear KiiitidinotlKir, whoi.ii Iiico In fnlr,
'IIiiiukIi II vo mid ccvcnty years lint Mprond
'I'lit'lr Hilcry Mti(iv-ilinwcr on her luilr.
" I liked iiHlclKM-rldc, Ino," mid nho
" And tliom will one I ll d to know
Who liked lull well li ildo Willi mi'."
"Hut that wut liuiur ujfOi"
I wiild,
" Vet; Unit win lonjnitfo."
"And I wilt fond of nioonllKlit walk.
We'd iiiuiotliiivllhucihroiiKliiindtliroiiKlit
And have hiicIi friendly, ploawint InIkH,
Hucli lilondly, plcninnt iinirrolH too.
My oycM wuio hiiie nnd Ills wito brown:
M v touuiio was iil(!k mid IiIk wut hIow:
I idwiiyn linmlicd Ills IniUe. down."
" IllUtllllt WIlH Itllllf IIKi"
I Hiild.
"Vcs; loiuriiud louir iiku."
"My books woro fow, In tliosoold (linos;
Hut I'licli it woildor Hwcot iliill(htl
And I risuioinliur wrltlnir rhymes,
And tlilnkliiK I wiih born to wrlto.
1'lm loollsh vpihihI Vot, 'Us true,
'I hoy Mowed in fountains upwind How,
Tri'd iih tho wind iih emiity, too,"
' Hut Unit Will Ioihmiko,
I mild.
"All! lonw. louv, luuiruxo."
" Yet, 1 1 rut. mid lust and IichI of nil,
1 lovi'd irroiit Nuttiro'H my ill itrauo:
'IliiiHtiiiH Unit kIow, tho HtorniH that full
Aitohs tlio bi'iiuty of tier fiiuo;
Tho rlpenod lllllt, til" WllllllllffHUOW,
Tin) ircHli KniKH HprhnUnx by tho wny."
" Hut Unit," I Hiild, "was lonir iiko."
"Nay, Unit win ostorduy,
PhnHiild,
" To-duy and ytfmirday."
Mary Ainuc he Verc, In !f. 1". liuUveiulent.
W'AIUNfl SKINS IN Till SKY.
OIoihI 'I'luit I'lirrlt'll Nloi-m mill Ollirrn
'I'liul Ii'iiinliriilr Wi-atlirr Hiitllca'I'luit
Air- I'oiikIiI !' Allnty Nimtli nn In lh
Hit v.
It's easy enough to bo it weather
,..., .,,)... I All ,.,...'
All you've trot to do is to
keep your
eye on tlio sky, and It will bo
n very sly storm indeed tliul steals a
march on on
Tlio speaker was a gentleman
livinir
on uoiumma Heights, jsrooKlyu, wlio
liaH dono a groat deal of sky gazing, but
who says ho has no desire for a public
ro)iitiilion as a woidhor-wiso inan.
"Look out of tho Houth window. Do
you notico those long, narrow, misty
looking clouds in parallel rows that
soem to bo advinoing upward from bo
hind Staton Island with tlio precision
and steadiness of a lino of battle? They
aro tho advauoo guard of an approach
ing storm. Tlio barometer has not
given tho slightest sign, audit probably
will not until that skirmish lino litis
reaeluid tho zenith, whieli may tako
hours, and yet I am as certain that a
storm is coining as though I saw the
rain falling."
"Do you mean that you can foretell a
storm by tho clouds sooner than by a
barometer?"
"Anybody can. Theso winter storms,
especially, announce thoir approach
sometimes two or three days in ad
vance. Whenever you seo those par
allel stripes of clouds rising in tho
southwest and moving in ranks slowly
aoroHS tho sky, you may bo sure that
wot or snowy weather Is at hand. Why
should not tho clouds foretell tho weath
er? There cannot bo a storm or 11113'
considerable chango of weather without
clouds, and thoro is almost as much
dill'oronco perceptible in clouds as in
faces, if pooplo would but notico them
closely."
"Do clouds always forotoll storms?"
"No somo clouds give assurance of
fair weather. A very little practice
will enable anybody to road this
language of tho. clouds. It is moro liko
studying a huiguugo than you would
suppose. You Know in Latin a chango
in tlio termination of a word changes its
moaning. .Just so a change in tho form
of clonus changes thoir meaning. It is
no mere chance work, but a ceitain
chango always means the same thing.
If 'cirri' turn into 'cirro-strati,' ovory
motorologist knows what that means
Just as well as tho boy at the head of
tho Latin class knows tho dill'oronco bo
twoen 'Hie' and 'IIujus'
"Then clouds aro not all of ono kind?"
"By no moans. About oiahty years
ago Luko Howard, an English Quaker,
whoso bus'noss required him to tako
long walks in tho open air, completed
a classification of clouds that has ovor
since boon in general use. One of tho
most wonderful phenomena over wit
nessed in thosk led Howard to studv I
tho clouds. This was in tho groat dr"
fog of 178:1, that overspread tho whole '
ot Eurono and partof Asia and America, '
reading to tho summits of tho Alps, I
and lasting from one to three months, j
according to tho locality. Tho greatest
tenor prevailed and tho end of tho
world was thought to bo at hand. I
"Howard noticed that there are
three principal kinds of clouds, which
ho called cirrus, cumulus ami stratus.
Anybody can seo tho dillorenco be
tween these clouds at a glanco. Tho
cirrus is tho highest of all tho clouds.
You must havo often seen it in tlio
form of white Hlamonts, somotimes
called mares' talcs' and 'cats' tails.'
Stretched across tho blue sky like delicate-
lace work, it is very beautiful.
Travolers say that on tho summit of
lofty mountain peaks, from which they
could look down upon tho heavier
clouds, thoy have soon theso wispy
cirri floating overhoad. apparently as
far nwiiA' as when seen from tho earth.
In calm summer evenings, long after
sundown, theso clouds may bo seen re
flecting tho most dolicato tints of color
from tlio last rays of sunlight that il
luminate tho higher regions of tho at
mosphere " Tho cirri aro composed of little
crystals of ieo. Theso clouds and thoir
derivatives cause tho halos that aro
somotimes seen about tho sun and
moon. It was probably cirro-strati
that caused tho great display of moon
dogs and circles tho other day at Dou-
vor. Cirrus clouds Indicate both storms
and clear weather, according to their
appearance. If they appear in their
most delicate forms alter stormv
weather, they aro a sign that a period
of settled weather Is at hand. When
they show themselves in parallel
streaks alter fair weuthor has lasted
for some time, they aro tho lirst indi
cation of approaching change. Cirri,
when greatly tangled and knotted,
show stormy weather close at hand. If
their border grow faint and indistinct,
there is rain coming.
"Cumulus clouds aro characteristic
of summer. The farmers call thorn
thunder heads when thoy poke their
smooth, white, rounded summits, glit
tering in the sun liko silver, above tho
horizon. In that form thoy aro the
forerunners of local thunder storms.
Those mountainous-looking clouds
lotiiotinios actually exceed tho greatest
peaks of the Andes or Himlayas in size.
When cumulus clouds appear in a warm,
pleasant day, not very largo, distinct
though soft in outline, and resembling
cotton balls, they indicate continued
fair, dry weather. On the other hand,
when they grow larger, darker ami
more formidable-looking thoy forotoll
storms. .lust before a nun thoy some
times seem to throw oil' little lleeoy
clouds around thoir edges. Oootho, tho
great Gorman poet, who was fond of
study ino- the clouds, said that as long
as cumuli havo sharply dolined borders
and a white color a continuance of good
weather may bo expected. Cumulus
clouds often form soon after sunrise and
temper tho boat of a midsummer day.
If thoy gradually disappear toward
ovening the weather will remain sereno,
but if as tho sun goes down thoy grow
darker and more numerous, then look
out for rain. Tho cumuli are the capi
tals, or condensed summits, of invisible
columns of vapor rising from tho earth.
They do not attain nearly so great a
height as the cirri. Cumuli aro gener
ally from half 11 mile to two miles high.
Cirri vary in height from two or threo
miles to six or eight.
" Tho stratus is most common at night
and in winter. Those long ranks of
clouds that 1 pointed out to you in tho
southwest, and which show a coming
northeast storm, aroavariotyof stratus.
Thoy always appear in the 'form of
stripes or broad, low curtains, covering
moro or loss of tho sky. Tho night
stratus is formed of mists from swamps,
rivers and moist ground. It goncrally
rises and changes into small cumuli on
bummer mornings. Tho other kind of
stratus, appearing at considerable
heights in the fall, winter and oarlv
spring, is, as I have said, an invariable
forerunner of stormy weather.
"These three kinds of clouds do not
always appear in thoir simple forms.
Thoy aro lroquontly mingled together,
and four varieties of theso derivative
clouds havo boon distinguished. Tho
cirro-cumulus consists of Tittle roundish
whito clouds, floating at a high eleva
tion, and often resembling a Hock of
sheep resting upon tho blue background
of tho sky. Iu winter theso clouds fre
quently appear before a thaw. Between
summer showers thoy accompany in
creased heat. They are common iu dry
weather.
"Tho cirro-stratus commonly ap
pears in shoals resembling iish in shape.
u popular name is the ' mackerel sky.'
It is almost a sure indication of ap
proaching stormy woathor. When it
sottlos down into a thin veil, covering
the sky, and making the sun and moon
look dim, it is certain to bo followed by
snow or rain. You will seo it in that
form following thoso streaks that aro
now rising in tho southwest and cover
ing the sky boforo tho storm comes.
" Did you ovor seo a battle in the
clouds? Tho cirro-cumuli and cirro
strati aro natural enemies. Tho lirst
named is a fair weather and tho last a
foul-weather cloud. When they moot,
as thoy somotimes do after a summer
storm has partially cleared, there is
war in tho sky. Tho cloudy squadrons
encounter in mid-heaven to settle tho
question whether sunshtno or storm
shall prevail. If tho cirro-cumuli suc
ceed tho weather will clear; if tlio
cirro-strati aro victorious, there will bo
moro tout weather. It is a war of de
struction, and tho battle usually ends
by tho total disappearance of ono or tho
other of the two kinds of cloud, all
assuming tho form of tho successful
party.
"Cumulo-straUis Is tho grandest of
all clouds, anil so it is tlio appropriate
forerunner of great storms. If you
ever happened to go up the Hudson
when a thunilor storm was gathering in
tho Catskills you must havo seen this
cloud dropping on tho mountain tops
and hiding tho great peaks liko a vast
curtain. Whenever you see theso
clouds looming up you may bo sure that
a violent change in the atmosphoro is
close at hand. Tho cumulo-stratus
consists of a laor or foundation of
dark-colored stratus cloud nearest tho
earth, surmounted by bulky piles of
very dense cumulus, not white and
smooth liko tho fair-weathor cumulus,
but rough, dark and threatening.
"One of the grandest sights in tho
world is tho majestic march of tho
cumulo-stratus clouds across a hilly
country district in advance of a violent
btorin. Animals, as well as men, aro
intimidated by tho fearful appearance
of tho heavens, and show their fear by
trembling and hurrying to places of
shelter. Those clouds commonly mako
thoir npnearanoo lirst iu tho northwest,
rising black and threatening abovo tho
horizon. Soon tho rumbling of heavy
thunder is heard, and as tho clouds ap
proach tho zenith, blotting out the suii,
lltful gusts of wind arise, followed bv
periods of oppressive calm. Sometimes
a whirling motion is seen in tho clouds.
Then look out ! If a black funnel seems
to drop from tho eloud to tho earth, it
is a tornado, and nobody can tell what
damage it may do. Tho cumulo.strati
foretell a storm sevoral hours iu ad
vance. The longer thoy linger near
the horizon the moro violent tlio storm
Is apt to bo.
"Tho last class or rather sub-class,
of clouds is the nimbus, or black rain
cloud, which spreads over tho heavens
just as tho storm begins. It is made up
of a mixture of all the other kinds, and
appears in every storm, but is seen iu
its most characteristic form in a thun
der storm. Somotimes it approaches
within a few hundted feet of tho earth,
and at other limes it is 2,000 or JI.O0O
feet high. Whilo it alwavs appears
black or gray from beneatfi, it is, in
fact, surmounted by a snowv-white cap
of cirrus or cumulus. I have somo
times, in tho hills of Central New York,
seen from an elevated station the pass
age of a storm through a distant valley.
Tho glittering uppor surface of tho
clouds then preserve a beautiful appear
ance, whilo underneath thoy are dark
and forbidding, and the pouring rain
hides tho landscape.
"On account of tho mixing together
of tho various classes of clouds, it is
.somotimes diilicult to accurately distin
guish them apart. A little practice
liowevor, will enable any observant per
son to delect the prevailing characteris
tics. Indications vary slightly for dif
ferent localities, and somo knowledge
of local peculiarities is therefore neces
sary. Any one who watches tho clouds
can form manv woathor rules for him
self that ho wfll find at least as trust
worthy as tho predictions of Old Proba
bilities.", r. Sim.
Keeping tho Patient (Julct.
" Ho seems to bo much worse to
day," said tlio doctor, as ho contem
plated tho patient. "Did you keep
him perfectly quiet, as 1 directed,
nurse?"
"Sakcsa massy! of courso I did,"
replied the nurse. "Goodness gracious!
ho hasn't moved all night."
"Anything going on in tho houso lu
disturb him?"
" My sakes, of courso not. They had
a little dancing party in the parlor, and
a light up-stairs, and some burglars got
into tho basement, and tho servant girl
set lire to her bed, and the fat boardc;
fell down the second llight, and the mail
iu tho not room licked his wife, and
the wator-pipo busted on the lloor be
low, and the gentleman in tho hack par
lor gave a little supper, and thoro was
some music in the third story, and the
cats got out upon tho back fence, and
tho little girl up tho third pair died in
the night, but ho never moved. Hless
your heart, ho was the quiotest man you
over saw!"
"Quito right; quite right; did you
givo him the pills?"
"My gracious! I forgot the pills, but
I gavo him all tho powders, eight sed
litz powders, four Dover powders, and
all the quinine powders and tho mix
tures, threoof 'em, and all but the pills."
"Just so. Jid you change tho band
ages on his head?"
"It wasn't any use. lie wouldn't
keep 'cm on. You never saw anything
liko him. I put four pillows on his head,
and ho kept still as mice after that."
"I seo. Was ho delirious during tho
night?"
"Oh! wasn't ho? but ho hasn't hol
lered much for two hours. He's been
pretty quiet since ho foil out of bed. lio
foro that ho was restless."
"Of courso, naturally. Any of his
friends been to seoliim?"
"There were ten or a dozen hero all
night, playing cards and enjoying them
selvos. Uut ho paid no attention to
them."
"I suppose not. Hasn't asked for
anything, has ho?"
"Not for a long time. He's doing
well, isn't ho, doctor?"
"Yes, yes, as well as could bo ex
pected. As noar as I can judge, ho has
been doad about twelve hours. You
needn't continue tho medicines. Just
keep him quiet, and don't lot anybody
talk to him. What ho wants now is
rest."
And tho doctor certified to tho relia
bility of the nurse, and departed.
Brooklyn Euylc.
Ho Lived There.
"Aro you tho Tax Collector for this
ward?" iio asked, as thoy rodo together
on tho platform of tho car.
"No."
"Assessor?"
"No."
"Waterworks man?"
"No."
"Anything to do with
"Nothing of the sort,
ask?"
the census?"
Why do you
"Why, I saw you coming out of a
house on Snroat street the other day
with two chairs, a broom and an otto
man llying after you, and I said to my
self that vou were an official or agont
j of some sort, and had unintentionally
otieniioil the woman.
"No, I'm no ollieial or agent," re
plied tho man, in a lonesome voice;
"1 live thoro, and that woman was my
wife. Savoy?"
"You hot!" was tho sympathetic
rospon.so, ami thoy crept closer to
gether and took a chow out of tho
same box. Detroit Free Press.
Private letters state that thoro was
a scene recently at tho meeting of tho
Privy Council at Windsor. Tho Queen
said she would not give up Candahar,
and Sir W. Vernon llarcourt very qui
etly pointed out that her Majesty must
do what her constitutional advisers re
quired her to do. Whoroupon her
Majesty began to cry, and declared
that, liko Mrs. Gunimiilgo, sho was a
"lone, lorn crootur, now." "She's a
thinking of tho old 'tin," thought Sir
William. "Sho'll bo bettor presently."
And sho was better directly, apologized
with dignity and feeling for her mo
mentary weakness, and wont on with
business as though nothing had happened.
.The Squirrel n Hold Lenpcr.
One reason, doubtless, why squirrels
arc so bold and re kless in leaping
through tho trees is that if thoy miss
their hold the fall will not hurt them.
Every species of trco-squirrcl seems to
be capable of a sort of rudimentary
Ihing at least of making itself into a
parachute, so as to ease or break a fall
or a leap from a great height. The
vo-ealled living-squirrel docs this the
most perfectly. It opens its furry vest
ments, leaps into the air, and sails down
the steep incline from tho top of ono
tree to the foot of the not as lightlv as
a bird. I'ut other sijuirrnls know the
same trick, only their loat-skiiits are
not so broad. One day my dog treed a
red squirrel m a tall hickory that .stood
in a meadow on the side of a steep hill.
To seo what the s iiiinol would do when
closely pressed, I climbed tlio tree.
As I drew near ho took refuge iu tho
topmost branch, and then, asl oamoon,
he boldly leaped into tho air, spread
himself out upon it, and, with a quick,
tremulous motion of his tail and legs,
descended quite slowly and lamled
upon the ground thirty foot below me,
apparently none tho worse for the leap,
for ho ran with great speed and escaped
the dog in another tree.
A recent American traveler in Mexico
gives a still moro striking instance of
this puwor of squirrels partially to neu
tralize the forco of gravity when leap
ing or falling through tlio air. Somo
boys had caught a Mexican black squir
rel nearly as largo as a cat. It had
escaped from them 01100, and, when
pursued, had taken a leap of sixty feet
from tho top of a pino treo down'upon
tho roof of a houso without injury. This
feat had led tho grandmother of one of
the boys to declare that the squirrel
was bewitched, and tho boys proposed
to put the matter to further test by
throwing the squirrel down a prccipieo
six hundred feet high. Our traveler in
torfored, to seo that tho squirrel had
fair play. The prisoner was convoyed
in a pillow-slip to tho edge of the cliff
and tho slip opened, so that ho might
have his choice whether to remain a
captive or to take tho leap. Ho looked
down the awful abyss and then back
and sidowiso his eyes glistening, his
form crouching. Seeing no cscapo in
any other direction, "ho look allying
lfcap into space and lluttored rather
than foil into the abyss below. His
logs began to work liko those of a swim
ming poodle-dog, but quicker and
quicker, while his tail, slightly elevat
ed, spread out liko a feather fan. A
vabbit of the same weight would have
made tho trip in about twolve seconds;
tho squirrel protracted it for more than
half a minuto," and "landed on a lodge
of limestone, whoro wo could see him
plainly squat on his hind legs and
smooth his milled plumage, after which
ho niado for tho creek with a nourish of
his tail, took a, good drink and scam
pered away into the willow thicket."
Tho story at lirst blush seems incred
ible, but I have no doubt our red squir
rel would havo made tho leap safely;
thon why not tho great black squirrel,
since its parachute would bo propor
tionately largo?
Tho tails of tho squirrels are broad
and long and Hat, not short and small
liko thoso of gophers, chipmunks, wea
sels, and other ground rodents, and
when thoy leap or fall through the air
tho tail is archod and rapidly vibrates.
A squirrel's tail, therefore, is something
more than ornament, something moro
than a Hag; it not only aids him in lly
ing, but it serves as a cloak, which ho
wraps about him when ho sleeps. Thus
eomo animals put their tails to various
uses, while others seem to havo no use
for them whatever. What use for a tail
has a wood-chuck, or a weasel, or a
mouse? Has not tho mouse yet learned
that it could got in its hole sooner if it
had no tail? Tlio molo and the meadow-mouse
havo very short tails. Hats,
no doubt, put their tails to various uses.
Tho rabbit has no uso for a tail it
would bo in its way; whilo its manner
of sleeping is such that it docs not nood
a tail to tuck itself tin with, as do tho
'coon and tho fox. Tho dog talks with
his tail; tho tail of tho 'possum is pre
hensile; the porcupine uses his tail in
climbing and for defense, tho beaver as
a tool or trowel; whilo tho tail of tho
skunk servos as a screen behind which
it masks its terrible battery. John Jiur
roiKjhb, in Scribncfs.
Purls and Its Filth.
Tho sowers of Paris discharge 202,
G1G cubic motets of liquid matter every
twenty-four hours. It is estimated Unit
tho quantity discharged will be in
creased boforo manv yours to ;500,000
cubic motors daily. Each cubic meter
of liquid contains two and a half kilo
grimmos of solid matter, of which ono
kilogrammo and a half is merely in sus
pension. This stuff, llowiug into tho
Soino, causes an accumulation of 110,
000 cubic motors of mud in ayoar at tho
mouths of tho conduits, and makes nec
essary for its removal an annual expen
diture of nearly 200,000 francs. Even
this sum is not adequato for tho pur
pose. Far from securing tho removal
of tho obstruction, it is not oven suf
ficient to prevent a continued accumu
lation, and tho muddy dopositsaro con
stantly extending farther down the riv
er, and at tho same timo becoming
thicker. Sineo 1875 thoy havo become
about a yard thick, and occupy nearly
a quarter of the bed of tho river from
Asnieres to boyond Chatoti. Tho Soino
has, moreover!! boon niado foul, and its
waters havo bocomc unfit for domestic
uso, poisonous to fishes and a source of
fetid emanations. Popular Science
Monthly.
-
Tho cotton-spinning companies of
Oldham, England, havo resolved to
make Garston a cotton-recoiving port,
instead of Livorpool, and two cargoes
havo already beou disembarked at tho
former port.
An Awful Scene.
I have the same old, old story rti toll.
Mv conduct has been such again at
any rate, that's what father ias; and
I've had to go up stairs with him, and
1 needn't explain what that moans. It
seems very hard, for I'd try to do my
very best, and I'd heard Sue sav:
"That boy hasn't misbehaved for two
days; good gracious I wonder what
can bo tho matter with him." There's
a latal litty about it, I'm sure. Poor
father! 1 must give him an awful lot
of trouble, and l know bo's had to get.
two new bamboo canes this winter just
becauso I've dono so wrong, though 1
never meant to do it.
It happened on account of coasting.
We've got. a magnificent hill. Tho
road runs straight down the middle of
it, and all you have to do is to keep 011
tho road. There's a fence 011 one side,
and if you run into it, something has
got to break. John Krugor, who is a
stupid sort of a fellow, ran into it last
week head first, and smashed threo
pickets, and everybody said it was a
mercy ho hit it with his head, or he
might havo broken some of his bones,
and hurt himself. There isn't any
fence on tho other side, but if you run
oil' tho road on that side, you'll 0
down tho side of a hill that's steeper
than the roof of tho Episcopal 'Jhtiivh.
and about a milo long, with a brook
full of stones down at tho bottom.
The other night Mr. Travors said
But 1 forgot to say that Mr. Martin is
back again, and coming to our houso
worse than ovor. Ho was there, ami
Mr. Travers and Sue, all sitting in the
parlor, whoro I was behaving, and try
ing to mako things pleasant, when Mr.
Travors said, " It's a bright moonlight
night let's all go out and coast." Sue
said, "O that would bo lovely Jimmy
get your sled." 1 didn't encourage
tliom, and I told father so, but ho
wouldn't admit that Mr. Travors or Suo
or Mr. Martin or anybody could do ntry
thing wrong. What 1 'said was, " 1
don't want to go coasting. It's cold
and I don't feci very well, and 1 think
we ought all to go to bod early so wo
can wake up real sweet and good-tempered."
But Suo just said, " Don't you
preach Jimmy if you're lazy just say so
and Mr. Travors will take us out."
Then Mr Martin ho must, put in and
say, " Perhaps tho "boy's afraid don't
tease him ho ought to 'bo in bod any
how." Now I wasn't going to stand
this, so I said, " Come on. 1 wanted
to go all tho time, but f thought it
would be best for old people to stay at
home, and that's why I didn't encour
age you." So I got out mv doublo
rippor, and wo all went out on tho hill
and started down.
I sat in front to steer, and Suo sai
right behind me, and Mr. Travors sat
behind hor to hold her on, and Mr.
Martin sat behind him. Wo w.nt
splendidly, only tho dry tnow How so
that 1 couldn't seo any tiling, and that's
why wo got oil' tho road and 0S1 to tho
side hill boforo I know it.
Tho hill was just one glare of ice, and
the minute wo struck the ice the sled
started away liko a hurricane. I had
just timo to hear Mr. Martin say, " Boy
mind what you'ro about or Pll get ofT,'''
when she struck something I don't
know what and everybody was nitehod
into the air, and began sliding "on the
ieo without anything to holt) them, ex
cept mo. I caught on a biro piece of
rock, and stopped myself. 1 coiild seo
Sue sitting up straight, and sliding liko
a streak of lightning, anil cryiiif.
"Jimmy fathor Charles Mr. Martin ()
my help mo." Mr. Travors was on his
stomach, about a rod behind hor, and
gaining a little on her, and Mr. Martin
was on his back, coming down head
lirst, and beating them both. All of a
sudden ho began to go to pieces. Part
of him would slide oil one way, and
then another part would try its luck by
itself. 1 can tell you it was an awful
and surreptitious sight. They all
reached tho bottom alter a whilo, and
when 1 saw they wore not killed, I tried
it myself, and landed all right. Suo
was sitting still, and mourning, and
saying, " My goodness gracious 1 shall
never bo able to walk again. Mv comb
is broken and that boy isn't lit to live."
Mr. Travers wasn't hurt very much,
and ho fixed himself all right with somo
pins I gavo him, and his handkerchief;
but his ovorcoat looked as if he'd stolen
it from a scare-crow. When ho had
comforted Suo a little (and I must say
somo people aro perfectly sickening the J
way thoy go on), ho and I collected Mr.
Martin all except his teeth and
helped put him together, only I got his
cork-log on wrong side lirst, and then
wo holped him homo.
This was why father said that my
conduct was such, and that his Iriend
Martin didn't soom to bo able to come
into his house without being iusubed
and injured by mo. I never insulted
him. Ifisn'tmy fault if ho can't slide
down a hill without coming apart.
However, Pvo had my last sutloring on
account of him. Tho next timo ho
comes apart whero I am. I shall not
wait to bo punished for it, but shall
start straight for tlio North Polo, and if
1 discover it tho British Government
will pay mo morna-million dollars. I'm
ablo to t-it down this morning, 'but my
spirits aro crushed, and I shall never
enjoy life any moro. ''Jimmy Aroivn,"
in Harper's I'oxtng People.
Thoro aro in tho Cabinet threo
mustaches, two pairs sido-whiskors,
ono mustache with whiskers, and ono
goalee. No faeo is completoly bare,
and thoro is no bald-headed man iu
tho group.
By a strict enforcement of a now,
and rigorous law against opium deal
ing and smoking, Idaho is contidont o
Jiev ability to crush tho growing yice,
