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The Profesor Has to Go to Bed After Hls
Flowing Locks Are Trim med.
Professor Amery is a tailor on Geary
Street. In appeaaranco ho is small and
alert , with piercing black eyes and finely -
! : ly cut profile. As ho walks along the
street he looks like any ordinary man ,
nor on does not see that he wears on
the very top of his head a large roll of
fine black or very dark brown hair. His
hat lie wears drawn clown almost over
{ . his ears for fear curious eyes will find
out what a strange and luxurious growth
he has.
a The way ho found out the peculiarity
of his harrrn bleedingwasthis : Several
years ago ho had his hair cut for convenience -
. venienco and to keep people from looking -
ing at him as if ho were a museum
freak .No sooner was the hair off than
ho took to his bed , almost completely
' " shattered in health , and was compelled
L to stay there until lie had gained enough
strength to take care of himself. After
So- - that he let his hair alone for awhile.
' ' Seven mouths ago he was seized with
a desire to cut it off again , and as the
result he was in bed , prostrated and tin-
i able to care for himself.
"But I have found out how to manage -
age it now , " said the long haired maul.
"There is a time of the moon when the
hair can be cut without harm. The
reason I suffer I have justfound out. It
u is because the hair bleeds.
"What is the meaning of that ? "
"By bleeding I mean that the sap
runs out at the ends of the hairs , just
as it does in young trees. That sap , con-
I 1 sidering that my hair grows so fast and
long and is so altogether unusual , takes
my strength out with it. It reminds
you of the Biblical story , doesn't it ?
Well , it's true , and mach on the same
lines. "
The professor's physique , he said , was
still weak from the effects of the last
cutting. His hands shook from nervousness -
ness , although ho was sitting in his
chair quito composed. The professor appears -
pears to tic in a fix. He cannot have
his hair cut because it weakens him ,
' and he cannot let it grow because it
takes all of his strength to support it.
Amery was born in Maine some 40
years agb. He had a sister with the
same physical trait and two half broth-
ers.-San Francisco Letter.
I A WONDERFUL OLD COUPLE.
A Rkodc Island Pair Who Lived Together
Seventy-eigkt Years.
Lawton Sherman , who died at Providence -
idenco the other day , aged 99 years , and
his wife , who survives him , were the
most remarkable couple , in respect of
i the duration of their marital relations ,
probably in the annals of Rhode Island.
Mrs. Sherman is 99 years old , and her
health is rapidly failing. The couple ,
- both of them natives of Exeter , were
married in this place on March 1
Some years later they removed to Providence -
idence , and Mr. Sherman engaged in
business in that city. They had seven
children , two girls and five boys , and
four of the children are still living.
, In 1891 the venerable couple eele-
lL brated their diamond wedding , keeping
open house all day , and a little army of
friends called to see them , coming from "
all parts of the plantations. At the time
' of the old man's death the couple had
1 dwelt together 778 years.
1I Mr. Sherman was a mason and whitewasher -
washer , and it is an interesting fact
that in the past 20 years he had whitewashed -
washed the walls and ceilings of one
dwelling in Cranston street Providence
each season without an exception. Ho
never was ill , and ho died of old age.
, His wife has been all her life almost
equally healthy and vigorous. Both
lived in the administration of every
president of the United States. Mrs.
Sherman was born on June 7 , 1795.
It was a remarkable gathering of pee-
pie that attended the old man's funeral
in his modest and quaint little antique
low brewed cottage in Providence.
There were his aged wife , four children ,
grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
His oldest child is 76 and his youngest
61.-Exeter ( R. L ) Telegram.
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The Paris Anarchist Scare.
Persons who assume to know what
a the French anarchists are doing-and I
l
have had proof of the genuineness of
their information within the past year
-tell me they will seek to establish a
reign of terror in Paris in October. The
I police are convinced that mischief more
serious than any yet attempted is brew-
ing. The fact that these fears are so defi-
o- nits is the best assurance that they may
not be'realizecl , for the expected seldom
happens in' France , especially in such
matters.
There are no apprehensions among the
( public. The anarchist scare would have
" quite died down save for the fact that
4 there is a growing restlessness among
the Paris lower classes , duo perhaps to
the periodical demand of the French
nature for excitement It has been an
j unusually quiet summer in the French
capital.-Paris Correspondent.
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A Historical Rock Demolished.
1 The peculiar shaped rock which stood
on the parade grounds near Fort Clinton -
ton has been blown into a thousand
fragments. Workmen have been engaged -
ed during the past week drilling holes
in the old landmark. The rock had been
" a trysting place and furnished shelter
for the cadets since the founding of the
academy. Several years ago a proposition -
tion was ma do to blow it tip , but General -
eral Sherman indignantly protested
against its destruction. The limited
space for military maneuvers has made
its removal imperative. A legend exists
that when.the first Christian missionaries -
aries canto among the Indian tribes in
, t the highlands this rock was their pul-
Pit-West Point ( N. Y. ) Dispatch.
Long May She Wave.
Secretary Carlisle has directed that
t herafter the United States flag shall be
hoisted over all public buildings under
the control of the treasury department
during the hours of business unless
stormy weather prevents its display.
The revenue flag is also to bedisplayed ;
over custom houses
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RESCUED HER BABY.
' Illother's Wonderful Self Control Savca
the Life of Her Little Girl.
A little child rescued in a drowning
condition from the bottom of a deep
well by her mother'is the incident that
excited the residents of Green Lake last
week. '
The three children of John L. San-
dell , who lives in a comfortable home ,
three-quarter i of a mile east of the lake ,
were playing in the yard a week ago
yesterday. All were girls , two of them
6 and 8 years old respectively , and the
youngest a little tot' not quite 2. Near
the house is an 18 footwell , with water
in it two feat deep , the entrance to
which was surrounded by a frail picket
fence. The children in their play pulled
and tugged at this railing until finally
it gave way , and before the older girls
could comprehend what had happened
their little sister , going too far , had
fallen into the well and was struggling
on the blacksurface of thewater 16 feet
below.
The children at once called to their
mother , who was alone inside the house.
Mrs. Sandell , horrified , ran to the curb ,
but could see nothing but the yawning
cavern that held her child. She thought
of a ladder at the barn 150 feet away ,
and without losing a second's time she
brought it to the well , but it was only
12 feet long. She realized that desperate -
ate chances had to be taken , for the
child had already lain in the water several -
eral seconds , and a few more meant that
its life would be gone. She dropped the
ladder in an agony of fear lest the ends
should strike the baby dead. The instant -
stant it had settled in place she forced
herself through the narrow aperture at
the top , measured momentarily with
her eye the distance' to the ladder
against. thin wall six feeet underneath
and dropped. By a chance that seemed i
miraculous she caught it squarely , and ,
balancing herself , 'instantly descended
to the bottom of the well. There she
found the child unconscious. It had
been in the water at least three minutes
and was almost dead.
Mrs. Sandell lifted the helpless infant -
fant and climbed to the top of the ladder -
der , at the .same time calling to the
children above to run for help. While
they were gone sherepeatedlyrolled the
baba upon her own body , forcing from
it the water it had swallowed until she
was gladdened with signs of returning
life.
life.It
It was half am' hour before the children -
dren returned , and when they came
back they brought Otto Aura , an employee -
ployeo of the Fremont mill. He.obtain-
ed from a neighboring house another
ladder long enough to reach to the bottom -
tom of the well , and in a few minutes
had helped both mother and child to
. Seattle Post-InteIli-
safety above. - - -
gencer.
THE LIBRARY TUNNEL.
It IstoI c Used In Transferring the Nation's
1,000,000 Books to New Quarters.
It is known to only a few that a tunnel -
nel is to be constructed from the crypt
of the capitol under the east park to
the vaults of the great building for the
congressional library , now in course of
construction. The plans for the tunnel
have been completed , and work upon it
will soon be begun , that it may be finished -
ished in season to be used for the transportation -
portation of the nearly 1,000,000 books
and pamphlets which make up the vast
bulk of the library from the old rooms
to the new. It is probable that a temporary -
porary railway will be laid in the tunnel -
nel , that cars may be employed to carry
a large quantity of books at once.
One of the most remarkable transfers
of the hind in the history of libraries
was that in Berlin some years ago ,
when a regiment of soldiers were put
to the work , received their burdens and
marched and countermarched under perfect -
fect discipline , accomplishing in ashort
time the vast labor of removal.
It is possible that when the new
building is occupied a pneumatic tube
may be laid through the tunnel , that
congressmen may immediately receive
books which they desire to consult without -
out the trouble and loss of time which
would be entailed in going to the library -
ry in person or awaiting a trip by a
messenger. It is not expected that the
work of removal will begin beforethe
spring of -Washington Car. Pitts-
burg Dispatch.
A Palatial Church.
The erection of the magnificent c no-
py over the high altar of Our Lady in
the shrine of Guadalupe has been com-
pleted. The pillars to support it are
each of a solid block of polished Scotch
granite weighing seven tons. The diameter -
ameter of each pillar is 3 feet and the
height 20 feet. The altar will be ready
for dedication on Dec. 12 ( Guadalupe
day ) . and will be the most elaborate and
costly one in America. The additions
to the church edifice will not be completed -
pleted for nearly two years at the present -
ent rate of progress. When finished , the
shrine of the Lady of Guadalupe will
be one of the notable Catholic church
edifices of the world. The solid silver
altar railing weighs 26 tons , and many
millions of dollars are in other ways
represented in the palatial place of
worship.-City of Mexico Letter.
Driving Across the Country.
State Senator Eugene Ives of New
York , the author of the Ives pool bill ,
is emulating Novelist Black's "Strange
Adventures of a Phaeton" by driving
across the country in a surrey. Mr.
Ives started on this trip from his home
on the Hudson , 30 miles above New
York , on Aug. 2 , driving a span of high
bred roadsters and accompanied by his
and their 15-months-old .
wife - - baby.
Traveling at an average rate of 40 miles
a day , Mr. Ives and his companions covered -
ered the distance as far as York , Pa. ,
over the battlefield of Gettysburg , along
the Shenandoah valley , across the
mountains and into Virginia without
going a mile by rail. He will drive
home the same way he came. His only
guide is an ordinary map of the United
States , . supplemented by a bicycle guide.
-New York Herald.
A STRANGE AFFLICTION.
The Mysterious Case of Anna May Darace
- of Surrey County , Va.
Miss Anna May Barnes of Claremont ,
Surrey county , this state , has been in a
most remarkable state of mind for the
past month , and none has been able to
diagnose her disease. She was ! st taken
aotm with a neit pus prostioucaused ,
.
it .was thought , by becoming excited at
a religions meeting. She was seized
with violent convulsions and many
times was thought to be dying. She has
had as ninny as 52 spasms in a single
night. During the first of her illness
she was occasionally delirious , and her
actions reminded one of a person with
delirium tremens. She would imagine
she saw her own coffin , and would plead
tearfully to be taken away from the
cause of her horror and fright.
Before the townspeople had heard of
the death of Dr. Randall at Oakford ,
Pa. , she stated that the old man had
passed away , accurately described the
room in which he died and repeated the
inscription on the plate of the casket.
Since then she has lingered between life
and death and has been pronounced by
her physicians several times unable to
live for but a few hours , yet today she is
apparently strong in body. Her mind ,
however , seems to be completelyitrans-
formed , and her actions savor strongly
of the supernatural. She seems to be
a being of some other world than this.
Last evening , while in an unconscious
state , she sang "In the Lowlands , " a
song of 12 stanzas , most beautifully.
When conscious , she could remember
but a few lines. She never sang before
her illness , but now her voice is a rich ,
clear , melodious soprano. With her
eyes securely bandaged she reads passages -
sages from the Bible. To show that the
young lady was entirely and wholly
unconscious , the lid of her eye was lifted -
ed , when it was seen that the eyeball
was completely turned round , and only
the white of the eye could be seen.
What her disease is no one can tell.
Whether or not she is.growing insane
is a question. It is the opinion of many
that she is a medium of great spiritual
powers.-Petersburg ( Va. ) Special to
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
GOLD IN ALASKA.
Latest Reports of Finds Seem Very Enticing -
ing , but New York Still Suits One Editor.
The very latest reports of new gold
finds come to us from the Yukon region ,
Alaska , and the treasury at Washington
has received advices that an amount of
the precious metal valued at $100,000
has been brought to Unalaska for ship-
ment. Three months ago we had encouraging -
couraging reports from the gold placer
mines on the Yukon , and both the Juneau -
neau Journal and the Sitka Herald told
of men there who had got piles that
were worth getting. An Alaskan from
whom we heard in May last declared
that over 1,000 men were then searching -
ing for the stuff ; that the excitement
was spreading , and that there would
certainly be a big rush to the Yukon
country if itwero not for the obstacles
to travel and transportation.
If the amount of gold in Alaska bears
any appreciable proportion to the
amount of ice , there will be no trouble
about getting people to go there. It is
alleged that the white population of the
purchase at this time numbers nearly
10,000. We are satisfied that Alaska
has been undervalued. It has extensive
fisheries , canneries and salteries , it has
larger areas of arable land than anybody
knew of before the publication of Maj
Powell's report this year , it has vast ad
valuable forests , and it has mineral re-
sources. Though a great part of its territory -
ritory in uninhabitable , it is worth the
price we paid for it. Itwas an Alaskan
editor who once said that when Alaska
becomes a state of the Amerccn Union
it will be the "shining star of the Arctic -
tic ocean. "
We cannot at this time , however , advise -
vise people to leave New York to settle
there.-New York Sun.
On a Water Cycle.
The attempt to cross the English
channel on a water cycle has apparently
been abandoned for the season by the
Frenchman who tried it and failed early
in August , says a London paper. It is
not untikely , however , that the feat
will be attempted by Robert Brown ,
sculptor , of Newport , Wales , who on
Wednesday crossed the Bristol channel
from Newport to Weston , a distance by
steamer route of 14 miles , but Brown ,
owing to the tide and other causes ,
actually traveled 21 miles. The time
was 33 hairs. He finished in good con-
dition. Brown's cycle consists of two
cigar shaped tubes , each 17 feet long ,
lying parellel and three feet apart
They are filled with compressed air. In
the center space is a platform and seat
for a driver. Two paddle wheels , one
on the outside of each tube , are propelled -
ed by the ordinary cycle pedals and
chain gearing. The steering gear consists -
sists of two rudders , which seem the
weakest part of the machine and would
probably come to grief in rough water.
Cissie and McCarthy's Son.
London is talking about the elopement -
ment of Cissie Loftus , the greatest of
themusic hallfavorites , and Justin Mc-
Carthy's son. Cissie is only 17 years
old and is one of the most wonderful
mimics ever on the stage. McCarthy is
just twice her age , has been a member
of parliament and has some literary
ability. The couple event to Edinburgh
and were married by the sheriff. They
are now willing to be forgiven. The
girl's parents , who enjoyed her big earnings -
ings , are not disposed to be reconciled
and threaten McCarthy with the serious
penalties of the law.
A Grewsome Curio.
A English hunter after "curios" has
been trying to secure the carriage in
which M. Garnet was sitting when Ce-
sario stabbed him. To induce the town
ronncil of Lyons to let him have it he
offered 2,000 , to be devoted to the
poor or the hospitals ; but the offer was
refused.
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A NIHILIST PLOT.
Truth About the Accident to the Grand
Duchess Xenia of Russia.
Thom is great excitement in imperial
circles at St. Petersburg , according to
trustworthy information , because of the
accident to the Grand Duke Michaelo
vitch and the Grand Duchess Xenia , the
daughter of the czar , on the evening of
their marriage a few weeks ago. The
telegraphic dispatches which were sent
from Russia at the time declared that
I on the way from Peterhof palace , where
the wedding was celebrated , to the castle -
tle of Prosha , where the honeymoon waste
to be passed , te coachman's eyes had
t been blinded by the bright calcium
lights , the carriage had beelt overturned
and the occupants severely bruised.
But this report , it now appears , was
highly colored by order of the imperial
censor , who wields such autocratic power -
or over the press and telegraph offices in
Russia. The truth appears to be that
the accident was the result of a nihilistic -
tic conspiracy to murder the young
pair.On
On the way to the castle the newly
wedded couple had to cross a bridge
spanning a dangerous cut The bridge
had been tampered with by the conspirators -
ators , so that when the imperial carriage -
riago rushed over it the timbers gave
way , and the carriage anti occupants
fell to the bottom. The coachman was
so badly wounded that ho died before
he could be removed to a hospital. The
grand duchess was badly bruised about
the head and body and had her right
arm broken. It is also feared that she
was injured internally. Her young husband -
band had also severe cuts about the
head.
The excitement , of course , was intense
in the city when the truth becanto
known , despite the efforts to suppress it
and to spread the news that it was an
accident.
Many reasons are assigned as the motive -
tive for the attempt to kill the favorite
daughter of his i mjesty. It had been
expected , some say , that the czar , in
honor of the wedding , would pardon a
number of political prisoners. When it
became known that these hopes were
not to be realized , the nihilists determined -
mined to revenge themselves in a way
which would hit the ruler hardest-the
death of his daughter. They almost accomplished -
complished their purpose. The czar and
other members of the family fear that
the wretches , maddened by the partial
failure of their plans , may try some
other way of seeking revenge. The police -
lice for this reason have orders to be
unusually vigilant.-New York Trib-
une.
NEW FOUND WEALTH.
Over 32,0 ( ) Discovered in an Old German
Family Bible.
James Pateman is a wholesale dealer
in potatoes who lives on Federal streets
Camden. His wife's maiden name was
Oberstal , and her mother sold fruit and
vegetables for 50 years under the old
Market street sheds. She died in 1879 ,
and her daughter was surprised to find
how small her savings were , although
she had been a very thrifty woman. It
was believed , however , that she had given -
en her money to a frolicking spendthrift
son , and the matter was forgotten.
Two weeks ago a relative called on
Mrs. Pateman to ask what had become
of the mother's German Bible , saying
that it contained the family births and
deaths and should be looked up. Mrs.
Pateman , after some reflection , remembered -
bered that an old trunk contained sonic
of her mother's clothing and at once
made a search therein. The Bible was
found-a huge folio , 18 inches square I
-and it contained much besides good
precepts , for between the leaves nestled
a 5-20 United States bond for $500 ,
with all the coupons attached , and
$750 in legal tender notes. Further
search brought to light a nest of gold
and notes in a battered old tin tea Cady.
Some of the eagles are dated 1820 , and
there are over $50 in $1 pieces.
In all the treasure trove is about $2-
100. Mrs. Pateman already wishes she
had never seen the money , as about 20
nephews and nieces are going to law
for a share of it.-Philadelphia Times.
A Soft Thing In the.Crab Line.
Just think of a soft shell crab weighing -
ing 24 ounces and measuring 2l
inches from tip to tip of the extended
claws. Such a crab was received by Mr.
S. R. Scoggins yesterday , with two
crates of other soft crabs , shipped from
Deal's island , Maryland , by Mr. W. J.
Webster. '
In a letter which accompanied the
shipment Mr. Webster wrote that it
was the largest soft shell crab ho kad
ever seen or heard of. Mr. Scoggins ,
who has been in the fish business over
50 years , said he had never seen one
which even approached in size this
giant soft crab. He sent the crab by express -
press to the Smithsonian institute at
Washington for permanent preservation.
Th soft shell crab varies in size from
two inches to the size of the gaint crab
sent to Mr. Scoggins. The "donut"
crab , which is considered full size ,
measures 9 inches from tip to tip , is
S3 inches long on the shell and 2
inches across theback-Baltimore Sun.
Twenty Years After.
Twenty years ago Daniel Wynkoop
caught a turtle in Mud creek , a little
stream two miles south of this city , and
after cutting his name on its back , with
" 1874" attached , put it back In the
water. Yesterday afternoon Wynkoop
tried his luck at fishing in the same
creek. Of a sudden he thought he must
have hooked a shark , but after a hard
pull finally landed the biggest turtle he
ever saw. On looking it over he was
astonished to find on its shell very legible -
ble the handiwork lie executed when a
boy.-Lockport ( N. Y. ) Dispatch.
Making Use of Their Experience.
Smallwort I wonder what the Chinese -
nese government are calling home their
men in America for ? They surely have
enough men at home.
Mrs. Smallwort-I guess they want
the 1aundrymnas scouts to scour the
country.-Cbicinnatl Tribune. .
HE TOI-D THE TRUTH AT LAST.
Had Not a. Nickel to Pay ills Fare , buta
Conductor Trusted Him.
"Dead broke" is a relative term.
Some men are "dead broke" on $10.
Some don't call it "dead broke" until
reach nickel. It's " a
they a pretty "dead ,
broke" when you haven't even the one
uiekei Ion car fare , want to got from
Twenty-third to Fulton street , are in a
hurry , coaldi't walk for a fortune and
know there's money waiting for you at
the other end if you can get there.
This was the case with a young man
bone
-
one day : ast week , and this -is how ho o-
got there. Boarding a Broadway car at
Twenty-third street among a crowd of
others , ho walked forward and took his
stand bcsiclo the gripman. It was some '
time before the conductor reached him
when he fumbled for change , as though
ho know ho had it in vest and trousers
pockets , finally remarking that since ho
couldn't find it ho supposed he'd "have
to get off. " The conductor saw it in
that light , too , and politely made way
for the young man , who by this time
had reached Thirteenth street. ,
Walking down a few blocks , ho boarded -
ed the third car following , and this time
the conductor called forhisfare. Again
he affected the searching process , and
again the conductor waited patiently ,
while the car spun along until at last
the young man anxiously declared that
ho must have lost his pocketbook. The
conductor dinged thin bell , deciding that
the best thing to be done was to step off
and look for it.
Eighth street was now reached , and
again at Fifth street a fresh car was
boarded. Another search after change
was gone through and another kindly
suggestion from a conductor looked for ,
but this one said : "Ain'tgotnomoney ?
How far are you going ? Fulton ? Oh ,
no ; you'd better get off. " And ho got
off after three elaborate bits of acting
just 20 blocks below his original point.
"I guess I'll try the truth now , " ho
thought to himself , and this time ho
stood out on the back platform and
didn't make a first dive into his pock-
ets. Ho had gotsickof it , and it wasn't
paying either.
"Look here , conductor , " ho said ,
"I'm dead broke. Haven't a nickel.
Will have lots when I get to Fulton
street. Will you give me your number
and trust me to ride down ? "
"Ride you do , " said the conductor ,
and that conductor hasn't regretted it.
He's got mere than the fare since , and
the young man who began on the lies
has learned a first rate lesson on the old
fashioned policy of honesty.-New I ork
Herald. ,
Fertilizing With Sugar.
There is a diversity of opinion as to the
land most snitc(1 to the cultivation of
melons. Sandy , light soil , very highly
fertilized with phosphate andwith salt ,
will produce an abundant crop of large ,
fine melons , but there are many planters -
ers who affirm that they should be
planted on a good quality of soil without -
out fertilizers of any kind , as the artificial -
cial ingredients contained in the fertilizers -
lizers detract from the native sweetness
of the fruit. They also claim that the
highly fertilized vines bear all their
fruit about the same time , making a
short season , while vines planted in unfertilized -
fertilized soil will bear gradually one
melon after another , affording freshi
fruit for a long period , even until it is
so late in October that the first frosts
have killed the vines. An old planter
of ancient days , fond of experimenting ,
fertilized the soil in which ho planted
his melon seeds with quantities of sugar -
ar , producing a mostsatisfactoryresult ,
the melons being of unusual size and
sweetness. That was clone in days when
expensewas no object.-South Carolina
Cor. Philadelphia Times.
A. Buttermilk Well.
Did you ever see a buttermilk well ?
I mean a well that yields buttermilk.
No , there are no buttermilk wells
about hero that I know of , but I saw
one out in northern Indiana once. It
was connected with a creamery. There
is no market for buttermilk there , and
the inhabitants of the town , who can
get all the buttermilk they want for
nothing by simply going after it , never
touch it. As fast as the great revolving
chums have precipitated their wealth of
golden butter the milky residuum is
run off into the troughs that lead to the
buttermilk well. From thence it is
pumped up to feed hobs , being distributed -
uted by a system of troughs among the
pens. These hogs are merely kept to
utilize the buttermilk , which would
otherwise go to waste , and the fatness
of these animals so fed defies words.
Very little else is given them. Buttermilk -
milk pork is said to be superior , especially -
cially when supplemented with corn.
-New York Herald.
Religion and the Regulations.
The following story reaches me apropos -
pos of soldiers changing their religion : i
A soldier applied in the usual form tea
certain C. 0. for permission to change ,
his religion. The C. 0. was a little hazy
about the regulations , but he was quite
clear that there must be two parties to
an exchange. "Very well , " he replied.
"I have no objection. But you must get
a good man to exchange with you. " - , s
London Truth.
In the Newspaper Line.
Banks ( in the newspaper line-
H'mph ! Here's a squib credited to the
Perkins Junction Banner that I wrote
six years ago for The Daily Bread.
Rivers ( fellow laborer-Do ) you remember -
member everything you have ever written -
ten ?
"Of course I do. " a
"What a cave of gloom your memory
must be-Chicago ! Tribune.
Some one has said that a diet of oatmeal - 1
meal and brown bread tends , to promote
the growth of the hair. However this
may be , the diet is a good onofor many
more assured reasons.
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Bicycle riders in Southland , Australia -
lia , are required to dismount 22 yards. ii
from an approaching horse and draw
their wheels past. i
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HER LITTLE FLOWER. ( ,
And She Sault to hest Clutching the Tiny a
l'rcasurc to liar Breast. +
Slo found the tiny , tender plant J
when first it showed its trembling head
above the travel worn slabs of granite I' "
that paved the narrow alleyway which
was her only playground. She gave a ' '
cry of delight when she saw the delicate -
cate shoot peeping out from between
the cold gray stones , and front that moment -
ment it filled a part of her life that
heretofore had been empty. She nourished -
ished it with water and jealously guarded -
ed it from the onslaught of roaming i
boys and the too near approach of cart
wheels that came crunching through
the alley , and often did her violet eyes
tremble with suppressed tears as she
saw the ponderous wheels rolling so '
close to her treasure.
Under her care and watchful attention -
tion it steadily grew , and when delicate .
leaves unfolded themselves and disclosed -
ed to her delighted eyes a blossom of
sweetness her happiness was complete ,
and she sank beside it and feasted her
vision on loveliness she had never seen j
before.
One day she did not come at her
usual hour to moisten the thirsty plant ,
and it would doubtless have perished
but for a gentle shower that came to
kiss the drooping head The next day
she did not come , and the lonely plant
got its only help from the leaking of a
passing water cart Fur upinone of the
narrow rooms she lay on a little cot
panting for breath. Her once rosy
cheeks were riow polo and white , an(1
the soft blue eyes shone with a sparkling -
kling glow. Her head tossed restlessly
from lido to side , and moans of pain
crept from the drawn lips.
Occasional words broke from her , but
of such an incoherent nature that none
understood her until a boy came softly
into the room and gazed at the suffering
face curiously. "Shewants herflower , "
ho said as she moaned again , and like a
flash he sped from the room , to return
in a few moments bearing an almost
withered plant in his hand. As lie held
it aloft the lustrousoyes sawit , and two
tiny wasted hands arose from the cover
and were outstretched to receive her
treasure. She lifted it to her lips and
rained kisses on the dust covered blossom -
som , which seemed to answer her caress
in a glean of returning freshness.
She sank to sleep , still clutching the
flolver to her bosom , and awoke later P
with a calm look of contentment cover-
lug her features.
As the hours wore on she grew weaker -
er and weaker until , when the shafts of .
morning's golden light first found their
way into the quiet room , they fell
aslant the cold , still form of a little
girl , at whose cheek nestled a faded and
withered flower , mingling itself in the ,
faint smile that lingered yet around the
perfect month.-Atlanta Constitution.
: Casitington's "Finest. " ' '
Hero and there in the halls and corridors -
riders of the the shun .
capitol , } guardians -
ians of the public peace , clad in imntac-
ulateuniforms sitsilont and indifferent ,
ruminating , to judge from the slow and
regular action of their jaws , upon the
( leStinie5 of the nation , though caring
for none of these things. Fine speci =
mens most of them are , too-broad
shouldered , healthy skinned , fair , quiet
men , whose solid nerves nothing could
surprise , whose firm but gentle mastication -
cation no political convulsion could re-
tard. They arc of a very different type
from the burly New York Policeman.
One can hardly believe that they are
really colleagues of the colored. functionary -
tionary in similar blue cloth and brass
buttons , who stands in all his glory at
the corner of Pennsylav nia avenue , monarch -
arch of all he surveys , whose slightest
gesture could stop even a cable car and
whose lofty stature and speckless clothes
call forth the admiration of the colored
nursery maid and can impose good behavior -
havior even upon fair haired little boys
and make the soggy faced , blue eyed
"toughs" look a little less as though
they had bought the pavement for their
own convenience and would refuse to
let it even at a high price.-Marion
Crawford in Century.
Climbing Higher.
A New York girl , Miss Lillie J. Martin -
tin , has gone to Germany to enter the
University of Gottingen as a student
She is a Vassar graduate of the class of
1880 and has been a teacher , occupying
responsible positions since she left col-
lege. To go abroad and perfect herself
in higher branches of science , to which
study she is specially devoted , she resigned -
signed the vice principalship of the
girls' high school at San Francisco , a
position she has filled for several years.
She hopes to enter the department of
experimental psychology.-New York
News.
Lamb and the Scotch nnn.
Charles Lamb said he never could
mpress a Scotchman with any new
truth ; that they all required it to be
spelled and explained away in old
equivalent and familiar words and
phrases. He said ho had spoken to a
Scotchman who sat next to him at dinner -
ner of a healthy book.
"Healthy , sir. Healthy , did you
, ,
ay.
"Yes , healthy. "
"I dinna comprehend. I have heard
of a healthy man and of a healthy
scorning , but never of ahealthy book. "
Helen M. Stoddard.
Helen M. Stoddard , president of the
Texas W. C. T. U. . , has been for the
past 20 years an ardent advocate of
woman suffrage. She was converted by
lecture of Susan B. Anthony's. The
Texas W. C. T. U. is doing a great
work for suffrage under the impulse of
firs Stoddard and its other proaeslivo
eaders.
A clock with a human face has been
made by a clockmaker in St. Peters-
burg. The hands are pivoted on the
ose. At midnight the eyes close and
the month yawns. About 2 in the morn-
rig the month emits a gentle snore.
This is done by means of a phonograph
n the interior.
