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WW**- kA4MfeAAAaMfcAA4 *$#*,* i THE NATIVES OF SIBERIA 4 WW)WHWW^WHtttWl leaving the city of Omsk on his Journey to the eastward, the Siberian traveler sees for the first time the gen trine steppe in the full sense of the terma. country level as the sea, with mot a hillock or even gentle undulation to break the straight line of the hori zon, and not a patch of cultivation, a tree, a bush or even a stone to diver -ify the monotonous expanse. Trav ersing such a region is, I need scarcely -ay, very weary workall the more as there are no mile-stones or other land -marks to show yon the progress you -are making. Still, it is not so over whelmingly wearisome as might be -supposed. In the morning you may watch the vast lakes, with their rug 4Bed promonotories and well wooded banks, which the mirage, creates for your amusement. Then during the day there are always one or two trifling in cidents which arouse you a little from .your somnolence. Now you descry a -couple of horsemen on the horizon or encounter a long train of camel marching along with solemn, stately step, and speculate as to the contents -of the big packages with which the\ -re laden. Now you observe the car cass of a horse that has fallen by the wayside, and watch the dogs and the steppe eagles fighting over their pYey. Now you perceivemost pleasant sight -of alla group of haystack-shaped tente*in the distance, and you hurry on to enjoy the grateful shade of a Kirg hiz kibitka and a drink of the refresh ing koumiss. One of these aoxils-, or tent villages, In which we put up for the night, con sisted of about twenty tents, all con structed on the same model and scat "tared in sporadic fashion without the regard to symmetry. Close by a watercourse, which appeared on mans as a river, but which was -at that time merely a succession of pools containing a dark-colored liquid. As we more than suspected that these /pools supplied the inhabitants with *water tor culinary purposes, the sight -was not calculated to whet appe- tites Fo want of somethingour better to -do we watched the preparations for 'dinner. The dinner itself was not less prim itive than the method of preparing it. 1Fhe table consisted of a large napkin Spread in the middle of the tent, and ithe chairs were represented by cush ions, on which we sat cross-legged. There were no plates, knives, forks, -poons or chop-sticks. Guests were ex pected all to eat jout of a common wooden bowl, and to use the instru .taents with which nature had provided -them. The fare was copions, but not -'varied, consisting entirely of boiied motion without bread or other substi tttte. and a little salted horse flesh thrown in as an entree. To eat out of the same dish with half dozen Mohammedans who accept their Prophet's injunction about ablu tions in a highly figuratively sense is not an agreeable occupation but with these Kirghiz something worse than this lias to be encountered, for their fa.1|flrite method of expressing their es teem and affection for one with whom -they are eating consists in putting bits of "mutton and sometimes even hand fiils of hashed meat into the jnouth of tfhe guest with their dirty fingers. On socu occasions as these it required no little effort to subject our feeling of nausea to a sense of Kirghiz polite- JDCSS. fti-v As a drink tea is not greatly used in the steppe, the Kirghiz buying the chenipest kind of what is called "brick tea"tea which is hard pressed into stolds so that it resembles bricks -otherwise they always have koumiss, A liquor made of fermented mare's .milk. The Kirghiz kibitka is a circular tent -ooa.de of felt spread over a light wood- eSn frame. This frame is easiley taken .apart anddput together, and is so light Th broa pieces of felt are easily stretched over it, so that the whole can be put up in about ten minutes. On -one side is a door covered with a flap off felt, and the fire is built in the mid -dfe, the smoke escaping through an opening in the roof. The interior of the tent is decorated with pieces of ribbons of various kinds, used to fast cat down the felt, and around the sides the Kirghiz place and hang all their -valuable goods, consisting of carpets, mattresses and cloths, and some- A Type of the Kirghiz Tribe. -times, in cases of richer men, of even -saver articles, with the trappings of horses and household utensils. The Ubitk combines the advantages of be itng cool in summer and warm in win -ter. These* nomads who inhabit the step 4pe regions of Turkestan and/Western Liberia are not the same people as thtj true Kirghiz or Buruts who live about -the Lake Issykkul and in the mount ains of Khokand, and are called by A to form a load for a singl camel of the old primitive custom when mar- Use Russians Karu-Kirghiz (black Kir- 1^97. The building of the bridge over hiz) and also Dikokomenny or wild -mountain Kirghiz. They do not speak C themselves as Kirghiz, which is a name given them by the Russians, but are known only as Kazuk, the same as the Russian Coossack, which, as used In Central Asia, means simply a vaga tioud or wanderer, and its application Is evident. The Kirghiz speak a language which fs ono of the purest dialects of Tar tar, although the kernel of their race :1B evidently Turkish. It wag in the **eginnlng of the eighteenth century, when the Kirghiz, through internecine disputes, found themselves attacked on the southwest by the Kalmucks, on the northti*ythe Siberian Cossacks and on the east by the ruler of Jungaria, that they began to bid for Russian pro tection, and to afford that series of rai son d'etre for Russian conquest in Central Asia. It was not, however, until 1781, on the death of the bold Sultan Ablai, who, by skillful coquetry with both Russia and China, had man aged to retain independence, that Rus sian sway became fixed. It is a curious fact that the Kirghiz were converted to Mohammedanism by the mistaken efforts of the Russian government. At first but tew of the sultans had any idea of the doctrines of Islam, and there was not a mosque or a mullah in the steppe but the Rus sians \(just as they insisted on using the Tartar language in their inter course with them) insisted on treating them as though they were Mohamme dans, built mosques and sent mullahs until the whole people' became out wardly Mussulman. When asked what religion they have (unaccustomed to such a form of the question) they will say that they do not know but at the same time they will repel with vigor any insinuation that they are not good Mussulmans. The Kirghiz are in general breeders of cattle and sheep, and the search for fresh pastures is the main cause for their migrations over the steppe. They do not, however, wander indiscrimin ately over the vast expanse, but have their settled winter and summer quar ters, each volostas they are now di vided by the Russians for convenience in collecting taxeskeeping its own limits. Besides horse-racing, the usual pas times are wrestling, swinging, and especially the national sport, balga, where one man holds a kid thrown over his saddle and every one else trios to tear it *rom him. There is one race, called the 'lov chase, which may be considered a part of the form of marriage among the Kirghiz. In this the bride, armed with a formida ble whip, mounts a fleet horse and is pursued by all the young men who make any pretensions to her hand. She will be given ag a prize to the one who catches her, but she has the right, besides urging on her h6rse to the utmost, to use her whip to keep off all except the one already chosen in on the steppe, a religious ceremony of her heart. As mullahs are very rnre any Kind at a marnage is unusual but one thing must be strictly per fonied. After the women have sung the virtues of the bride, and the men have chanted those of the groom, tell ing of his great exploits, how many cattle lie has stolen and in how many marauding expeditions he has engaged, An Al Fresco School the young man must enter the kibitka, i orders are also frequent among thoss where the biide is eated and take her who handle dry skins, rabbit fur, horse out, although both entrance and exit! hair, telt and bristles. But the dust are feebly opposed by all her female lurking in sleeping apartments is often friends. This is probably a remnant a medium ot deadly infection. riage was an act of capture. The present development of Russian railway enterprises is one of the most significant features of the day, and is the direct outcome of the French reap prochement. French loans are now providing the sinews of war tor a re crudescence of Russian activity in Asia, aimed, of course, at England's commercial prospects in the far East. The progress of the trans-Siberian railway, however, is the point that ex cites chief interest, especially as the marked attention paid to Li Hung Chang during his recent visit to St. Petersburg clearly demonstrates that the route will lie via the open country and easy gradients which -Manchuria can boast ,thus affording increased fa cilities for the opening up of the shurt est possible main route between Eu rope and the Pacific, between St. Pe tersburg and Pekin. The Trans-Siberian railway, at the time of my recent visit, was open to general traffic as far as the Obi river, a distance of 882 miles Cheliabinsk, the eastern terminus fthe European railway system, and 386 miles beyond the Siberian city of Omsk but with the favor of Prince Hillkoff the Russian minister of ways and communications, I was able to continue my rail jour ney beyond the Obi river, over the par tially-completed division to Krasno yarsk. The formal opening of the last division, which, as Prince Hillkoff in forms me, is to take place at the end of the year, will at last establish a continual rail communication between St. Petersburg and the greatest of the Siberian waterwaysthe Yencsei riv er. Of the three large bridges which are to be constructed along the line up to this point, the one across the Irtish has already been built and in use for over a year, while those across the Obi itself aria its eastern branches are expected to be completed by the end of the Yenesei, the largest j?long the line, was formally commenced Sept. 1 of the present year. Over the steppe and undulating coun try which lies between the Urals and the Yenesei river, the construction of the Trans-Siberian railway has been comparatively easy and irexpensive (I am informed about 3,500 per mile), but the mountainous regions from Krasnoyarsk to Irkutsk and from-Lake Baikal to the Amoor liver, where sep arate sections of the line are now building, are reauiring much more en- gineering skill and pecuniary outlay. It is expected that the section be tween Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk, the Eastern Siberitan capital, will be com pleted by the end of 1897. Like the Tran-Caspian line to Sanna cand, the Trans-Siberian railway was decided upon with very little prelimi nary discussion or investigation.' Alex ander III. simply wrote, ^Let there be a line," and a line there is, every -day more rapidly approaching completion. Like the Trans-Caspian line, also, which has now handed over to Russia the Persian and Afghanistan markets, the Trans-Siberian railway is expected to yield a stimulating trading tenden cy in the Eastern emphre. There is hardly a doubt that the impulse to A Kirsrlii* Nation. i construct the Trans-Siberian railway line was largely derived from the suc cessful completion of the Canadiau Pacific railway and its subsequent de velopment of the British North Ameri can possessions f-r in many respects, Siberia is to Russia what(Canada is to England^-a great landed heritage, full of magnificent resources, only waiting to bo developed.London Grphie. Dust and Pulmonary Diseases. Workmen exposed to metalhe and mineral dust are likely to be the great est sufferers from this potent agency of, mischief. It has long been known that dust coming from the polishing of steel and the filing of cast iron has a particularly destructive action upon the respiratory organs. Of the mineral dusts, that of granite is the most cut ting and dangerous to the lungs. Veg etable dust coming from articles used in weaving, especially flax, hemp, jute and cotton, is also to be carefully avoided, as it often causes fatal chest troubles and consumption. Chest dis- M. Miquel, the French bacteriologist, who has been experimenting to And the best means tor disiniecting dust apartments, finds that chlorine gas, hydrochloric acid gas, tormic aldehyde, hypoehloride of soda and chloride of benzyl are (in the order named) the most efficacious and quickest in their operation. His discovery makes a de cided advance in the ait of disinfec tion, and should be given preference over the old method of using carbolic or sublimate sprats. A towel or sheet dipped in the commercial solution* ot formic aldehyde and hung up in a room will' disinfect it without iniuring pictures, bronzes or other objects of art.Paris Letter. Tlie Prince of Guide* Grindewald has just celebrated the seventieth birthday of Aimer, the doyen of Swiss guides. Aimer has been the pioneer of all modern moantain stormers, to use the picturesque Ger man word. In the Bernese Oberland alone he has made the ascent of the Jungfrau, Moench, Eiger, Wetterhorn and Schreckhom no less thatn 100 times, and, with the exception of the Jungfrau. he has been the first to set foot on their snowy crests. He is also the only living mountaineer who has made the descent from the Moench on to the Wengenalp, and it is said there is not a mountain peak in the Yalais, Grisons, Savoy and Dauphine on which he has not bivouacked. He has five sons, all of them trained from childhood to be guides, and some have carried on their father's work with English mountaineers in the Caucasus and the Himalayas. Aimer affirms that none of his climbers has ever had an accident, but he himself has his scars of battle. On the Grindelwald. glacier a falling block of ice broke sev eral of his ribs, and in a winter ascent of the Jungfiau in 1885 his toes were all frozen and had to be amputated. Since then he has retired from work, and now enjoys a green old age in bis chalet at Grindelwald.Journal des" Debate. F" Too Expressive a Name. S-nileyGueso that oew coal-dealer down the street wiL have to change his name if he expects people to patron ize him. *_ BangsWhy? Wh VA his name? Smiley Lyttleton. Some people p'ight not notice it, uut I'm jSfiaid most people Avould shy, at a name like that on a cpal ^aler's sign. ft ''i" kt ll'!?l*^\ A Short Bear Story. It was my fortune to spend the first twenty years of my life in a region where black bears were quite numer ous. Our little community was often thrown into excitement by the discov ery that bruin had been engaged in some betore-unheard-of mischief, and not infrequently were all the men and boys in the neighborhood mustered to surround a piece of woods and capture a bear that was known to be there hid den away. Some of these occasions were full of excitement and danger, and maybe I shall some time tell about them but just now I want to re late an experience with a bear that happened when I was thirteen years old. It was part of my business in sum mer time to drive the cows to pasture every morning and home every night. Like most boys, however, I liked to play a little too well, and sometimes it would be very late before the cattle would be safely shut up for the night. One day I had played a little longer than usual after school, and when I reached home it was almost sunset. I persuaded a playmate of my own age to accompany me, and started for the pasture. It was something more than half a mile away, and in getting to it we passed down an old road which was now partially unused. But bare foot boys are nimble fellows, and be fore it was dark we were at the bars of the pasture. There stood the eows, as usual, waiting patiently for some one to come for them, and a little way out from there were the young cattle in a group. Down went the bars, and the cows started'out, when all at once We Did Not Look Back a Seconil Time there was a great confusion among the young cattle. They ran in every direc tion, and appeared terribly frightened at something. In a moment we saw what it was. A large black bear was coming across the pasture near them I don't suppose he meant to,trouble the cattle, but that was his nearest A\ay to pass from the woods to a corn field which he had in view, and he happened to come along there just as Ave did. It requiied no long council of war for us to decide to retreat as last as possible, and, taking the road, we .made the best time Ave could until we came to the top of a little hill. Here, AAC mustered up courage to stop and look behind us. But there AA'as the bear, coming right up the road after us. We ditt not look back a second tiire. you may be sure, but in a very feAV moments Ave burst into my fath er's kitchen, and, Avhen Ave could get breath, exclaimed- "A ba bear- A gieat, big, black bear chased us, and he's coining light up Lore!" All that night Ave dreamed of bears. The COAVS did not come Jiome, nor did the bear come after us, as Ave expected he would but when father went down the next morning he found the bears tracks in the road, and. following them up, he found where the old fellow had entered the corn field and taken his supper. Shortly afteiward he was shot near the same place. Marvels of the Ocean. The makers of ancient maps wore accustomed to introduce pictures free ly. In deserts thpre would be draw ings of lions, and along rivers they wit made "river-horses," whi is the him to speak "The Charge of the Light meaning of the Gieek words that Aveie 1 Bugade."Agnes Marie Mather in the put together to make up "hippopota- Chicago Record, mus As for the oceans, they were filled up with any queer monsters that came to hand. Of course, these pict ures helped to hide great spaces that would otherwise have been left star ing blanks. Besides, men understood very little coming dizzy, and in the second place about the strange happenings in the he could not learn the steps to turn world around them, and invented fairy round with and in the third place, tales to explain these mysteries. It is not remarkable, then, that so late as Columbus' time his sailors did not at all like to think of sailing Avestward into the nnknoAvn ocean, full of fabu lous creatures and magic happenings, even AAith all that A\ise and studious men have learned since, there is still enough to be met with in a long ocean voyage to excite wonder and alarm. Sailors may see auroras, the strange "Northern Lights," the cause of which is even now little more than guessed at they may be surrounded with AA'ater spouts, which ai-e not entirely ex plained as yet they may meet "tidal" (that is, earthquake waves) that rise from thirty to sixty feet, or even more, above the surface they may be amazed by "St. Elmo's fire,". the sparkling flames that play about masts and rigging they may behold light ning in globe form, sheet flashes or forked bolts they are sure to sail through the phosphorescence that has but lately been traced to animal life. Then, too, storms and calms, fogs and moonlight, bring strange sights. Al together, the ocean iseverwonderlande that has neAAr marvels day th very color of the sea is hardly twice the same."Mirrors of Air," bp Tudor Jenks, in St. Nicholas. Grant's Game of Mo mhle-the-Peg. A favorite game of the boys of John D. White's subscription school, at Georgetown, was mumblc-the-peg. Grant couldn't play the game very skillfully, and the peg always got a few clandestine licks every time he was to pull it," says McClnre's Maga zine. "On one occasion it was driven in so deep that the boys thought Lys would never get it out. He set to work forehead down in the dirt, the h! sun beating hot upon him, and the crowd of boys and girls shutting out every breath of fresh air. The peg would not move. The red-faced, sbock headed. thick-set boy, with his tace now all over mud, had' forgotten his comrades, and saw only one thing in tiie worldthat was the' stubborn peg. The bell rang, but the boy did not hear it. A minute later, after a final effort, he staggered to his feet with the peg in his mouth. The old schoolmaster was in the door of the school house Avith his long beech switchthe only person to be seen. There was glee in* side at this new developmenthere was fun the boys had not counted on. Imagine their surprise when, as the boy came closer, and the stern old schoolmaster saw his face, he set down the switch inside the door and came outside. One boy slipped to the win dow and reported to the rest. The old master was 1 pouring water on Lys Grant's hands and having him wash his face. He gave him his red ban danna to wipe it dry. What the 'school saw a minute later was the schoolmaster coming in, patting the very red and embarrassed boy on the head." a CatsupA Mistake. One day, a good many years ago, a cook in a big preserving factory made a bad mistake. And that mistake was catsupthe odd-sounding name being applied on the spot by the angry man ager The cook, so the story goes, had been up all the night before at a party. He was dull and cross and sleepy the next morning, and when he came to mix one of the big kettles of Adam's ap plesfor tiat was the name given in those days to tomatoeshe accidental ly put the wrong box of spices and other ingredients into the boiling mass. Not long afterward the manager came sniffling down the room and discovered the error. Ordinary tomato preserves never smelled like that. When he tasted the mixture he smacked his lips, puckered his mouth and made a wry face over the bitter-sweet and now fa miliar pungent flavor. The kettle was immediately swung off tht fire by the frightened cook, who expected to be discharged on the spot. "Well," he said, with a ruelul ex pression on his face, 'the cat's up,," meaning, by thenslang tomatoes1 teim, that the had bee spoiled. But the taste of the mixture still lin gered in the manager's palate. "I wonder how that would taste on a slice of roast beef," he said to himself, and that very day he tried it. The result was such that the manag er ordered the kettletul of the mixture bottled up and placed on the market, where it became popular at once. And thus catsup and its name was discovered at the same timeand a mistake did it. JTV Uncle Spoke in School When quite a small boy my uncle was asked to speak in school, it being the custom in those days for some of the scholars to electrify the school and visitors each week with grand decla mations, usually from Shakespeare, or with compositions from their own im aginative mind nearly always about "Spring" or "The Beautiful Snow." My uncle decided that it should be a 'big piece," and, furthermore, that no one should help him either in the se lection or rehearsal. So after many days of study in the privacy of his own chamber, it was with pride and satisfaction that he stepped to the platform, and, bowing in the direction of his Roving relatives and the assem bled school, he waved one hand ma jestically. Then he put out the right leg and shouted at the top of his little lungs.: "Half a 'leg,' half a 'leg' Here he was interrupted with shouts of laughter. Looking around in bewil derment for a moment, he again put out his foot with: "Half a 'leg, half a 'leg,' onward into the valley of death rode the six hundred." He was once more silenced by the gale of mirth around him. And it was amid the laughter of the school and much confusion on his part that he made a painful bow and retreated before the gathering tears had a chance to tall. And all the persuasion in the world could never again induce A Boy at Dnncingr School. Another serious trial to The Boy was dancing school. In the first place, he could not turn around without be- when he did dance, he bad to dance Avith a girl! There was rot a boy in all Charraud's, or in all Dodworth's, who could escort a girl back, seat after the dance was o\r to her er in bet ter time, or make his "thank-you" bow with less delay. His oAvn voluntary terpischorean effort at a party was the inarch to supper and the only steps he took with anything like success was during the promenade in the Lancers. In "hands-all-round" he invariably started Avith the wrong hand and if in the set there Avere girls big enough to wear long dresses, he never failed to tear such out at the gathers. If any body fell down, it was always The Boy and if anybody bumped into any body else, The Boy was always the bumper, unless his partner could hold him up and steer him straight."A Boy I Knew," by Laurence Barton, in St. Nicholas. Shoer "With Stoves in Them. An effective means of warming the feet has been patented in Germany. The inventor calls it "beatable shoes." Within the heel of the shoe, which is hollowed out, there is a receptacle for a glowing substance, similar to that used in the Japanese hand-warmers, says the Popular Science Ne"ws. Be tween the soles, imbedded in asbestos covers, is a rubber bag, which ,is filled with Avater. The water is heated and as it circulates while the wearer of the shoe is walking it keeps the surface of the foot warm. A small safety valve is provided so that the bag cannot burst. The warmth given by this sole never rises above 70 degrees Fahren heit, and will last about/eight hours. The sole is slightly thicker than that a wet-weather The Life ot a, Clam. The- clam's body is completely enJN^ shrouded in the mantle, except for two openings, through one of which the foot can be pushed out. The other is for the siphon, or what is commonly known as the neck of the Clam. In "f some respects the clam may be a little better off than we are, for* he has s&< little brain in his foot, and also a gland for secreting strong fibers^ With this he spins a toyssus, by whic/.. he can attach himself to Avhatever he likes. He does not even have to search for his food, but waits for it to come to him. He makes a furrow in the mud or sand, attaching himself to the bottom by the byssus. Then he pokes his siphon up through the mud and water until it reaches the surface. The siphon is made up of two tubes, the water flowing in through one andM"a out the other. When the inflowing current, laden with minute plants and animals, reach- 2 es the gill chamber, some of these are sifted out and retained for food, and the water and waste matter flow out, through the other tube. The clam's eggs are carried by hej mother on her gills. When there are^ fish in the water with them, the moth-p|f^vsoon er discharges the eggs, which hatch. but if there are no fish, they carry the eggs until they decay. The^ reason of this strange behaA'ior is this^m When the eggs are set free in the wa-# ter they soon hatch and the little ones swim about until they find some fish to which to attach themselves. They live^ for a time upon the mucous of the fis and then drop off, sink to the botto and formi burrowis for themselvesJ This curious' semi-parisitic life is no doubt a reversion to the habit of some ancient ancestor.Appleton's Monthly.. America Still Ahead g Russia is a very large country, and,^A with Siberia's immense area included,^", the size of the United States suffers inf1 comparison with her. One of her5- neAAspaper has vaunted the transport ing of a whole town s,ome forty .oddk miles along a frozen river (a her^to-^ fore unknown feat, as it claims) theF object of the removal being to plaeeN*,, the town among some hills that lend^ themselves admirably to the purpose of fortification, thus securing a valua| ble military station. It will undoubt edly be quite a feat to accomplish such a task, and if the Russian engineers find any hitch in their plans, they can surmount the difficulties by reference to a similar undertaking successfully. accomplished in the State of Illinois,^ namely, the moving of the town of Nauvoo over a frozen river. In the course of three winters this was1 On the farm of Amos M. Collins^ I near Bainbridge, Ohio, dwells a most'^ curiously-assorted family, presided" over by a demure house cat. Several weeks ago Tabby gave birth to a pair of healthy kittens. When old enough 2 to get about they went on a foraging^* expedition in a wood near by, accom-^'. panied by their mother. In their jour-* ney they discovered a gray squiirel's nest in Avhich two young squirrels lay sleeping. The curiosity of the kittens was aroused, and they soon made friends with the squirrels, and, while the mother sat contentedly on a log, kittens and squirrels enjoyed a frolic. When it finally became dusk the cat quickly took one of the squirrels in her mouth and carried it to the farm, re turning for the other one in a few min- __ utes. The squirrels are now safely housed Avith the kittens, and the cat^ watches over the children of her adop tion as carefully as over her own off spring. Russian Schoolboy Gardeners. Over in Russia many of the schools have connected with them small gar dens, orchards or grape arbors, in which the boys and girls are taught to work. Each day the schoolmaster, who has charge of th*e garden, takes his pupils out and teaches them how to plant, hoe, rake and reap. In the south of Russia, where the country is almost treeless, the children learn how to set out trees and what-the best kinds aie, and in some provinces there is a complete silkworm colony in each school, and the pupils watch the won derful little silk makers eat the mul: berry leaves and spin their ocoons, and help all they can in the work of caring for the colony. At other schools bees are kept, and the boys and girls learn to handle them and guard them Avhile they are honeymaking. In this way the boys and girls of Russia, by the time they have finished their school work, know a good deal about some pursuits which will help them to make a living. How would you enjoy some of these things in connection with your school? A Boy With a Queer "Wit. ^C^StF George Pomeroy was a very^i&W^ cliievous boy in school, but quick to think of some means to escape punish ment when caught in a scrape. &f When in the sixth grade his eousitf from New York State was visiting him and one day they went to school to-1 gether. They sat in a double seat be-"' hind the high stove and were having a good time, but becoming rather noisy the attention of the teacher was attracted and she stole down unno ticed by either until she was just in front of them. Before she could rep rimand them, however, George arose perfectly composed and said: i "Pardon me, teacherMiss Payne, this is my cousin Frank White from i Buffalo, who, with his parents- is via, iting us. Mother would be pleased to have you call." The introduction and invitation were eo naturally and cordially given the teacher could not repress a smile, and, it is needless to say, no punishment was given.Charlie Monroe in Chicago Record. A Victim oX Circumstances. "How was it that Mrs. Westend was run down by a bicycle in broad day light?" "O, the man who rode the machine' didn't belong to tier set, and Mrs. West end positively couldn't see httu you 1 know.*'Answere.. V, done and seven hundred houses were trans-^ ported, and a new txnvn, now a pros* perous place, was established. The llussian newspapers can boast of the great work of moving one of their towns but it is a pleasure to knowt that the United States long ago antici- 7. pated them in such matters.Harper's Hound Table.