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AFTERGLOW.
Four mound of onrth Ho eldo by bUo
Whoro summer Mitishliio Tar ami wlilo
Its liirjjusa tli row j. Mi ilisitinl eluulo
Kmin cyprus or froui yov Is mmlo;
TliotJwo.t-Urlor mills hci-oxm tho sward
Whcro Impp.'-honrteil ilii'Hlcs tftliird
Prom ruilo iipp onoii Hio prcelou wit
Tlutt llo upon that hill of tiotl.
An tnind od throiiU iholr ouroU pour
Knitn out a lull, cxliou it loss Rtoco,
As If tliulr rupture luuo u oiik
Itetrnln from ono iiiuhlnif somr.
Tho IlKht, the h 'Wit the roeB lironth.
1'roc u lu llio ul mm and chill of denth.
As culm mid Htlll th( holy dust
Awaits tho rescued epulis' trust;
And joyoiM Hlo tipsprliureth fulr
Where tucy liuvo climbed tho Heavenly stitlr.
Cnn love from out our liven bo hut,
Whoso libera with our own have crossed?
Are yon brlht unjols brown mo. e lair,
'Xcuth w iry of he luilonl hnlr,
TIiiiii when they bent to mo be.ow
All Kllatenittir with the I'nselili.-HiiOHf?
Do they In b ippv life above
PniKOt their ml .iMry of love?
Though x o -r o i j ears of silonoc fall
Slneo tin-y Invo answero I to mv cull,
Their i oinlmr loot-teps still I hear
(And stretch my arms t draw them nour),
Their KiiniiuntsriiBtiuoii the stair.
Their tender ileceuu thrill tho air:
o olos they locin m ealm. no bright,
Tho IoiioIn way Istouoned with Unlitl
I.Ike afterKlow In Ka'-teiM lands,
'I hat llnlios all 1 h doacrt tituK
Marie Manii, Oi ScrUmrr' MoUtlily.
TO U R 0 F TH EWORLbTi N 8 0 D AYS.
.ii:i.i:n vi:km:n jici:.t ntouy.
CIl APTP.lt XXX.-CONTlNl'Ktt.
All- -the deliverers mul the delivered
wore rci'Otvod with cries of joy, and
Phileas Foggdivided among the soldiers
the reward he hud promised them,
whilst Passepartout repeated to himself,
not witliout reason:
" 1 must conies that I am certainly
costing my master very dearly."
l'i, without uttering a word, looked
at Mr. Fogg, and it would havo been
difTieult to analyze the imprassions
struggling within him. As for Mrs.
Aouda, -ho took the gentleman's hand,
and pressed it in hers, without being
able to utter a word!
In the meantime Passepartout, upon
his arrival, was looking for the train at
uiu Msiuuii. no muiium ne womii mm
it there, ready to start for Omaha, and
ho hoped they could still make up the
iosL time.
The train, tlie train!" he cried.
"Gone," replied Fi.
" And when will the next train pass?"
asked Pinions Fogg.
"Not until this evening."
. "A lit" simply replied the impassible
gentleman.
ciiaptkh'xxxi.
IV Wlllt 11 tiii: tlKIKITlVI. rix takks siatiotv
IA INCH Villi)' PMII.KAS I'Olld'S 1VJ KUKST.-.
Phileas Fogg found himself twenty
hours behind time. Passepartout, the
involuntary cause of this delay, was
desperate. He had certainly ruined his
master!
At th's moment the detective ap
proached Mr. Fogg, and looking close
ly in his face, asked:
" Very seriously sir, you are in a hur
ry?" J J
" Very seriously," replied Mr. Fogg.
"I insist," continued Fix. " If is
very much to your interest to bo in New
York on tho 11th, betoronine o'clock in
the evening, the time of departure of
the Liverpool steamer.''
"I have a very groat interest."
' And if your journev had not been
interrupted by this Indian attack, you
would have arrived in New York on the
morning of the 11th.
"Yes, twelve hours before the de
parture of the steamer."
"Well, you arc now twenty hours be-'
hind time. The dill'erenco between
twenty and twelve is eight. Kight ,
hours aro to be made ui
Do .vou wish
to tr to do if"
" On foot?" asked Mr. Fogg.
"No, on a sledge," replied Fix, "on
a sledge with sails. A man has pro
posed this means of convovanco to me." j
It was tho man whohad'spokun to the i
detective during tho night, and whose
oiler he had rot used.
Phileas Fogg did not reply to Fix;
but Fix having shown him the man in
question, who was walking up and
down before the station, tho gentleman
went to him. An instant after. Phileas
Fogg and this American, named Mudge,
entered a hut built at the foot of Fort
Keani'jy.
There Mr. Fogg examined a very
singular vehicle, a'sort of frame laid on
two long beams, a littlo raised in front,
like the runners of a sledge, and upon
which livo or six persons could be
seated. On the front of the frame was
fastened a very high mast, to which an
immense brigantino s;ul was attached.
The mast, firmly held by metallic fastening.-,
hold an iron stay", whicli served
to hoist a largo jib-sail." At the rear a
sort of rudder allowed tho apparatus to
be steered.
As could be seen, it was a slediro,
sloop-rigged. During the winter, on
tho icy plains, when tho trains are j
blocked up by the snow, these vehicles
make extremely rapid trips from one
station to another. They carry a tre
mendous press of sail, far more than a
cutter, and, with the wind behind, they
glide over tho surface of the prairie
with a speed equal to, if not greater
than, that of an express train.
In a few moments tho bargain was
closed between Mr. Fogg and tho owner
of this land craft. The wind was good.
It blew with a strong breo.o from tho
west. Tho snow had hardened, ami
Mudge was certain that ho could take
Mr. Fogg in a few hours to Omaha.
There the trains aro frequent, and the
routes loading to Chicago and Now
York numerous. It was not impossi-
bio to make up tho time lost. There j
.should bo no hesitation in making tho
attempt.
Mr. Fogg, not wishing toovposo Mrs.
Aouda to the discern orts of a trip in
the open air, with the cold rendered
more unbearable b tho speed, proposed
to her to remain under Passepartout's
care at Keiirnuy Station. Tho lione-t
ollow wo.ild undertake to bring her to
Kuropo .by n better routu and under
more acceptable conditions.
Mr. Aouda rofused to bo separated
frotn Mr. Fogg, and Passepartout felt
verv happy at this determination. In
deed, nothing in tho world would have
induced him to leave his master, since
Fix was to accompany him.
As to what the detective thou thought,
it would bo dillicult to say. Had his
convictions been shaken by Phileas
Fogg's return, or rather did lie consider
him a very shrewd rogue, who, having
accomplished nis tour oi tlie won
believed that he would be entirely sa
in Kn.lnnd? Perhaps Fix's opinic
concerning Phileas Foj;g was real
accomplished his tour of the world.
ife
on
oallv
mouiiieu. nut ne wasnono tlie less do
eided to do his duty, and more inii
tient than all of them to hasten with all
his mi jht tho return to F.n dand.
At eight o'clock tho sledge was ready'
to start. The travelers wo were
tempted to say tho passengers took
their places, and wrapped themselves
closely in thoir traveling cloaks. The
two immense sails were hoisted, and,
under the piossuro of tho wind, the
vohielo s ipped over the hardened snow
with a speed of forty miles an hour.
The distance between Fort Koip.oy
and Omaha is, in a straight lino- in a
bee-line, as tlie Americans say two
hundred miles at the most. If tlie wind
continued, this distance could be no
compl shod in tive hours. If no acci
dent happened, tho sledge ought to
reach Omaha at one in the afternoon.
What a journey! Tho travelers, hud
dled up against each other, could not
speak. The co!d, increased by the
speed, cut oil" their words. Tho sledge
glided as lightly over the surface of the
plain as a vessel over tho surface of the
water- with tho swell at loasL When
the breeze came, skimming the earth,
it seemed as if tlie sledge was lifted
from tho ground by its sails, which
wore like huge wings. Mudge, at tho
rudder, kept th straight Hue, and
with a turn of tlie tiller ho corrected
the lurches which tho apparatus had a
torn enev to make. A m-m uw .mitI,.
The jib had been arranged so that it
no longer was screened by the brigan -
tine. A top-mast was hoisted, and an
other jib stretched to the wind added !
its lorce to that of the other sails It
could not be exactly estimated, but cor-1
tuinly the speed of tho sledge could not
be less than lorty miles an hour.
"If nothing breaks," said Mudge,
"we shall arrive!"
It was Mudge s interest to arrive at
the time agreed upon, for Mr. Fogg,
adhering to his plan, had stimulated
him by the promise of a handsome re
ward. The prairie, which the sledge was
crossing in a straight line, was as Hat
as a sea. It mi"ht have been called a
lrozoii pond. I'ho railroad which ran
through this section ascended from
southwest to northwest by Grand Isl
and. Columbus, mi important Nebraska
town, Schuylor, Fremont, then Omaha.
During its entire course, it followed
the right bank of Platte River. The
ledge, shortening this route, took tho
chord of t lie arc described by the rail-
road. Mudire did not four hmn.r '
sioppcu nymo i lauomvor at the short
i ,.,.ic- 11... . .. ... :"!.,
iioiiil m iront ot I'rcmout,
as it was
frozen over. Tho way was then entire
ly free of obstructions, and Phileas Fogg
had only two things to fear- an aco
dent to the apparatus, a change or a
calm of the wind.
Rut tho breeze did not abate. On
'ho contrary, it blew so hard that it
bent the mast, which the iron tasten-
igs kept firm. These metal fasten- !
ings, like the chords ot an instrument,
resounded as if a violin-bow had pro
duced their vibrations. The .slede
slid along in tho midst of a plaintive
harmony, of a very peculiar intensity.
J Iiopo chords give the tilth and tho
octavo," said Mr. Fogg.
.ivim Liieso wore mo only words he
uttered during this trip. Mrs. Aouda,
carefully wrapped in furs and cloaks,
was preserved as much ns possible lrom
the attacks of the cold.
Passepartout, his face red as the
solar disc when it sots in tho mist, drew
in i ho biting air. With tho depth of
unshaken confidence tint ho possessed,
ho was ready to hope again. Instead
of arriving in New York in the morn
ing, they would arrive there in the
evening, but there might lie some
chalices that it would be before tho de
parture of the Livorpool steamer.
Passepartout even experienced a I
strong desire to grasp tho hand of his
ally rix. He did not lorget that it
was tht detective himself who had pro
cured the sledge with sails, and conse
quently the only means tlrere wan to
reach Omaha in good time. Rut by
some unknown presentiment, he kept
himself in his accustomed reserve.
At all events, one thing which Passo-
part out would novel
forgot
was the
sacrilice which Mr. Fogg had unhesi
tating
Sioux.
y made to rescue him from tho
As for that, Mr. FoL'fr hod
risked his fortune and lis life ,!
his servant would not foriret him!
Whilst each one of the travelers
allowed himself to wander oil' in such
various reflections tho sledgo How over
tho immense carpet of snow. If it
pascd over creeks, tributaries, or sub
tributaries of Littlo Blue River, they
did not perceive it. Tho fields and the
streams disappeared under a uniform
whiteness.
Tlie plain was absolutely desorlod.
Comprised between the Union Pacitio
Road and tho branch uniting Kearney
to St. .Joseph, it formed as"it were a
largo iminhubito.il island. Not a vll-
laco, not a station, not even fort.
From time to time they saw passing
Hko a Hash some grimacing tree, whoso
white skeleton was twisted about by tho
wind. Sometimes Hocks of wild birds
rose; sometimes, also, prairie wolves in
large bands, gaunt, famished, urged by
a ferocious demand of nature, vied
with the sledge iti swiftness. Then
Passepartout, with revolver in hand,
held himself ready to tiro upon those
that came nearest. If any accident had
then stopped the sledge, the travelers,
attacked by these ferocious carnivorous
boasts, would have inn the greatest
risks. Put tho sledge kept on its course;
it was not long in getting ahead, ami
soon the whole howling band was leit
beh'itd.
At noon, Mudge recognized, by cer
tain landmarks, that he was crossing
the froen course of the Platte lliver.
He said nothing, but he was sure that
in twenty miles more he would roach
Omaha.
And, indeed, ono hour afterward this
skillful guide, abandoning the helm,
hastened to the hazards of tlie sails
and furled thoin, whilst the sledge, car
ried on by its irrosist.ble force, accom
plished another half mile under bare
poles. Fniady it stopped, and Mudge
pointing out a mass of roofs white with
snow, said:
" We have arrived."
Arrived! Arrived, indeed, at tho sta
t;on which, by numerous trains, is in
daily commun. cation with tho eastern
pari of the United States!
Passepartout and Fi jumped to the
ground and shook their s'iH'oncd limbs.
1'hey helped Mr. Fogg and the voting
woman to doscoitl troin tho sledge.
Phileas Fogg settled generously with
Mudge, whoso hand Passepartout shook
like a lriend's, and all hurried toward
tho depot in Omaha.
The Pacific Railroad, properly so
called, has its terminus at this impor
tant city in Nobimka, placing tlie Mis
sissippi basin in connection with tho
great ocean. To go Jrom Omaha to
Chicago, the Chicago. Kock Island it
Pacitic Kuad is taken, running directly
id mo utusi mm passing nuy stations
A through train was ready to start.
Phileas Fogg and his companions only
had time to hurry into a car. They
had seen nothing of Omaha; but Passe
partout acknowledged to himself that it
was not to be regretted, as they wore
not on a sight-seeing tour.
J ho train passed with verv irreat
speed into the State of Iowa, through
council isiuiis, lies Aminos and Iowa
City. During tho night it crossed tlie
.Mississippi at Davenport and entered
Illinois at Kock Island. The next daw
the 10th, at lour o clock in tho attor
noon, they arrived at Chicago, already
risen ironi its ruins, and sittimr more
mindly than over on tho shores of the
leautilul Lake Michiran.
Nino hundred miles separate Chicago
from Now York. Trains are not want
ing at Chicago. Mr. Fogg passed im
mediately from one to the other. Tho
nimble locomotive of the Pittsburgh,
Fort Wayne A: Chicago Railway
started at lull speed, jus it it understood
that the honorable gentlemen " had no
tune to lose." It traversed Indiana
and Ohio, passing by populous cities
and over wide expanses ot agricultural
land, with but few pauses; ami sixteen
hours after reaching Chicago tho Ohio
was reached.
At thirty-live minutes after nine, on
uie evening oi mourn, the train on
tered tho rroat denot at .Jersev Citv.
lIU' wans oi which are wasueu ny too
n ...i... i. . . .."
Hudson River, rrom this station, tin
eastern terminus oi a railroad system of
great magnitude, iifiy-ono passenger
ami eighty-one freight trains depart
every twenty-four hours, and an equal
number arrive. Steamers and sailing
vessels lined the miles of docks extend
ing on both sides oi the station, and tho
iniL'hty river was filled with cralt of all
kinds engaged in the commerce of New
York, whioli rose in lront of tl. ' travel
ers as they emerged upon the broad,
covered way running in lront of the de
pot, whore the gigantic terry-boats of
tho railroad company receive and land
their myriads ot travelers, pansinir not
in their work day or night.
' At thirty-live minutes aflnr nine, at
j night the train stopped in the depot,
near tho very pier of tho Cunard line of
j steamers, otherwise called the Rritish
and North American Royal Mail Steam
l Packet Company.
The China, bound for Liverpool, left
thirty-live minutes before!
CIIAPTPU xxx n.
in which eiiii.ats nun. iixoaocs in or
km t STini.di.r with ii, r, i.i'ru
The China, in leaving, seemed to have
carried away with her Phileas Fogg's
last hope.
in lact, none of the other steamers in
the direct service between America and
Kurope, neither the French Trausatiair
tic steamers, nor the .shins of the White
Star Line, nor those of the liimau Com
pany, nor those of tho Hamburg Lino,
nor any others, could serve the gentle
man's projects.
The Poreire, of tho French Atlantic
Company, would not start until the 1 1th
ot December. And besides, like those
of tho Hamburg Company, she would
not go directly to Liverpool or London,
but to Havre, "and this additional trip
j from Havre to Southampton, delaying
j Phileas Fogg, would have rendered his
last efforts of no avail.
I The gentleman posted himself thor
; oughly about all this by consulting his
I Rradshaw, which gave him, day by day,
j the movement of the trans-oceanic ves
sels. 1 Passepartout was annihilated. It
j killed him to miss the steamer b thir
I ty-livo minutes. It was his fault, ho
who, instoad of aiding liis master, had
I not ceased to scatter obstacles in his
way! And when he reviewed in his
mind all tho incidents of tho journev;
wnen no calculated tho sums .spent,
which wore a pure loss, and for his own
interest; whon he thought that this
enormous bet, milled to the heavy ex
penses of this now useless journey,
would completely ruin Mr. l'ogg, ho
overwhelmed himself with opprobrium.
Mr. Fogg did not reproach him at all,
and leaving tho pier of the ocean steam
ers, he uaiil only these words:
"We will consult to-morrow. Come."
Mr. Fogg, Mrs. Aouda. Fix and Pas
separtout crossed the Hudson from der-
I soy City in the ferry boat, and got into
a carriage, which iook them to the St.
Nicholas Hotel, on Hroadwnv. Rooms
were put at thoirdisposal, ami tho night
passed a verv short one for Phileas
Fogg, who 'lept soundly, but very long
for Airs. Aouda and her companions,
whoso agitation did not allow them to
rest.
The next day was the l'Jth of Decem
ber. From tho I'Jth, at seven in tho
morning, to tho 'Jlst, at eight forty-live
in the evening, there remained' nine
days, thirteen hours, and loity-llvo
minutes. If. ihen, Phileas Fogg had
left the nlirht before in the China, ono
of the best sailers of the Cunard lino.
I he would havo arrived at Livorpool.
ami men in London. In the desired
time!
Phileas Fogg left, tho hotel a'one,
having recommended his servant to
wait for him, and to notify Mrs. Aouda
to hold herself in readiness at any mo
ment. Mr. Fogg repaired to tho banks of tho
Hudson, and among tho ships moored
to the wharf, or anchored in tho stream,
ho sought with care those which were
about to leave. Several vessels had
their signals for departure up and were
preparing to put to sea at the morning
high tide, for in this immense and ad
mirable port there is not a day when a
hundred vessels do not sot sail for
every quarter of the globo; hut the
most of them were sailing vessels, and
they would not suit Phileas Fogg.
'lids gentleman was seeming to fail
in his last attempt, when he perceived,
moored in front of the Battery, at a
came s length at most, a lnerohantinan,
with screw, of line outlines, whoso
smoke-stack, emitting clouds of smoke,
indicated that she was preparing to sail.
Phileas Fogg hailed a boat, got in it,
and with a low strokes of tho oar, he
found himself at the ladder of the Hen
rietta, an iron-hulled steamer, with her
upper parts of wood.
'I'ho Captain of the Henrietta was on
board. Phileas Fonir went up on deck
j and asked lor the Captain, wlfo pro
I sented himself immediatelv.
I lie was a man lil'tv years old. a sort
I of sea wolf, a grumbler who would not
very accommodating, ins largo
eves, his complexion oxydied copper,
his red hair, his largo chest and shoul
ders, indicated nothing of the appear
ance of a man of the world.
"The Captain?" asked Mr. Fogg.
" I am he."
" 1 am Phileas Fogg, of London."
" And I am Andrew Speedv, ot Car
dilV." " You aro going to start?"
"In an hour."
"You are loaded for ?"
"Bordeaux."
"And your cargo?"
"Gravel in the hold, i have no
freight. I sail in ballast."
"You have passengers?"
" No passengers. Never have pass
engers. A merchandise tUat's in the
way and reasons."
"Your vessel sails .swiftly?"
"Between eleven ami twelve knot.".
Tho Henrietta, well known."
" Do you wish to convey mo to Liver
pool, myself and three persons?"
"To Liverpool? Wh) not to ChinaP"
"1 said Liverpool."
"io!"
"No?"
" No. I ain-.sotting out for Bordeaux,
and I shall go to Bordeaux."
" It don't matter what price?"
" It don't matter what price!"
The Captain spoke in a tone which
did not admit of a reply.
But the owners of the Henrietta "
replied Phileas Fogg.
"The owners of the Henrietta aro
myself," replied tho Captain. " The,
vessel belongs to me."
" I will freight it for you."
"No." J
" No?"
"I will buy it of you."
"I will not soil."
Phileas Fogg did not change counte
nance. But the situation was serious.
It was not at Now York as at Hong
Kong, nor with the Captain of the Heir
rietia as with the Captain of tho Tauka
dere. I 'ntil the present the gentleman's
money had always overcome obstacles.
This time the money failed.
But the means ot crossing the Atlan
tic in a vessel must be found, unless
they went across in a balloon, which
would have been verv venturesome, and
which, besides, was not practicable.
Phileas Fogg, however, appeared to
have
au
mea, ior ne saiu to the f'up-
tain:
"Well,
deaux'.'"
will you take me to Boj
" No, even if you would pav me two
hundred dollars."
"I oiler you two thousand."
" For each poison?"
" For each person."
"And there are four of you?"
Four."
Captain Speedy commenced to Miratoh
his forehead as if ho would tear the skin
oil. Kight thousand dollars to bo made,
without changing his course; it was well
worth the trouble of puttiifg aside his
decided antipathy for every kind of pas
senger. Passengers at two thousand
dollars apiece, besides, aro no 1 inger
passengers, but valuable merchandise.
" I leave at nine o'clock," said Cap
tain Speody, .simply, "and- you and
yours will bo there?"
"At nine o'clock we will he on
board!" simpl.v roplied Mr. Foyg.
TO 15J5 gONTIXt'KU.
"wwww ffwmiKmw
FAUTS AND PIUUK1M.
A London firm Is now making dish-,
os of paper.
Littlo boys nnd girls aro considered
a necessary part of a bridal procession'
now-a-days.
Over 100,000 Frenchmen havo com-,
mttted suicide since the opening of the
present century.
It is found that the effect of the.
oleelrio light in conservator os is stim
ulating to the vitality of tho plants.
Los Angolos County, Cal., claims
fi, 600,000 grape-vines bearing, anil
.'1,000,000 planted last winter; and u'0,
000 bearing orange treos, and 100,000 to
begin next year.
Notwithstanding the terrible power
of the electric eel, equal to llftoen Ley-,
den jars, there is a little parasite lish,
two or three inches in length, that,
preys upon it, utterly oblivious of its
shock.
Opium consumption In this country
is increasing at an alarming rate. It is'
estimated that -I.OOO Americans at loast
aro victims to tho baleful habit of opium,
smoking, while over 10.000 Chinese in
the country pursue the same vicious
practice. The use of opium in other
forms, howover, far exceeds thin. Tho
Importation of opiumin 1880 was 77,1
pounds, an increase of 17,000 pounds iti
one car.
According to calculations made by
tho Medical Academy of Paris, there
aro at tho present time 18!), 000 doctors
scattered over the world. Of these
thoro aro if,000 in the United States,
2(1,000 in Franco, 32,000 in Germany
and Austria, M.OOO in Groat Britain
and its colonics, 10,000 in Italy, and
5,000 in Spain Putting tusido pamnhlotH
and memoirs innumerable, it is' esti
mated that 120.000 works have been
published on medical subjects. Of the
writers 2,800 aro American, 2,fi00
French. 2..'i00 German und Austrian, no. I
2,100 Knglish.
Tho largest steam hammer in tho
United States was recently placed in
position in the Black Diamond Stool
Works of Park Brothers &Co., at Pitts
burgh. Tho hummer weighs seventeen,
tons, while tho auvil-bloek under it
weighs 1C0 tons. With n full head of
steam it will strike a blow of ninety
tons, but, as this tremendous weight is
not always necessary in hammering. It
can be made to strike as light as de
sired. It, hasathirty-eight-iiieh cylin
der and nine-foot stroke. Tho ponder
ous blows make the earth quake for a,
radius of nearly 200 yardf.
There Is at present in round num
bers itf.OOO.OOO barrels of crude petro
leum stored in tho iron tanks in the oil1
regions of Pennsylvania. It is an in
land lake of oil that may bo dosoribod
as having reached its highest ebb, inas
much as indications now point unmis
takably to a falling oil in the dally pro
duction of t ho wells and a consequent,
dnciiuc in tho amount tanked. Not tho
least striking feature of tho oil regioim
aro the clusters of these enormous Iron
reservoirs, looated on hill and valley,
and whoso construction keeps actively
employed groat work-shops ami an army
f men in Pittsburgh. Titusvillu, Oil
City and elsewhere. Tho oil held by
the 1,800 tanks dotting tho oil regions
would fill to a depth ot ton foot a square
resorvoir or lake measuring :t,7!7 feet
eaoh way.
WIT A.NI WISDOM.
The concern that always makes)
money -the mint.- Lowell Courier.
It's pretty bad but wo're going to
spring it on you. An undertaker is
roally a bug-hunter an entomb-ologist.
-lioston I'ost.
Although early in the season, wo
announce, at tho request of Mr. Von
nor, that during tho coming winter wa
ter will as usual freeze with its slippery
side up. Chronicle-JlcraUl.
The remark made by a St. Louis
girl when she first saw Foropaugh'.s
beauty was: "Well, if 1 couldn't pool
tho socks olPn her ingood-lookiuessl'il
.sell out an' go to Chicago!" -JJclroiC
Free Press.
Litotary: Wanted A story of a
burglary or ghosts in which the night is
not very dark without, and the wind
does not blow in litful gusts and tho old
oak in front of the house does not groan
dismally. On receipt of such we agree
to return tho manuscript. Lowell Cili
zciu The people down
laugh at our Western
business. It amounts
same thiiur all round.
l-'iust need not
ways of doing
to about tho
after all. Wo
rob railroad trains and mountain stages
and our neighbors down Fast keep sum
mer hotels. And, dearly beloved, al
low us to say that the difference in
methods doesn't mako a continental bit,
of difference to the traveler. --JJurlitiy-ton
JJawkcijL.
-Several wagon loads of leather
havo been dug out of tho ground near
Sandwich, Out., and the people havo
no recollection how it came there. Tho
mystery is easily explained. A rail
road restaurant once stood on tho spot,
and what is supposed to bo leather is
merely the remains of thousands of
ham sandwiches, which passengers
throw around promiscuously after vain
ly endeavoring to insert thoir teeth into
thorn. Hence the name of the adjacent
town Sandwich. --Wormlouw Herald.
The politest man in Boston hasi
been discovered. He was hurrviii"'
along a street the other night, wlieu
another man, also in violent haste,
rushed out of an alloy-way, and tho
two collided with great force. Tho
second man looked mad, while tho po
lite man, tuking oil' his hat, said: "Mv
dear sir, I don't know which of us is to
blame for this violent encounter, but I
am in too groat a hurry to investigate.
If I ran into you, I beg your pardon; if
you ran into mo, don't mention it"
and ho tore uwav utrcdoublod.speod.-
Motion Journal "