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A NEW YORK LOVE SONG.
I love yon, Love, for Rood or 111,
As brown bees love sweet honey:
I love you, Love, soul, lienrt tint will,
For Homhor skies or sunny:
And yet 1 pause, I falter still,
For oh I one thought, ouu doubt doth
thrill
My darling, havo vou money?
I love you, Lovo: I lovo you, Lovo;
Hut oh I you must hnvo money.
A swoet roso Is ti rose, my Lovo;
Vet, If It holds no honey;
The busy beo ho will not stuv.
Hut, huiniiiltu ulrs, ho hies away
To find a rose with honoy.
Ciiohuh: I lovoyou. Tkjvo; 1 lovoynu, Lovo;
Hut oh I you must have money.
Jiwiuin Mtlbr, ImY. V. liuUiMulcnt.
TOTJROFl'HEWOllLD
IN
EIGHTY DAYS.
JULES VEIIXE'S GUEAT STOKY.
CHAPTKU V. CONTINl'Kl).
' During tho first fow dnys which fol
lowoil tho doparturo of tho gentleman
important business transactions had
toon made on tho strength of his un
dertaking. Tho world of bettors in
England is a more intelligent and olo
,,, ., vatod world than that of gamblers. To
bot is according to tho English tompor
nmcut; so that not only tho various
mombors of tho Reform Club made
heavy bots for or against Philcas Fogg,
but Ilia mass of tho public entered in
to tho movomont. I'hiloas Fogg was
entored liko a race-horso in a sort of
stud book. A bond was issued which
was immediately quoted upon the Lon
4 ft -don Exchange." Philcas Fogg" was
I n ")idM or "askod" firm or abovo par,
and enormous transactions wore mado.
Hut live days aftor his doparturo, after
t the appearance of tho article in the
' Bulletin oi thy Geographical Society,
tho 'offerings commenced to come in
plentifully. "I'hiloas Fogg" declined.
It was oli'ored in bundles. Taken first
at five, then at ten, it was finally taken
only at twenty, at fifty, at one hundred.
. Only one adherent remained stoad-
fastyto him. It was tho old paralytic,
Lord Albemarle. This honorable gen
tleman, confined to his arm chair,
would havo given his fortune to bo
able to nlako tho tour of tho world,
even in ten years. Ho bet live thou
sand pounds in favor of I'hiloas Fogg,
, ud p. you when tho folly as woll as tho
juypessness oi mo. project wa. demon
strated to him, he contented himself
withircplylng: "If tho thing is feasible,
it io well that an Englishman should bo
the fiivVto do it!"
.X The adherents of Philcas Fogg bo
eame fowor and fewer; everybody, and
not without reason, was putting him
self against. him; bets woro taken at
one hundred and fifty and two hundred
against ono, wjien, seven days aftor his
departure, an outiroly unexpected in-
cident caused them not to bo taken at
At nine o'clook in tho evening of this
day, tho Commissioner of the Metropol
itan Police roceivod a tolegraphio dis
patch in the following words:
" StTK. to London.
'Itowan, Commissioner or Police, Contral
Olllee, Hcothunl Hiuiaro. 1 havo tho bunk rob
ber, Philcas Foxff. Send without delay war
rant of arrest to Jlombay (Hrltlah Indlai.
Fix. Detective."
The effect of this dispatch was imme
diate. Tho honora.bto gentleman dis
, appeared to make" room for the bank
, note robber. His photograph, deposited
at the ltoform Club with those of his
. , t colleagues, was oxaminod. It rcpro-
V'lucod, feature by feature, tho man
- whoso description had bpen furnished
by Iho Commission of Inquiry. They
recalled how mysterious Philcas Fogg's
lifo had been, his isolation, his siidtlon
,. doparturo; and it appeared evident
that this person, under tho pretext of a
, ,?, journey rouud tho world, and support
ing it by a Houseless bot, had had no
other aim than to mislead tho agonts of
K rho English police.
CHAPTER VI.
IN WltlL'II TJIK AflKNT lIX SHOWS V KHY
' VunRH IMlMTIKNCK.
These are the circumstances under
which the dispatch concerning Mr.
r J.'hiloas,Fogg,had boon sent.
, On Wednesday, tho 9th of Octobor,
there was expected at Suez, at olovxju
t o'clock a. m., the iron steamer Mon
.. , golin, of tho Poninsular and Oriental
Company, sharp built with a spar deck,
r of two thousand eight hundred tons
i burtlion, and nominally of five hundred
horso power. Tho Mongolia made
regular trips from lirindisi to Bombay
"by tho Suez Canal. It was ono of the
fastest sailers of the lino, and had al
ways exceeded the regular rate of
spocd, that is, ton miles an hour be
tween lirindisi and Suez, and nino and
fifty-three hundredths miles between
Suez and Bombay.
Whilst yaiting for tho arrival of tho
Mongolia, two mon woro walking up
and down tho wharf, in tho midst of
the crowd of natives and foreigners who
come together in this town, 116 longer a
small one, to which tho great work of
M. Lcssops assures a groat future.
Ono of tneso men was tho Consular
agent of the United Kingdom, settled
at Suoz, who, in spite ot tho doleful
prognostications of tho British Govern
ment and the sinister predictions of
Sttphcnson, tho engineer, saw English
ships passing through this canal ovsry
lay, thus cutting off one-half the old
route from England to tho East Indies
around tho Capo of Good Hope.
Tho other was a small, spare man, of
a quite intelligent, nervous face, who
was contracting his eyebrows with re-
markablo persistence. Undor his long
eyolashos thoro shono very bright oyes,
but whoso brilliancy lie could suppress
at will. At this moment ho snowed
Bomo signs of impatience going, com
ing, unable to remain in ono spot.
The name of this man was Fix, and
ho was ono of tho dotootives, or agents
of tho English police, that had boon
sont to tho various seaports aftor tho
robbery committed upon tho Hank of
England. This Fix was to watch, with
tho greatest care, all travelers taking
the Suez route, and if ono of thorn
seomed suspicious to him, to follow
him up whilst waiting for a warrant of
arrest. Just two days before Fix had
received from tho Commissioner of tho
Metropolitan Police tho description of
tho supposed robber, it was that of
tho distinguished and woll-drossed gen
tleman who had been noticed in tho
paying room of tho bank. Tho detect
ive, evidently much oxeitod by tho
large reward promised in case of suc
cess, was waiting then, with an impa
tience easy to understand, tho arrival
of tho Mongolia.
"And you say, Consul," ho asked, for
tho tenth time, "Unit this vessel can not
bo behind timo?"
"No, Mr. Fix," replied the Consul.
"Sho was signaled yesterday oft Port
Said, and the ono hundred and sixty
kilometers of tho canal aro of no
moment for such a sailor. 1 repeat to
you that the Mongolia has always ob
tained the rowaruof twenty-live pounds
given by tho Government for every
train of twontv-four hours over tho
! regulation time."
"Tins stoanior comos Uiroctiy ironi
lirindisi?" asked Fix.
"Directly from lirindisi, where l
took on the India mail; from lirindisi,
wjiich it left on Saturday, at five o'clock
P. M. So havo patience; it can not bo
behindhand in arriving, liut really I
do not soo how, with the description
you havo received, you could recognize
your man, if ho is on board the Mon
golia." "Consul,'' replied Fix, "wo fcol
theso peoplo rattier thau know them.
You must have a scent for them, and
tho scent is like a special sense in which
aro united hearing, sight anil smell. 1
havo in my lifo arrested more than ono
of these gentlemen, and, provided that
my robber is on board, 1 will vonturo
that ho will not slip through my
hands."
"I hone so, Mr. Fix, for it is a very
heavy robbery."
i maguiiicciii rouuery, ropuou
tho enthusiastic detective. "Fifty-livo
thousand pounds! We don't often have
buch windfalls! The robbors aro be
coming mean follows. Tho race of
Jack Mioppard is dyinj; out! They are
hung now for a few shillings."
"Air. Fix," replied the Consul, "you
speak in such a way that I earnestly
wish you to succeed; but I repeat to
you that, from the circumstances in
wliioh you find yourself, I fear that it
will bo difilcult. Do you not know that,
according to the description you havo
received, this robber resembles an hon
est man exactly!'"
"Consul," replied thedetective. dog
matically, "groat robbers always re
semble honest people. You understand
that those who havo rogues' faces havo
but ono course to take, to remain hon
est, otherwise they would bo arrested.
Honest physiognomies aro the very ones
that must bo unmasked. It is a difli
cult task, I admit; and it is not a trade
so much as an art."
It is soon that tho aforesaid Fix was
not wanting in a certain amount of self
conceit. In tho meantime tho wharf was bo
coming lively little by little. Sailors of
various nationalities, merchants, ship
brokers, porters and follahs were coin-
j ing together in largo nuntbers. Tho
arrival ot the steamer was evidently
near. Tho weather was quite line, but
the atmosphero was cold from tho eaHt
wind. A few minarets .towered above
tho town in tho pale rays of tho sun.
Towards tho south, a jetty of about two
thousand yards long extended like an
arm into tho Suez roadstead, Several
fishing and coasting vessels were toss
ing upon tho surface of tho Red Sea,
some of which preserved in their stylo
the elegant shape of the ancient galley.
Moving among this- crowd, Fix, from
tho habit of his profession, was care
fully examining the passers-by with a
rapid glance.
It was then half-pasttcn.
"IJut this stoanior will never arrive!"
ho exclaimed, on hearing tho port clock
strike.
"She can not bo far off," replied tho
Consul. nr , ,
'" How long will .she stojTlftt Suo.?"
asked Fix. ;
"Four hours. Time enough to take
in coal. From Suoz to Aden, 'at
tho other end of the Hod Sea, is reckoned
thijitoon hundred and ten miles, and if
is nocessary to laj in fuel."
"And from Suoz this vessel goes
directly to liombay?"
"Directly, without breaking bulk."
"Woll, then," said Fix, " It tjie rob
ber has taken this route and this vessel,
it must bo in his plan to disembark at
Suoz, in order to reach by another
route tho Dutch or French possessions
of Asia. Ho must know verv well that
he would not bo safe in India, which is
an English country."
"Unless ho is a very shrewd man,"
replied the Consul. "You know that
an English criminal is always bettor
concealed in London than ho would bo
abroad."
After this idea, which gave tho de
tective much food for rellection, tho
Consul returnod to his olllco, situated
at a short distance. Tho dotectivo re
mained alone, affected by a certain
nervous impatience, having tho rather
singular presentiment that his robber
was to bo found aboard tho Mon"olia
and truly, if this rascal had loft England
with tho Intention of reaching the New
World, the East India route, being
watchod loss, or more difficult to watch
thau that of tho Atlantic, ought to
have had his preference.
Fix was not long loft to his reflec
tions. Sharp whistlo3 announced tho
arrival of tho steainor. Tho entire
horde of porters and fellahs rushed to
wards tho wharf in a bustle, somewhat
iuconvoulenciug the limbs and the cloth
ing of tho passengers. A dozen boats
put off from tho shore to meet tho Mon-
fjolla. Soon was scon tho enormous
mil of tho Mongolia passing botwoon
tho shores of the canal, and eleven
o'clook was striking when tho steainor
came to anchor In tho roadstead, while
tho escaping of the steam made a great
noise. Thoro was quite a number of
passengers aboard. Some remained on
the spar-dock, contemplating tho pictur
esque panorama of the town; but tho
most of them came ashore in tho boats
which had gono to hail tho Mongolia.
Fix was examining carefully all thoso
that landed, wliou ono of them ap
proached him, after having vigorously
pushed back the follahs who over
whelmed him with their offers of sorv
Ico, and askod him very politely if ho
could show him the olllco of tho English
Consular agent. And at tho samo time
this passenger prosentod a passport up
on which ho doubtless deslrod to havo
the British vise. Fix instinctively took
tho passport, and at a glance read tho
description in it. An invo'untary movo
mont almost escaped him. The shoot
trembled in his hand. The description
contained in the passport was identical
with that which ho had roceivod from
tho Commissioner of the Metropolitan
Police.
"This passport Is not yours?" hosald
to tho passongor.
"No." replied tho lattor, "It is my
master's passport."
" And your mastorP"
" Remained on board."
"Hut," continued the dotectivo, "ho
must present himself in person at the
uonsui s omco to establish his Iden
tity." "What, is that nocessaryP"
"Iiidisponsabln."
" And where Is tho olllco?"
"Thoro at the corner of tho squaro,''
l'opliod tho dotectivo, pointing out a
house two In' ml rod paces oft'.
" 'J hen I must go for my master, who
will not bo pleased to have his plans
deranged!
Thereupon, the passongor bowed to
Fix and returned aboard tho stoanior.
CHAPTKU VII.
which snows o.Nci: moki: tiik iwmmsnkss
or l'ASSl'OUTS IN I'OMCi: MATTHIH.
Tho dotectivo loft tho wharf and
turned quickly toward theConsul'sollleo.
Immediately upon his pressing demand
he was- ushered into tho presonco of
thatollieial.
" Consul," ho said, without any other
preamble, "1 havo strong roosons for
believing that our man has taken pass
ago aboard tho Mongolia." And Fix
related what had passed between the
servant and himself with reference to
the passport.
"Woll, Mr. Fix,"roplied tho Consul,
"I would not bo sorry to soo tho face of
this rogue, liut perhaps he will not
present himself at my olllco if ho is
what you Btipposo. A robber does not
liko to leave behind him tho tracks of
his passage, and besides tho formality
of passports is no longer obligatory."
" Consul," replied tho detective. " if
ho is a shrewd man, as wo think, ho
will come."
"To have his passport viscdf
"Yos. Passports never servo but to
incommode honest people atul to aid
the llight of rogues. 1 warrant you
that Jus will ho all regular, but 1 hopo
certainly that you will not visa it."
"And why not? If his passport is
regular I have no right to refuse my
vise."
"liut, Consul, I must retain this man
until L havo received from London a
warrant of arrest."
"Ah, Mr. Fix, that is your busi
ness," replied the Consul, " but I I
cannot "
Tho Consul did not finish his phrase.
At tliis moment thoro was a knock at
the door of his privato ofiico, and tho
olllco boy brought in two foreigners,
ono of whom was tho vory servant who
had been talking with Iho doteetlvo.
They were, indeed, the master and
servant. Tho master presented his
passport, asking tho Consul briefly to
bo kind enough to vis it. Tho lattor
took the passport and read it carefully,
whilo Fix, in one corner of the room,
was observing or rather devouring tho
stranger with his eyes.
When tho Consul had finished read
ing, he asked:
. " You aro I'hiloas Fogg, Esq?"
"Yos, sir," replied tho gentleman.
"And this man isyour servant?"
VYes, a Frenchman namod Pusso
partout." "You come from London?"
fYes."
"And you aro going?"
"ToIiombay.'r
"Woll, sir, ou know that thfs for
mality of the vise is useless, and that wo
no longor demand tho presentation of
1110 passportr
"I know it, sir," replied Philoas
Fogg, "but f'wish to prove by your vise
my trip to Suez."
" Very woll. sir."
And the Consul, having signed and
dated tho passport, allixed his seal, Mr.
Fogg settled the fee, and, having bowed
coldly, ho went out, followed by his
sorvant.
"Well?" askod tho dotectivo.
"Woll," replied tho Consul, "ho has
tho nnpoaranco of a perfectly honest
man!"
"Possibly," replied Fix; "but that
is not the question with us. Do you
find, Consul, that this phlegmatic gen
tleman rosomblos, feature tor feature,
tho robber whoso description I havo received?"
" I agroo with yon, but you know
that all descriptions "
"I shall havo a clear conscience
about It," roplled Fix. "Tho servant
appears to mo loss of a riddle than tho
master. Moreover, he Is a Frenchman,
who cannot keep from talking. 1 will
soo you soon again, Consul."
Tho dotectivo then wont out, Intent
upon tho search for Passepartout.
In tho meantlmu Mr. Fogg, nftot;
leaving tho Consul's houso, had gono
Xowards tho wharf. There ho gave
some orders to his sorvant; then ho got
into a boat, returned on board tho Mon
golia, and went into hLs cabin. Ho
then took out his memorandum book,
in which were tho following notes:
"Loft London, Wednesday, October 2, 8:1.1
p. 111.
' Arrlvod at Paris, Thursday, Octobor a, 7:!M
a. m.
"LoU Paris, Thursday, HMO a. m.
"Arrlvod at Turin vja Mon Cents, Friday,
October 4. il.il) a. m.
"LoU Tut In, Friday, 7:3) a. in.
"Arrived at Hrliullsl. Haturday, October fi,
i p. 111.
"Uot salt on thu MoiiKolIn, .Saturday, ft p. m.
"Arrived at Sue., Wednesday, October It, II
a. 111.
"Total of bourn consumed, lSHit : or In days,
0( days."
Mr. Fogg wroto down theso dates In
a guide-book arranged by columns,
wliioh indicated, from tho 2d of Octo
bor to tho 21st of December tho
month, tho day of the mouth, the day
of tho week, the stipulated and actual
arrivals at oaoh principal point, Paris,
lirindisi, Suoz, Bombay, Calcutta, Sin
gapore, Hong Kong, Yokohama, San
Francisco, Now York, Liverpool, Lon
don, and which allowed him to figure
the gain made or tho loss experienced
at each place on tho route. In this
methodical book ho thus kopt an ac
count of everything, and Mr. Fogg
know always whether ho was ahead of
time or behind.
Ho noted down thou this day,
Wednesday, Ootobor I), his arrival at
Suoz, which agreeing with tho stipu
lated arrival, neither mado a gain nor a
loss. Thon ho had his breakfast served
up in his cabin. As to seeing tho town,
ho did not even think of it, being of
that race of Englishmen who havo their
servants visit U10 countries they pass
through.
ClIAPTHItVlII. .
IN WHICH I'ASHKl'AliTOUT 1'KltHAlM TALKS A
I.ITTI.U MOlin THAN IS I'ltOI'HIt.
Fix had in a fow moments rejoined
Pnssojmrtout on tho wharf, who was
loitering and looking about, not believ
ing that ho was obliged not to see any
thing.
"Woll, my friond," said Fix, coining
up to him, "is your passport, viscdJ"
"Ah! it is you, monsieur," replied
tho Frenchman. "Much obliged. It
is all in order."
" And you aro looking at tho coun
try P"
" Yos, but wo go so quickly that it
scorns to 1110 as it 1 am traveling in a
dream. And so wo aro In Suoz?"
"Yes, in Suez.."
"In Egypt?"
" You aro quite right, iu Egypt."
"And in Africa?"
"Yos, in Africa!"
"In Africa!" ropeatod Passopartout.
" 1 can not boliovo it. Just fancy, sir,
that 1 imagiuod wo would not go fur
ther than Paris, and I saw this famous
capital again between twenty minutes
nfter soveu and twenty minutes of nino
in tho morning, botwoon the Northern
station and the Lyons station, through
the windows of a cab in a driving ram!
I regret it! I would havo so niuoh liked
to seo again Poro La Chaise and tho
Circus of tho Champs-ElyHoos!"
"You aro then in a great hurry?"
asked tho dotectivo.
rNb, Lnni not, but my master is.
Hy-tlie-by, 'I must'buy some shirts and
shoes! Wo canio away without trunks,
with a carpot bag, only."
" I am going to take you to a shop
whoro you will find ovory thing you
want."
"Monsieur," replied Passepartout,
" you aro really vory Kinut"
And both started oil. Pasi
'assopartout
talked incessantly.
" Abovo all," ho said, "I must tako
care not to miss tho .stoanior!"
"You havo tho time," replied Fix,
" it is only noon!"
Passepartout pulled out his largo
watch.
" Noon. , .Pshaw! It is eight minutes
of ton!"
"Your watch is slow!" replied Fix.
"My watch! A family watch that
has como down from my groat grandfa
ther! It don't vary five minutes In tho
year. It is a genuine chronometer."
"IseoNvhat Is tho matter," replied
Fix. "You havo kopt London timo,
which Is about two hours slower than
Suoz. You must bo careful to sot your
watch at noon in each country."
"What! 1 touch my watch!" oriod
Passopartout. "Novor."
"Well, thon, it will not agree with
tho sun."
"So much tho worse for tho sun,
monsieur! Tho sun will bo wrong
thon!" , . ,
And tho good follow put his watch
back in his fob with a magnificent ges
ture. A fow moments after, Fix said to
him: "You loft London verv hurriedly,
then?"
" I should think so! Last Wednes
day, at eight o'clock iu tho evening,
contrary to all his habits, Monsiour
Fogg returned from his club, and In
three-quarters of an hour afterward wo
were oil'."
" liut whore is your master going,
then?"
"Right straight ahead! Ho is making
tho tour of tho world!"
"Tho tour of tho world?" crind Fix.
" Yes, in eighty days! On a wager,
ho says; but, between oursolvos, I do
not boliovo it. Thoro is no common
sonso in it. Thoro must bo some thing
olbo."
ITO UK CONTINUKD.J
FACfS AND FIGURES.
Florida contributes this yoar 30
000,000 oranges.
G. O. Hansol, of Lancastor, Pa.,
has 10,000 silk-worms at work.
Growers In a slnglo county In Ma
ryland realized a fraction over $100,000
for their strawberry crop.
Pennsylvania now holds third placo
as a tobacco-growing Stato, having ad
vanced from tlio twolf th In 1870.
It was tho opinion of tho astrono
mer Koplor that tho celestial spaces
were as full of comets as tho sea is of
fishes.
Gonoral Hldwoll, of San Franolsco,
shipped from his ranch 45,000 pounds
of chorrlos, ono troo xoallzing $90, or
a product of 000 pounds.
- Tho deopest woll In tho world Is
'1,200 foot, or more than throe-fifths of a
mile in depth, and is located at Hilda
Posth, Hungary.
- Blast-furnace slag or cindor is
turned to a useful purpose at tho
Solessln Iron Works, near Llogo, Hol
gium. Aftor tho niolton slog has
oBcapod from tho furniico It Is convoyed
immediately to a stream of oold water.
Tho 0 fleet of this is a division of tho
slag Into a substanco vory liko coarse
sand. This substanco Is then raised by
an olovator and dopositod In wagons,
which convoy It away to places whoro
It will bo appllod as an excellent "bal
lasting" for railroads.
Tho rapid incroaso in the demand
for alligator leather iu Europe makes it
posslblo that alligator fanning may be
come an Important Industry in our
Southern swamps. Tho foroign do
mand already amounts to many thou
sand hides a year. Tho tanning of
alligator hides bogan about twenty
years ago. At first Louisiana furnished
tho skins and Now Orleans was the con
tor of tho traffic. The general slaugh
ter of alligators soon mado thorn scarco
in that Stato and now Florida is tho
chief source of supply. Tho tanning is
dono hero at tho North.
Car whools aro now kopt In tholr
placo without being keyed on. In for
nior timos thoy woro almost snro to
precipitate an accident; bosidos, koys
would drop out by tho constant jar and
bo weakened by tho axlos and whool.
Axlos aro turned to fit tho whool snug
ly, and aro driven in place by hydraulic
pressure. Previous to boing driven tho
axlos aro covorod with a thin coat of
white lead and oil, which hardens in a
short time and holds tho wheel so firm
ly lu place that a prossuro of from 100
to 140 tons is required to remove a
brokon axlo from tho whool in which It
is placed.
wit"aniwisi)om.
A fortnno awaits tho man who will
Invent store trousers without that self
assorting ercaso down tho logs.
Tho Rostonians aro undocldod
whether1 to construct theii' exhibition
buildings in tho form of fi loaf of brown
bread or a heaping plato of baked
beans, tho votes of the most icsthetio
rather favoring tho lattor dosign. Phil
adelphia News.
"How bountiful is tho languago of
flowers!" exclaimed Miss Posigush;
"which is your favorko ilowor, Mr.
Smart?" "Graham," said Smart, son
tontlously. Miss Posigush thinks thoro
aro some persons without a particle of
sontimont lu tholr souls. Boston Trail'
script.
A canary bird in Now York im
itates tho most difficult air performed
on tho piano. A smart bird; but a
canary iu Norristown warblos tho
choicest selections from tho old com
posers and accompanies itself on a
piano. It also plays very artistically
on a jowsharp and an accordion at tho
samo timo. Tho owner says ho
wouldn't tako sovonty-livo cents for it.
Norristown Herald.
Those people who havo for years
past annually expressed sorrow for
bald-headed mon in fiy-timo havo
wasted tholr breath, burgeons do
claro that Jljes avoid bald-heads on ac
count of the odor of tho scalp, and
that ono shock-headed man will sutler
moro from fly bites in ono month than
ten bald heads will all summer. Keep
your sympathies for tho hoathon of
Africa, wlio aro bosot .by flics, fleas,
snakes, lizards and scorpions tho year
round. Detroit Free Press.
Tho comet is now in a fair way to
bo disposed of. For a timo thoro was
it good deal of disturbance among the
heavenly hosts, and Sagittarius was
sont out with a bow and arrow to shoot
the afl'air, but ho failed to scoro on tho
target, since whon archery has boon
unpopular up that way; thon Aquarius
was asked to play his hose on tho busi
ness aud try to extinguish it but 'twas
all in vain, tho conflagration was
too oxtonsivo. In a fit of dospora
tion Ursa Major waved his stumpy
tail in tho direction of the unwelcome
visitor and split it right square through
tho middle not tho tail, but the comet.
New Haven Register.
"Say," said tho ichthyosaurus to tho
pterodactyl, " whon I was down among
I tho pliocon people, tho other day, I
Heard a now story." "btoam ahead,"
rejoined tho pterodactyl, as ho took his
seat on the branch of a giant fern.
"Woll," continued tho ichthyosaurus,
"there was onco a mogathonum who
had a numbor of fine dovonlan pines in
his front yard, of which ho was vory
proud, and ho particularly cautioned
young Megatherium to whom ho had
given a littlo hatchet, not to cut thorn.
Ono day, whilo walking in his gardon,
ho noticed that ono of tho trees had
been cut." "Oh, cut that story, too,"
snarled tho pterodactyl; "I hoard that
whon 1 wont to school with tho primi
tive polyps." Thon thoy soparatod, and
tho ptorodactyl said ho'il soo him again
when ho had somothlng now. Boston
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