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"I hve already told you. twenty cottage, a -mere &Ye cen" answered- the "man- in sur hifd net, ' aimost P"ise; and -Monkey-face worked in'de--h?,ir?Pn .hv-...w'i!tPri.., fafigably .unUl-Btght, The superin- uf - - .- o - ;-aWYftt)Vr-r.eep'ef"'--- - " '- -Undent, amazed anil delighted at the -.-""-VPuriad's Han'tebo the "marks' b't ch.anSe, paid th boy. tor his work and .:.h.inelst tori. Jor he had ljpen a lohksmithl-even save Him a dime in advance. afhs V'i'a':h"isf-ootii;-.and had'-by industrC--nl -wrnt request, as .he said he needed it-jinoaT-rklsPci-hVTtispff-Vililr.urrtir-i" "That nfght Monkey-face Was again W:c:jme''-.thB.-pr6prietor. ot-quite.' a" --insi-t.-niisiness ana. securfia a compe- ' t&sey far" tti?pid -ase..-' -His wife, -a quiet. '.; .cpntle -creayire, wpcshfpped j.her. hus jjaj!;.a-ud.:b6th-of .theTai-wor-e on their -3-.es'"an -exriression. of Serenitr .which ... ieVrbelec)fic6nscience'-a:nd.a-life ".".! 'Sfcaoe - ' .'.'': " "' - :- '' drAhd- was annroachlnz Vixtv .years ' 'JL a-se;-arid 'his- wife miiFt have been . "The" factory' superintendent having ..CvIItyj'eC In pite-of their wrinkles and ; beJn informed of. the siate of affairs. f.-isiairs.'taese:t'rjeated each other Ipade -up his. mind- o settle the matter I "with :an.a-ectiqnate .deference which 'at once, y finding out where Monltey--:-';v.-tsd'.piefeure-;to-behord...-. '-.-. " face spent his nights, and for this pur- .-- ;5.Vhhe-."-we-weiTJ-'e"ngaged in-.c'ohrersa- pose watched the-lad as he left the fac-;-. iioh- just'TJefore -dinner, Durand rose ' tory... - Mr.-. George; in company with .-'.' .- ajcd -opened-a.-drawer to-take' outspnle'-! one of. the workmen, followed the wan - ?r4ile which" be-wished tb-show to mev I'derer'at'-a short distance, and observed ;':.:li:eil--a3 turning over-lhe 'contests Vijf tilcfr-irr it- i-fiiTjh.'? thWt n1irtl '-.su'ciu".kyght nave Wen: worn.by ". -5i..iiq"u; or an-:infariu fell tothe lloor. i - mfikPd'tT '.,r, -.,1 r,r,rin thnt .ir : .. r -:-. "f -A'V "wv".'-" w -j .u:aii5:if:-cq'arse lilue linen, .with bits "of tw&e. i instead ei .ribbons. As I handed -. i JQ'.him. I aid:gayly;- ... : -,!Are you-preparing a" baby .basket, - Jfr"jnJ.ni?-" """,.-' ".;-.;. -- -..""'. I -;.- -I iad.po sooner spoken :tban L're--: gretti-ijt. for I reccrl'ected at that'mo--"-.ne'frt JaVicg - heard-. :' that-- ..Ure ti'nly .".."sbadaw on" my. friend '& life was" the ;Varto?'tlie-jr union beinga. chililless one. :- .cVr.-"-a.."riirnute;-.Dura'ad made, no repl-r. . C'.y .' b?v?d- at-..the- 'little .cap aff4ction '! jtlvis .-ti'iir Ss he.Jaid if carefully .way - --itfc'ife.'said", .n .a: tone -at sc-zionsiiess'. ."Thut i's a .-souvenir; a'iid -I will tell -you; how "it-,canie into, my possession.. -.vyun--a- was tourteen .years old, l was "--i-oiL--Ing In-:a -Ipge1 factory,- and I "had ".-.:. P.nwn-j ot .the.ame age as my - ."5' ivho'Ton. account -of his ugly fea ,. 'taces.. a-e-ni-ik-named aibrikey-face. He : was a-sly; mischievous urchin very fond -.flpniHn'giliqyish pranks;;. but n jolly : '::.f 'y- clp.: anuxfull of " pluck. He was -.;J'o Ijzj- that he 'would -have been-turned .1ou t'.'pf -tie" factor', had it not been for "fh-i iscJn'lgeaQe pf -the' superintendent, "--n'hy .fiad ievn-afriend of his father, and ."""tealpan interest" in'Hlie boy for. the sake . -oi-tib'd-a-d'.comrad'e. Monkey-face was '. -"crphahj-.a-nd the only relative he had eve j:-- knowh "was the '"-woman who - braiight-'hini Up-.'a cousin of hts mother. .This om'a'n,--rrs. Bolton, was a'rude "'woatnre, wh'b-inafntained herself-' by - vei-yuig twu or :.Laree mecaaniua as " lji:atd'e.F5.' 'iter affeoti'on - for her young ..'thai-ge -A-:is"-miuifestei oniy )y blows. i "V '"'" .'"' .jyrrj, C -'"" 1 ' 'V "" I i I : --.l.-"siLL KEEP" HER. MYSELF. .' -I'erhans . if "he "had-, known a narent'S" 1 ;-fov."he-.Ayo'irLil Irave-DVeir les perverse. ;;- :-"Oue :a.fiernoon. tae:lad took it into '"his-hfad to-'run:ayajfc"omthe factory, ' iaird. go nragabondiug about with "a gang J .--j( '.uile. urchins, like' .himself:-" -As'--they j . - TrnreVJo'luiarsr-sdowly home'afLer night- .. faR.'. they iie.ard; to- thpir" astonishment. J'..tiie.ory of an infant- The'found. seemed j I'M iu.J.fr'cini'a-Jong.-dirty alley, which : -opeBPd. on..fie's.tr'eecandat."t.he oihor ' -pnd.-Qf" wh-ioh". was a.dimiy'tlK-kQring --ll-mp-: After a-short consultation, the , ...rrfeec'boys.veutnred softly, into the' ;. jflley; :??d.xv of them espied. -bide ; :;aa- risfc-rr aT:e.bOndle-of rags-, .--w-h!ch-tr."rs:iei.-and wailed.. He seized- ;5d-of.Jfc ani&te whole-pay .lashed i HrZ$$. ihi t.hoaughfa're. uiumphaat, --sfon-ning under "aiamp'to-examino their , vip-iW "lx proved .td-te a-babv" girl-.a i -.t'n- 'v'ksold. -wraDoeil an in'.. ' attire.-a" j'cov'-ii.Ltle innocent whom "a ".". ; w'tcbed". -perhaps-, . desperate, - mother --h".ad alianifviiled to the chanty of strag-" -.reiY.- -i .-.- .... ,ii . ; 1 --"!.--ye-:- l&' jrS-r.rr yv -l ------ " r-J' '- r -' T-'i'ittMtiPi 9 fc - -u . . Vi .v ' i :Sf- "s ' -H ' 'f- r-b" JJ Tne. 011 man. answered: "He have wa fifjj r-'-j-f-ff.'Si il 4 ' tm T never parted. 1 nen smiling, he looked ,njrt - 'M :'- ' ""IM ft. "it ll "I at hlswife a?(1 added: "Have we",. my Dlaze'r ' rlJir. -vu-t-T: "stt" !aea. ., , - - ; . ifee.tv v." v a . - -"j V"-f- VlTrt lti L!i- ' ' a. sraiie(1 ,u reiurn, nut ner eyes I xhe .-v,Vy-': - .Oxv -1 ,-- . ''rf 1 were moist as sue looKeu at mm, and ,-n ., - .,iiii -TL2l'-y'?. -.J5-i"yL -.vL unuer ner eyetius 1 saw a lear-urop - "r4" -.' .. - ? 7' glistening.- -". "; - "A .cbuil-:if' was- held to decide what ' 'rrGiild Te -donji with the booty, and the j .; Vc.trag.-ciipors gave free-"play, to their ' -. mischievous. invaginations. One wanted i :td-'purjth baby "back where they had I fou3d it; another, to-hide it in an empty 1 "nrlip'e box." which- stbed at -a. grocer's ' '-.door; a'-third proposed to elimb up a .'secoad-stcry bal'cony ana leave, the . youngster. "there. -aEd. how' astonished .'-' the people would be next, dayl But '.-. Monk'-y-fcK scouted all these ideas, .-anjd" declai-ed that the baby . must, be . -ts-kea to a -foundling asylum. - -- -"Monkey-face's decision was hailed ' '.' wibr ejitlisiasm and he" claimed the ', ' risnrc-to carry the treasure-trove in con- I .sfderil'io'n of iiis seniiole suggstjon. ; ."."..""JGjve -me the.-'kid." he said. The babj: h3.d all this time been screaming :"pieo'usl.y,-but it stopped suddenly when Monkey-face "tooJc-hpId 6f.it.-and. while" -as walked fJong with an air of triumph. -.. - -.--. '. t :. i .i it-iixedits"?reat blue-ej-e?.upon his. ugly -face- an'd"- smiled, at. the same- time ..Jstretchingits tiny hands out .as if to "caress -himi .. -' .-.-. -v "-;"5he..is" "laughing" cried the boy in 'deI.ight"".sc"?how she looks .at: mer ""Then a new impulse seized-him. - ::-..r v a ,. rA ro f.n; 1 -" 1-, " vu' .- ..r 5ii l- unr m ! .seih --;--.. .- -" :" His "companions .protested indig" n"a2tlyV "hnt in vara, for. as they well ". kn-w, 3lonk"jar-face had at the end of ..eaeh-arm an argument so strong that it . would .be useless, as we.U as unsafe, to 'r.joppbse" h-isjwishes" -" ."WThen-"ie--reached nome with his burden. '.Mrs.. Bolton -exclaimed, furi-; ..mrIy-. " " i ''': "Efo- you tliicli I have not enough, to f--da.to.:a!l "your Liouth, you lazy imp? Take.tbat brat to the police-station Quick how!' Swat! biff! A bos on each ear showed"--the boy that, she was in earnest and he fled from the house 'That night he. did riot return, and tIie next morning he was in the factory as soon as -it opened, for the first time his life- " " MT- i ne wyu.ttmiaiy uj.me Et?Pef"itendent.--iiow much will you abst- from his horn, and his cousin Mrs.. Bolton, went to the factory the' "next evening," lay in wait for" him and dragged him ho'me in spixe.of his strug gles, administering a thrashing on the way But it was no use: as-soon as -the "old. woman turned hr back to prepare supper, the boy slipped out of the house . aild dl(i nt "return. J him ehter-a.hakery and buy A couple of 1 rolls- np'vt ha tfonf inrn n ,isrV nn came out carrying a bottje of milk, and - itheh turned 'his steps toward a lonely. i .rocni .,..,... .!, j c.? y-iitu uuui ici . ucm cut; iicu uuu- 'I denly his followers saw him " an alley;, the place. liavlnj plunge into IV II H-1 I i ; :i II II U ft II II1II llll Mfa -face was dimlv visible as he stopped' before a paling, fronting a deserted"! cabin,-. The'fiext minute he-had scaled it-with' the agility of the animal which "was his namesake-, and entered the cabin. ' "The two men. determined-to discover his hidinsrnlace. waited a few' minutes. and then, cautiously' followed him", and - - f.riA ?. zl ?ri wretched . hut which was-illuminated by- a. tallow candle stuck against the .. He .was seated on the floor, and"; - - wall. gravely pouring milk into a nursing bottle, and in a corner,, on a bed of dried , leaves, a baby was. sleeping soundly. wrapped up in an old blanket-. . "Monkey-face transformed into -.a nurse: " 'What the dickens are you doing here?' asked the superintendent, throw ing open the door of the cabin sudden ly; and the hoy, startled at first by the! intrusion, soon recovered himself and answered slowly: " 'Haven't- I got a right to have a little sister?' '' "Then, after a pause, he added grand- ly "learn twenty-five cents ji dav. That! is enoiurh for" us Both, and Wdon't ask"! anv one for anvthine. Here are the I I -,, T ;nrpnd "for mv own sunnsr " I- The narrator, paused, smiled softly. and added: "The next day" the owner of- the fac- j I tory, being informed of the matter. 1 I raised niy pay to three dollars a week ! just double." . . - "What?" I cried. ' "It was vou." "Ah. .1 have betrayed myself.'" said j Durand. "Tes." I was the young rascal j who was in a fair way to become an i.idle vagabond; and. thanks, to the bine i j eyes of that little girl. I became a good ! . workman, and afterward set up for my self in business. Now. you understand , why I "kept that tU-tle blue cap; she ha-ij 1 it on when we found her." i "And what has become of her?" 1 1 eagerly asked. ATHLETIC YOUNG WOMEN.. 'T-,k," Fn-y to the- Streiitrr, WiiicJi Il..ime Them. Many swell sportwomen devoted to athletic amusements, as yachting, cycling, rowing, golf, and tennis, have1 adopted the English sweater. A woman with a nne form shows up extremelv well in a sweater, which clings to 'the figure without a wrinkle. Garnet, red. naVy and royal blue, black and'eream. are :-ae favorite weaves, some fanc ami dthers plain aad ribbed. Thev are put on over head ind fasleairfw-ith smaI1 buUet b 0Q. fle sh-0lllller.. otherg are ,acrf with - .. . . . ... the !?", A P ? ? f e T1d ,the P ?'a S'UCSP fr abou tbe leb or fiv mPS Jt the wal3t lme; thls adJ"sts em closely lo & figure: the sleeves "at the wrista are" treateji in the same manner savs New York" Herald. The full-topped sleeve, which subscribes to the fashion able craze, 15 stylish. Although thej sweater has- its drawbacks, there .are many arguments in its favor, and for boating, cycling, ashing, etc., it is emi- nently well adapted. The sweater has an air of jaunty independence, and is natty, becoming, and comfortable. The athletic girls who are fond of wearing quasi-iaasculine garments have adopted the sweater with effusion. It is safe to predict that the wearing of the jer sey will.follow. ftan which no more de lightful garment was ever invented. CuriositW in Cotton. A han"k or cut of cotton always con sists of S40 yards. Thomas Honl'ds .worth & Co. of England produced by their machinery 'cotton yarn or cotton thread so fine that out of one pound weight -of cotton were spun 100,000 hanks, or a thread of 4.770 miles in Tonon)l CM Anttn a T-- -rr-rtc- --. 1 ?7 v , - luu hoe to be of. any practical value. It demonstrated only the perfection of the machinery. No material admits of. such fine spinning as does cotton. Messrs. Houldsworthspun out of one pound of sea island cotton a thread 1.000 miles in length, that was quite stroojg enough for use- lttt unen irn a hank or cut consists of 300 yards .. Baby Worth HaTinc. A Paris shoplifter, recently convict ed, carried a bogus baby with her dur ing her predatory excursions. The ia--farit had a wa face and a hollow leath er body. It was the thieFs custom to dexterously transfer purloined artiel. sucn as gloves, laoes and the like, to thr spacious baby, hich luually -gaiueu much in weight during these -little ex- cursions.. AMONG THE BED MEN. THE. INDIANS OF WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA. .Thy Arm Gad. Bd. ud IadllTeretttt Sfostlx Iadifferat AH thm Robsbcc of th Tribe Ha Disappeared. HE noble red man, as "seen from a car window" in Wiscon sin and Minnesota, isn't "a very hand .some" or a very useful-specimen of hu " inanity. -There are are a' great many Indians,- and they are quite familiar objects at the rail road stations and other public places, J where they come from the reservations or from their" own wigwams on ground they occupy in fee simple. In a hurried trip one cannot study up the reason for this -dreadful lapse in the -Indian's so cial condition from what he was in the days when he was making a career-to t be celebrated by poets and elocutionists. Lo speaks for himself now, rand there can be no question but that his exist ence is far from poetic Six bucks J came up on the SL Paui-train the other dayt writes a Duluth correspondent. They got on at White Bear Lake and i - r . t 0t 0ff 3' Snake River. These sound like, dime noye names but V1' are j ! perffctIJ s.traiS&t. Both are stations ! on tne ac ram ana uuiutn roaa. -in . . ... six braves looked like almost any other ISMl ::,;", six Indians you. can see "up here. TheyJ h -"-". - , .7. .UU"L .u """ Monke Uouldat draw a remark from aai-on;oxards and odfeand ends tnat have Monkey, ..,. . ,on,,, Tw!TOll,i P on the lake side of the uut a su-auger or. -a tenuenoot. ine terff man. whose knowledge of. In- n.,a "i te nortnwest is mamly con- nn-ed to the impressions made by watha-" woul(1 be saddened by a Hia- con- ! temP'ation of :them. Here were six descendants probably of some chief "in ! " Iad of the Dacotahs." whose prin- i c,pal business in life just then seemed ?rrrr'; ; botUe o a compound of alcohol and uiause -mer. it is against tne law. so I am told, to sell fire-water to" the red "man, so the. cute aborigine has evolved the idea of dealing in alcohol "used in the arts." This can be bougl.t at one store. At another shop he .buys the orange cider" which, mixed with the aleohol, gives it a- nne rose water aspect" and a fairlv agreeable taste. The Indian makes the mixture as soon as he gets the "ingre dients', and the result is a dose, in com parison, with which Jersey Lightning is 3.laiPJ-v a rop of cold water. When "igled "P ith the proper proportion ot lQdian, the result is truly appalling. " ' In s Particular case the bottle was in charge of a strapping big fellow I PCI.1T . with rings in his ears and- the slas: marks of old wounds on his- face. He s. dressed in a straw nat. a flannel some white- man's last year's and cheap striped trousers. His .-ere first encased in. stockings of six pair for a quarter kind, and then pair of beautifully embroidered moccasins. The bottoms of his trousers were wrapped tightly around his legs, above his ankles, and held there by the tops of his stockings. Then he .wore a belt, and from underneath his blazer, at the back, peeped the "pointed end of a big leather knife sheath. The knife I was there, too, he told me. but no on-- in the .r isk'ed him to show it-every-body believed him. It was a sight to see these degenerate sons of ha .'forest going down before the great American train boy. The In dymsiiad money, tthe' train boy wanted IjJ and he got it. He sold them clears, cigarettes, onmges, chewing gum. some thing of -nearly everything- he had -n fact. andvhen the train pulled in at Snake .River one of them had almost bought a fifteen cent edition of a pockr speHet. The iee-way of one more sta tion would have found the Indian in possession" of the speller,-and the boy with the red man's fifteen cents, and I "have no doubt but that all hands would have been the . better off . for the ex change. But that the Indian may. occasionally develop is unquestionable". Let me tell you of one whom I met here. He is a. thorough-bred Chippewa named Joseph Roy. of fine physique, and a thorough gentleman, too, so the neighbors say. He has property worth $20,000, lives-in a good house, is able to speak French. English and German besides his na tive tonsrue. and he can read Latin. Of course he is one among ten thousand, but still his case shows that there are good Indians besides dead ones. Like most of the" red men here. Roy is a "Ionian Catholic, and he observes with great punctiliousness all the ordinances of the church. The priest who minis- 1 ters to the congregation here, which is I most largely made up of Indians, ad dresses his people first in Chippewa and afterwards in -English. One of the curious sights of this conn try, although yon meet with very few Duluth people who have ever seen it. is the Chippewa settlement over on Wisconsin Point. The point is the Wisconsin end of a long tongue of land which parallels the south shore of Lake Superior, from the "nose" of the lake for eleven miles east, starting opposite L Dulutfc. It is formed of sand piled up by the wash of the lake on the upper side of the strip, and the drift of cur rent from the SL Louis and the Ne- madji rivers on the lower side, and it is t bounded by Lake Superior, therefore, t and by Superior and Allonez bays. . These bays constitute the finest har bors oh the lakes so they tell you np here, although one "doesn't need to be told that there is an essential difference in the cost of maintaining' an expen sive breakwater and just letting na ture do the work in her very complete jand very inexpensive style. Ingress Li I had to these harbors through, the "En- rLlfflFaBBi 'r!n5Si5BJJ 1 try, which also divides. the tongue into Minnesota and Wisconsin" points, the one on the east side of the Entry being known as Wisconsin Point and the one on the west as Minnesota Point From" ttuiuth the easiest way to get to the settlement Is to go down, to Con or's Point ferryj cross over in the wheezy little" steamer to West Superior re-embark in another car, which takes you past the whaleback barge works where the Christopher Columbus, of World's Fair. fame, was built and on down Tower avenue, named-, by the way. for-a distinguished Philadelphia r financier. "Jealous Du'luth real estate men say" of" the place andits population, "the town of West Superior lies on both, sides of Tower a-venue; so dp the peo ple." Eventually the street car lets you out at a point near to Nettieton Slip, where-boats are available. It looks like a half mile down to Allonez Bay. but if the wind-and the wash of the Xemadji are right, it's about four.- It is worth the pull, though, -to beach a boat in a quiet spot along the shore of Allonez. where the very atmosphere fs pregnant with reminiscences of the arly French explorers, and where "great, tall pines emphasize the apparent remoteness of the spot from the rest of the world. There, when a birch bark canoe is' pulled far up on the sand, nothing is needed .to complete the picture one's fancy conjectures up save real Indians and sure enough wigwams. I.t is somewhat disappointing then to see Frank Sky and his wife and his gun: Frank is a thoroughbred -Chippewa, of moderately good understanding of English, but as an Indian., and as "a feature of that landscape, he is out of harmony. His tepee is built of store point; inside he has a small stove with a pipe to carry the smolte out." instead I of being mindful of alt traditions of Indians by building his fire on the 1 floor and having a hble.cut in the roof I by which the smoke could- escape. A , little further over is "the cabin of Joseph ! Lemieux. a half-breed French-Cana- d; uiuu. Lemieux s neaaauarters ar -a lors, but hardly" "more elaborate in their workmanship. The two places are the' Widener and Elkins mansions of Wis consin Point. Lemieux" talks no Eng lishonly Canadian French ami Chip pewa. His wife-is a Chippewa and talks that, language, so he. gets along with ber all right, although an eastern Penh sylranian, whose linguistic-attainments wpre confined "to an imperfect acnuaint- r r acce with English and Pennsylvania iJutch, would naturally have some dilfi culty in making himself solid, with the familv. - Iblw I - '2I' - "'iM -, COTTON MILLS IN JAPAN. -ImirUhinc Indnstry Built" Cp During the l'at Flftren Yr:jrv Lotton manufacturing in Japan is .'he growth of the last fifteen vears. X'nr a cotton mill", with, one exception, "of those now in operation was in opera tion' prior to ISfaO. .There- is now run ning in Kagoshl'ma a mill of 3,030 spin dles that has been in operation since lS$o. In 1SS0 and.lSSl an era of cotton manufacturing was inaugurated by th erection of 14.000 to 15.000 spindle mills. In 1SS2 a 61.200-spindle mill was "put in at'Osaka. - This mill is the largest ever erected in Japan. There are two 30,-000-spindles, one at Tokio apd the other at Osaka. The latter location is the principal manufacturing, center in the empire. Nearly, .if not fully, one-half of the cotton spindles are "to be. found there. The co.tton mills at Osaka are reported as paying average annual dividends of" IS -per cent, the highest having been 2$ per cent and the lowest S per cent. Not more than about ten years ago thepeople depended almost wholly upon" foreign products of factory-made cotton fabrics," while now na- over a fourth of this demand comes' from fo'reign sources. The Cotton .Spin ners" association of Japan is the most reliable source of information, and that placed the number of spindles in 1S94 at 355.265, yet the Yokohama Chamber of Commerce placed the number in 1S93 at about tJOO.OflO. Between these two authorities we put our estimate of 500,000 spindles. The cotton mills of Japan will never be able to spin from the native. cotton very fine yarn. The cotton is not suitable for anything but for the spinning of coarse, yarns. Still Huh the Onler on rile. School Commissioner Cary of Mil waukee has for several days been beam ing acknowledgment of a good story on himself, which he permitted to leak out because it would have been, extremely selfish not to share it with his asso ciates. He is a flour and feed merchant. The other day an order for oats and hay came to him by telephone, and. after jotting down the 'items,, he absent mindedly shut off the patron before get ting the address for the delivery of the" leeu. .oung ais mistaxe ne qmemy opened the line and asked: "Who is this for?" The reply "was: "For. the horse, yon fool!" Cary still has the order on file awaiting a claimant. Ex. Cheao and Coopicnoai "Want Ad. In the streets of Paris the other day a novel mode of advertising his needs was adopted by a workman in want of I employment. He had written in a good round hand on a sheet of paper "I re quire a situation." This he had placed upon his hat and he might have been seen walking quietly 'along with his head slightly inclined so that the pub lic at large might conveniently read his candid declaration. Six Day ot Awful Svfferiat. George Corden, a lad of Dowagiac, Mich., disappeared. He was found six days afterward in a swamp.- He had fallen in a lit and had Iain all the time in the water. He was alive, but will probably die. SSdKaBsaBSBSaSrsasSBBii 4BwBt3JPMs"BSBSBSBsraBsraB VZl3aJu'v97PCHBB&ASBlLSV in3mte8$&3mhsFms 1 --?zs5'2Si?rcv-'ai' CANADA'S MODEL SEA SERPENT. GUttcrlar Teeth, Yleiaas Head, aad a ImMb' Tall. Quebec special: The latest Canadian sea serpent story shows a change of habitat on the part of the monster. From Black lake, on the south" side of the St Lawrence, the source of the re ports has been transferred to Lake Wayagamack, situated between the Lake St. John railway and the St Mau rice river, and well within the region visited by so many -American anglers wery summer.. The truth of the last report is vouched for by L. E. Roy. who is well known in scientific circles, I and by two guides, Mercier and March eterre. All three are regarded as well worthy of confidence. The. three men say that while fishing in the lake, large - bubbles rose to the Bur face; the. water, became foamy; and then "there appeared at the- center of the troubled- expanse- an enormous snake like head" Thiswas followed soon by a long sinuous body," fully three feet in circumference and seventy-five feet long. Mr. Roy stopped .fishing.. Al though the canoe w'as some 200 yards from the monster, the occupants cpuld discern plainly the open mouth, the gHttering row of teeth, and the vicious eyes. The creature evidently was dis composed by the presence of the canoe, for it" immediately gave vent to a series of hissing sounds, reared its crest, and thrashed the water with its tail. Mr. Roy oTderedhis men to return to camp: Bending to their paddles, they made the little "craft spin toward the. shore, The serpent rushed after them. When the canoe grated on the beach Hoy hastily, disembarked. He ran. to the log camp and secured his rifle. Taking - . . -. .. ... . as. careiui aim as tne- exciteu conniuoa ul uia uci vra yauiiucu, .uc wcu auui. I after shot at the reptile. One shot only seemed to take effect As it struck the serpent, it gave a louder hiss than usual and sank out' of sight The lake near shore soon after became discolored with blood. Rov and the suides re- rtoy anu me guiueb re mained watching for hours, hoping that ( ery morninff although he has reached the dead body of the .monster would an age when "many men retire from rise to the surface. They were doomed j active life. - He says .that In his tn riisinnnintmpnt Th InriVlpnfr hia ' option both hlsfather and grandfather to disappointment., ine incident nas couId have Deen saved if pink Pills had given rise to great excitement .among j been obtainable at that time, the scattered people of the .St. Maurice Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peo region. and 'some of "the older inhabi- I PIe contain all the elements necessary to .. , j . , ' give new life and richness to the blood lulus recall legemis.oi. igng ago wcea Lake Wayagamack-was believed- to be the home-ox a water demon. Wisconsin ccirtT EXECUTION AMONG STORKS. A Female rierced to Doath for Hatch.- j . in:? a oo ' Kgg. ' . j . A" remarkable story comes from Ber- j lin. Germany. Two storks built a nest upon a chimney of a" mansion, the I owner of which' finding nn ot ,-n tv,Q nest, took it and put a goose's egg in . -. c, . .-.13- . wm. ' its place. The female stork hatched the egg, much to the anger of her com panion, which circled three or four times around the nest and then flew away. For -some days the female stork fed the young goose, and a)l went well .until the morning of the- fourth day, when the inmates of the house were disturbed by a loud clamoring. The noise preceded from nearly four hun dred bird's,. which were standing in a" compact body, apparently listening to the harangue of 'a solitary- stork stand ing some "twenty yardi off.- After a short time he retired, and another took his place and addressed the court, and in this way the proceedings continued until -aoout ll n the forenoon. Then the whole court rose simultaneously in i .i.c: "i auu 6avc luna msmai snours. AH this timp th.e female stork was sit ting in the nest, trembling with fear, which perhaps was not altogether" .un warranted, for suddenly the whole com pany of storks flew toward her, headed by one, presumably the injured hus band; he struck her violently three or four times,-knocked her out of the nest and- killed her. He next "turned hia at tention to the unhappy goslln, which he likewise killed, after which the nest was destroyed, and the storks flew away,- no doubt perfectly satisfied in their own minds that the law had been vindicated and justice done." POPULAR SCIENCE. Prof. Emery E. Smith of California, has-succeded by experiments in cross fertilization in producing an entirely new violet, highly scented and of great beauty. Lake Superior is In danger of losing its distinction . of being the largest fresh-water lake in the world. African explorers begin .to" think Lake Victoria Nyanza is larger. A trade journal says: Molasses as a food for cattle In Germany is in great demand, and the dairy interest has been stimulated by this by product of the sugar factories. Prof. Holden of Lick Observatory writes that before the art of photo-. graphing the moon can be carried to greater success there must be plates of greater sensitiveness and finer grain. One of the most remarkable features of earthquake pulsations is their great duration. The originating earthquake may last but a few seconds, while the ground at a distance may rock gently through. a small angle for hours. Alfred C. Lane writes that ten miles above the earth' the cold is far below zero, while ten miles below the surface everything is red hot. This latter is not so certain. It is thought by some that the heat of the earth may be wholly due to the absorption from the sun. and so may decrease after a cer tain depth has been re'ached. That steam power is still, and will continue to be for an indefinite period, the greatest artificial force, and con sequently the greatest:, competitor of human labor, is argued by an English writer, from the standpoint that, as estimated in England, a horse costs ten times as much, as steam power, and human labor ninety times as saucA. jffjf irHjlflBvHI&TB A Paralytic Curd. mm mt TC tfca TM Gaaar atlaa fa Cvrad TW Sacked. (From the Herald. Boatoa. Mass.) Like a thunderbolt frcm A clear sky a stroke ot paralysis came to Mr. Frank T. Ware, the well known Boston auc tioneer and appraiser, at 233 Washing- ton street. He went to neu one mgnt about six years ago seemingly in robust health. When he. awoke his left side was stiffened-by the deadening: of the nerves. The Interviewer sought out Mr Ware to get the facts. He gave toe in teresting -particulars In his own -wayi "The first shock cam very suddenly while I was asleep, but It was not last ing' In Its effects, and la "a few weeks I was "able to be about. A few months after, when exhausted by- work and drenched. with rain I went home in a very nervous state.' The result was a second and more severe shock, .after which my left arm and le were prac tically helpless. "My grandfather, whe was a soldier In the Revolutionary War. and lost an arm In the struggle for American Inde pendence, dled-nnally of paralysis. My father also died of paralysis, although it was complicated with other troubles, and so I had some knowledge of the fa tal character of the disease which Is he reditary, in our family. After the sec ond shock I took' warning, for, in all probability, a third would carry me off. "Almost everything under tne sun was recommended to me and I tried' all the remedies thaf "seemed likely -to do any good, electricity, "massage and special ists, but to no effect. "TTio.nnlv htnsr T found that helped" t m.a ... t TTrtiitnM ctnli. Pi11s nml'T . verlIy bVe that It It .hadn't been for those pills I would have been dead years ago. ' I XyaeX arm i3 not as strong as .the other and ny left foot drags a little, as the paralysis J had the effect of deadening the nerves. 'But I ean still walk a . nood . distance. easil and m- general-. health la snlendld. I am really over sev enty years old, although I am generally taken to be twenty years younger. "The Pink Plll3 keep my blood In cood condition, and I 'believe that is why I am so well. ' Mr. Ware has every appearance of a" Perfectly healthy man. and arrives at nm ,mr.rTxr nH- .vY,t oVinct v- ana .restore snatterea nerves. Ane may ' be had of all druggists or direct by mail from, the Dr. Williams' Medicine-. Co. Schenectady. Jf. T.t at 50 cents per box. or six boxes for $2-50. CURRENT NOTES. Possibly it would be as well to letthe Japs do the missionary work in "China for a few years. They understand the i business. Kansas City Journal. . Some one has said that the medical ' profession divide humanity into two classes: the poor whom .they cure, and the rich whom they . doctor. Tid-Bits. , "Music hath charms," she said to her country cousin.. "Hit can't charm me." Iwa3 his reply, "fer I've got a -"rabbit foot In my pocket." Atlanta Constitu tion. "Ah,"-said the jovial friend .of the j man with" the" valise, "going for a little rest, are you?." "No." was the reply. with "a hurried glance at the time table. "I'm going away on my vacation.'.' Thomas B. Reed is witty, aj this will, testify: ".'-'I am riding- for my health.' "e sai(I t0 tae interviewer, eood deal run down when I T'was a" got" my wheel. Now other neonle are. Ex. - "Madam." said the pale-faced wan derer, "madam, I am a roamer " I "Well." remarked the mlddle-azed I lady, "aroma is. I guess, the" polite way iof expressing it" Indianapoli3 Jour Inal. " - - - Mrs. DeFashion, about leaving the children! party "Marie!" Nurse Girl "Yes. ma'am.". Mrs. DeFashion ' "It's time for us to go home. Which of these' children Is mine?" Philadel phia Telegraph. "What is- the greatest difficulty you encounter In a journey to. the Arctic regions?" asked the Inquisitive. man "Getting back home," was the prompt reply of. the professional explorer. i Washington Star. Edison s. definition of electricity i3 a mysterious fluid about which nothin ;is known." This is an old definition of water.in Kentucky, but it does not fol low that water, and electricity are Identical. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. "Do not let others kiss you indis criminately," says the Boston Herald. No indeed. We are bound to exercise some care In this matter, even though we make swarms of people angry. We've got to do It Kansas' City Jour nal. MOTHERS OF GREAT MEN.- Schumann's mother was .gifted in music. . - Bach's mother had a marvelous ear for music Gounod's mother was 'fond of paint ing and music' John Quincy Adams said: "All that I am my mother made me." Raleigh said that he owed all his politeness of deportment to his mother. ' L' Goethe pays several tributes in nis writings to the character of his mother. Wordsworth's mother had a -charac- . ter as peculiar' as that of her gifted son. Sydney Smith's mother was a clever ( conversationalist and very quick at re partee. Abraham Lincoln said: "All that t am or hope to be, I owe to my angel ! mother." - Von Ranke's mother was literary, and the author of several essays and ' other works. . i RELIGION AND REFORM. In 1S94 the production of wine In ! France was 1,031.000,000 gallons,, while In the United States it amounted to but . 25,000.000 gallons. . I The W. C. T. TJ. Home for Women at Eau Claire, Wis., has been established eight years and in that time has helped 143 young women.-to a better life. -, Bmeen or tne samoaa group of Inlands have been evangelized entirely , Tsy native missionaries. The drink , traffic is, as usual: the greatest hind- ranee to their work. iw tinnsuaa vocate notes that the town of Duham, Me., with a popula tion of 1,253, has furnished 30 Metho dist ministers, and how many of other denominations It does not know. Finland has demonstrated that spirits are not necessary in cold countries, ' having become practically a total ab- 1 stinence country. This change has ! been effected under local option ana , PHINCB FERDINAND'S-DILEMMA. A Tottarlaa- TarMM aad Sat ly riwr- to Sotlafc It. Our readers do not-need la' we told that v have never entertained mmj exalted regard for "the Coburger:' We confess, however, to -have thought ae had mdre worldly wisdom, if aot good feeling, than .he has seemed to show himself possessed of during. the last few days. Prince Ferdinand is. still at Carlsbad drinking the waters which, he refused to. the "ailing and persecuted "Maker of Bulgaria." It. Is difllcalt enough to imagine what his highness? means by. such conduct. ' Is it callous insensibility. td the tragedy which lias been., enacted before. his eyes, and for which" he is morally responsible.- or simnlv that .incomijetence" to under-" stand what the situation- demands which seems to dag the path of Bour bon. prin"c"? Surely it" is not coward ice? One .can "hardiy-imagine" 'a crown accepting the throne of Bulgaria, 'But. -why is the prince not at least going to Stambuloff's funeral?. If hfs -absence does not point to a. lack of-moral if not physical ciMirage"; ft-is not easy to say whar. does. " . - Perhaps his head is tnriied-by the re ception of- the '"Bulgarian deputation" a't Peterhoff. A pretty scene that is, .:s the s"e"mi-ofliciaI Vienna Press says. "Suinbulaff murdered, and the.Metra-. politan Clement posjng'as the 'repre sentative of Bulgaria 1". Does Prince Ferdinand ' really" think, .that" recent "e.ven(s"haye given him a stronger hold" on" the sar and' Prince Lob'anoffL and thnt--'hey me;in ta "recognize", hini? All the' signs' "go to show - that he is ":"--p"y tn lose liis throne first". A few 7"'2rs since" -Lord Salisbury '"declared rhatin tho.jrha'racter of the Bularir ."ns we look for one of: the greatest suarahtcr-s and securities that the eastern- qnefltion will" ultimately" be solved in the manner which best suits .the hones Of all .who' value 'hii'man- h'appi- -ness. civilization and progress"."- and". l-ar- -principality had. around her a friendly Great Britain .-and Austria-Hungary-, a well-disposed Germany." a' by no" -means inimical - Porte, and a Russia powerless for-mischief- -At the present 'moment Austria-Hungary is. disgusted. Germany- indifferent; the' Porte." Greece and. Servia'-irritated. Crat Britain indignant -and" Russia dangaro'us. "and to - cope with, this "threatening situation there is now no. -I Ssambuloff. If Prince Ferdinand Is'-at ."ease in-contemplating .'the change" that ( has taken' place, "how .singularly deep .1 this deep young man mu3t ber ORIGIN OF. THE .HOT TO MALE- .Mirkv. Ksftlnlna to sna:r Flnaerty ta 0eneaf of the- Name. k Snag Finnerty was a-lad with srphilo- ! popk:ralmind and a- broken tooth, says New York World. It was this "busted I toot." .as he called -it. that gave him j this pretty ."little" pet. name of -"Snag""- i Thv were standing on-acbrner'one day wlien a hot tom'alg man .passed. "I .wonder." said Snag, "whatever made ' "en call dem tings tomales?" "Don't j yen know-?" sked Micky:. "Naw! Nor i yon don't needer." "Yes." I does, and ' rH tell yer if yer- wants to know. D5 ' know Cully Flynn?" "Yep!" -"Weil. i Cully was er goin" up der Bowery one ; nisht wid hia gal and-she said she was hungry. Cull had der price, so h gets "ray-and says. "come on,', and drags-her ( inter a restaurant and sits her down ter a table". . Cp comes der waiter and says: . "What d'youse want.? Der gal's name was Mollie and she says she wants er niee hot sausage, an' er cup er coffee. Cull says he wants a cold' sausage an' er" !. bottle of. beer. . Der mug wants to git 1 dat order straight so he says: Mist say" i that agin." So Cull says: 'Der hot to -Mollie .and der cold to Cully seel Well he .goes away saying to hisself : "Hot ter Mollie cold' ter Cully' so 'at he'll git it right. When he comes back with It i he says:' 'Here's yer. hot ter Mollie.' " j "Sure? Aw go on." "Dat's right: so ever .since dat tjm tfcey calls 'em hot" ter mollies.- ""Say."' said .Snag.; "-I'd like ter jist carve my initials into one o. dem' hot ter . "mollies right now talkin about patin qllus makes me hungry." And the pair- disappeared around the. corner in search of something to eat. ' . ' - riuuilIe Arijumi-nt. Between the "passenger-offices of the Xoshville. Chattanooga &-St." Louis rail- way and the freight jlpot there Is- a. ,. little spot of green sward that the pub- ; lie has few opportunities of -observing: ! A tall fence shuts off the view, from the ' street, so that it is-bnly when the large "gate has been Jeft open through mls- take that passeraby "set a.chance.tb see the little park. Several days azo the gate was sta'nd ' ing open and two countrymen who happened to be passing stopped for.a , closer inspection. "- i. "What, do you suppose that's for? 1 said one. "Don't know, unless it's .'where the the railroad grazes its .stock, was the eply. . "Pshaw: railroads -don't hav stock." said the other in. disgust. no "You bet" tny do," said tl com panion, "because I read in. a paper about them watering their ?rc-k. and-T-guss -stock has got to eat as well as drink." ' .. - - -. R.Tt"i-r ;n riMji. Two sons of Erin were observed "yes terday gazing intently 'at the towering height of the Jackson; building. i "111 tell you what it is. Pat." said j one, "I'd rather fall up than down. If I was on that roof." "Well. I hadn't." replied' Pat." '"for if I fell down I'd know. I was going to land somewhere, but if . I fell up the devil only knows- where I would sthrike." - ' . : A, th? ". thn?e. -. There do be oniy wan way to get tne DPsht av borryin ncichbors," said Mrs bolan. "An thot is to move." ..Hov the Kafferties been callin on XPZ again?" " "The'y hnv. An' itV the wan that Qwns Yh .ut jnsn.s thot hov to be goin f widout 'em. - In the winter they borry the cookshtove an come over fur the chistl" in summer they loan av the oic Police Justice What's the ' charge against this man? Policeman Im personating an officer. "What did he do?" "Ke walked up to a street ven der's stand and took a handful of pea uma." Chicago Racard. I PHINCB FEHDINAND'S.DILEMHA. THKUUuUO " ' " Ji CdTimhii-Stati-dkakJ VlImasftfflTi-VM-B MV) UBLaialai fatal mil e miafiwry : nut. but: good NiitES omens anc DntBcroMt-r - -liKAsTDF.a Qkb-Rard, Pres't, .. . . !"' - SSSSaaaV VHBHSjBk -JWw .Ian anBMBlSB VSSlBlSBSMBa " V: Hl.HmtT, VIce:Prst," : '""-.."- . - : M.-BbpggebC CishterV.'' 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